Editing Cavedog Entertainment (section)

=== After ''Total Annihilation'' ===
''Total Annihilation's'' creator, [[Chris Taylor (game designer)|Chris Taylor]], left the company shortly before the release of the ''[[Total Annihilation: Core Contingency|Core Contingency]]'' [[expansion pack]] to found his own development house, [[Gas Powered Games]]. Cavedog released one more expansion pack, ''[[Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics|Battle Tactics]]'', as well as many freely downloadable enhancements and [[patch (computing)|patch]]es, and built strong community support with their own online service, Boneyards (now shut down), that matched opponents and provided a continuing game campaign.

In 1999, Cavedog released ''[[Total Annihilation: Kingdoms]],'' largely reusing the ''Total Annihilation'' [[game engine]],{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} but replacing the [[Science fiction|science-fiction]] theme with a [[fantasy]] one. ''Kingdoms'' did not resonate as well with critics or fans of the original title. One expansion pack was released, ''The Iron Plague''.