<s>
Dominion	B-Application
:	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Over	I-Application
Gift	I-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
a	O
military	O
science	O
fiction	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
mech	O
simulation	O
game	O
G-Nome	B-Application
by	O
7th	O
Level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ion	O
Storm	O
acquired	O
both	O
Dominion	B-Application
and	O
its	O
lead	O
designer	O
,	O
Todd	O
Porter	O
,	O
from	O
7th	O
Level	O
for	O
completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dominion	B-Application
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Todd	O
Porter	O
and	O
Jerry	O
Flaherty	O
's	O
company	O
Distant	O
Thunder	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
7th	O
Level	O
in	O
February	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distant	O
Thunder	O
made	O
G-Nome	B-Application
which	O
7th	O
Level	O
published	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
which	O
sold	O
poorly	O
and	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porter	O
and	O
O'Flaherty	O
started	O
Dominion	B-Application
,	O
a	O
spinoff	O
of	O
G-Nome	B-Application
at	O
7th	O
level	O
before	O
leaving	O
,	O
and	O
John	O
Romero	O
hired	O
them	O
to	O
start	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porter	O
wished	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
Doppelganger	O
at	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
,	O
but	O
heard	O
that	O
7th	O
Level	O
had	O
Dominion	B-Application
up	O
for	O
sale	O
in	O
1997	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
leaving	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ion	O
Storm	O
unanimously	O
voted	O
in	O
August	O
1997	O
to	O
buy	O
Dominion	B-Application
for	O
$1.8	O
m	O
dollars	O
from	O
7th	O
Level	O
,	O
to	O
"	O
burn	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
six	O
game	O
"	O
options	O
"	O
that	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
had	O
contracted	O
with	O
Eidos	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
royalty	O
deal	O
,	O
but	O
Porter	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
top-10	O
product	O
"	O
that	O
could	O
sell	O
500,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
renamed	O
Dominion	B-Application
Storm	O
and	O
later	O
Dominion	B-Application
:	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Over	I-Application
Gift	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
employs	O
a	O
voxel-based	O
graphics	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porter	O
became	O
CEO	O
of	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
and	O
the	O
Dallas	O
Observer	O
said	O
"	O
He	O
turned	O
down	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Compaq	O
computers	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
paid	O
ION	O
75	O
cents	O
to	O
$1	O
for	O
every	O
Compaq	O
computer	O
sold	O
with	O
Dominion	B-Application
preinstalled	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
have	O
guaranteed	O
Ion	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
$1.5	O
million.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Porter	O
said	O
that	O
RTS	O
games	O
in	O
1997	O
"	O
were	O
a	O
pretty	O
disappointing	O
lot	O
"	O
besides	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
,	O
since	O
they	O
"	O
did	O
n’t	O
really	O
feel	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
old	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
thought	O
Dominion	B-Application
was	O
more	O
like	O
oldschool	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
is	O
shared	O
with	O
G-Nome	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPlayer.com	O
was	O
launched	O
with	O
Dominion	B-Application
and	O
installed	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dominion	B-Application
features	O
an	O
electronic	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Will	O
Loconto	O
;	O
the	O
tracks	O
vary	O
between	O
dark	O
spacey	O
atmospheres	O
and	O
classic	O
90s	O
style	O
video-game-themed	O
techno/electro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dallas	O
Observer	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
Dominion	B-Application
averaged	O
7,000	O
copies	O
per	O
month	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
months	O
it	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
shelves.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1998	O
"	O
Coaster	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
:	I-Application
Trespasser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
staff	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
sailed	O
like	O
a	O
lead	O
balloon	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
overhyped	O
and	O
ineffectual	O
AI	O
,	O
1995-era	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
back	O
story	O
so	O
bad	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
us	O
wondering	O
why	O
we	O
even	O
briefly	O
stopped	O
playing	O
StarCraft	B-Application
for	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
