Supreme Commander finishes the week after a successful IPO

Supreme Commander (PC) made its debut on the simExchange on Thursday and has risen a whopping 120% . The game is considered by many as the spiritual sequel of the highly acclaimed Total Annihilation (1997). Chris Taylor, the lead developer of TA, had left to start Gas Powered Games. The Total Annihilation brand was then lost somewhere as developer Cavedog's parent Humongous and publisher GT Interactive were purchased by Infogrames, which is now Atari, Inc.

Supreme Commander is highly anticipated among many RTS fans as the revival of the RTS genre. However, lacking a strong brand against recent powerhouse Age of Empires III and the upcoming Command & Conquer 3, the question remains if Supreme Commander will be noticed by the wider gaming community. The game was well received at E3 2006 with a Best of Show in the strategy genre, but this was largely overshadowed by the attention for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3.

If the stock's trading is any indication of its potential success, Supreme Commander should be a strong contender. Supreme Commander opened Thursday evening at 35 DKP and rose to 39.42 DKP (forecasts 394,200 copies sold worldwide) by the end of Friday. In Saturday trading, the stock rose as high as 86.60 DKP (forecasts 866,000 copies sold worldwide) but came down to settle at 75.15 by Saturday's close. At the time of this writing, Supreme Commander is up 0.03 (+0.04%) with 55,436 shares traded since its IPO.