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** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port was outsourced to Creator/ClimaxGroup and would've been published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. It was cancelled without ever being announced and its existence remained undiscovered until 2016, when builds of it were found in the sale of an old Climax lot.

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** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation port was outsourced to Creator/ClimaxGroup and would've been published by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. It was cancelled without ever being announced and its existence remained undiscovered until 2016, when builds of it were found in the sale of an old Climax lot.
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*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal. "Canonically", the excuse given for the Gigant 2's non-existence was that it perished in an off-world combat against alien forces after the game's physical reading materials were released. [[SarcasmMode Right]].

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*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal. "Canonically", the excuse given for the Gigant 2's non-existence was that it perished they were all destroyed in an off-world combat against alien forces after the game's physical reading materials were released. [[SarcasmMode Right]].
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** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port was outsourced to Creator/ClimaxGroup and would've been published by Creator/Psygnosis. It was cancelled without ever being announced and its existence remained undiscovered until 2016, when builds of it were found in the sale of an old Climax lot.

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** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port was outsourced to Creator/ClimaxGroup and would've been published by Creator/Psygnosis.Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. It was cancelled without ever being announced and its existence remained undiscovered until 2016, when builds of it were found in the sale of an old Climax lot.

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** A mission pack expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. The expansion was never released commercially, as the Canadian company that was supposed to publish it, Atztech, cut off all contact with the developers and retired from the gaming industry. A complete albeit still unpolished version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's. The main UA community's domain name comes from it.

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** A mission pack expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. The expansion was never released commercially, as the Canadian company that was supposed to publish it, Atztech, cut off all contact with the developers and retired disappeared from the gaming industry.face of the Earth. A complete albeit still unpolished version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's. The main UA community's domain name comes from it.



*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal. "Canonically", the excuse given for the Gigant 2's non-existence was that it perished in an off-world combat against alien forces after the game's physical reading materials were released. [[SarcasmMode Right]].

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*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal. "Canonically", the excuse given for the Gigant 2's non-existence was that it perished in an off-world combat against alien forces after the game's physical reading materials were released. [[SarcasmMode Right]].Right]].
** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port was outsourced to Creator/ClimaxGroup and would've been published by Creator/Psygnosis. It was cancelled without ever being announced and its existence remained undiscovered until 2016, when builds of it were found in the sale of an old Climax lot.
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** A mission pack expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. The expansion was never released commercially, as the Canadian company that was supposed to publish it, Atztech, cut off all contact with the developers and retired from the gaming industry. A complete version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's. The main UA community's domain name comes from it.

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** A mission pack expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. The expansion was never released commercially, as the Canadian company that was supposed to publish it, Atztech, cut off all contact with the developers and retired from the gaming industry. A complete albeit still unpolished version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's. The main UA community's domain name comes from it.
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*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal.

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*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal. "Canonically", the excuse given for the Gigant 2's non-existence was that it perished in an off-world combat against alien forces after the game's physical reading materials were released. [[SarcasmMode Right]].
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** The Ghorkovs' Gigant was going to have a variant called the Gigant 2 which has different flight altitude under AI control. It can be found in the game files and in fact, still used by AI players in some single-player levels alongside with the normal Gigant.

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** The Ghorkovs' Gigant was going to have a variant called the Gigant 2 which has different flight altitude under AI control. It can be found in the game files and in fact, still used by AI players in some single-player levels alongside with the normal Gigant.Gigant.
*** As mentioned in the game's readme file, the unit was taken out purposefully by the developers since the difference between the normal Gigant was extremely marginal.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a blossoming community that keeps the game alive and even created a source port that allows the game to run in modern systems.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it Despite its age, the game still has a blossoming community that keeps the game alive and even created a source port that allows the game to run in modern systems.systems. Unlike what some people think, this game is confirmed to be NOT an abandonware as evidenced by the replies that the community received directly from Microsoft.



** The Ghorkovs' Gigant was going to have an upgraded variant called the Gigant 2. It can still be found in the game files.
** Looking through MD's files shows that there were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but it was never made due to the game's low sales.
** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax office. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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** The Ghorkovs' Gigant was going to have an upgraded a variant called the Gigant 2. 2 which has different flight altitude under AI control. It can still be found in the game files.
** Looking through MD's
files shows that there were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but it was never made due to and in fact, still used by AI players in some single-player levels alongside with the game's low sales.
** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax office. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.
normal Gigant.
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** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax office. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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** A PlayStation UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax office. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's
The UA community's domain name comes from it.

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** An A mission pack expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the The expansion was never released commercially, a as the Canadian company that was supposed to publish it, Atztech, cut off all contact with the developers and retired from the gaming industry. A complete version of it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's
2000's. The main UA community's domain name comes from it.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a small community that keeps the game alive and even created a source port that allows the game to run in modern systems.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a small blossoming community that keeps the game alive and even created a source port that allows the game to run in modern systems.



** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of the expansion was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's

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** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of the expansion it was uploaded to the internet early in the 2000's2000's
The UA community's domain name comes from it.



** There were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but it was never made due to the game's low sales.

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** There Looking through MD's files shows that there were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but it was never made due to the game's low sales.
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** The Ghorkovs' Gigant was going to have an upgraded variant called the Gigant 2. It can still be found in the game files.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a small community that keeps the game alive.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a small community that keeps the game alive.alive and even created a source port that allows the game to run in modern systems.
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** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of the expansion was uploaded to the internet before the developers, TerraTools, changed their name to Radon Labs.

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** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of the expansion was uploaded to the internet before early in the developers, TerraTools, changed their name to Radon Labs. 2000's
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** There were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but no traces of it could be found.

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** There were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but no traces of it could be found. was never made due to the game's low sales.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game's Abandonware nowadays. however, it still has a small community that keeps the game alive.
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** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax lot. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax lot.office. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.
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** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Psygnosis was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax lot. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Psygnosis Creator/{{Psygnosis}} was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax lot. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A few examples.
** An expansion, Metropolis Dawn, which added new units, maps, and campaigns for the other human factions, the Ghorkovs and the Taerkastens. Although the expansion was never released commercially, a complete version of the expansion was uploaded to the internet before the developers, TerraTools, changed their name to Radon Labs.
** There were also plans for a Mykonian expansion, but no traces of it could be found.
** A PlayStation port of the game, that was outsourced to Climax Entertainment and would've been published by the british developer Psygnosis was never announced nor released. Builds of the port were found in a lot sale of an old Climax lot. Urban Assault's full source code was also found on that sale, and the one who bought the game's assets released them publically for free.

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