THQ has finalized its plans to launch the standalone expansion in the Supreme Commander series, Forged Alliance, developed by renowned RTS designer Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games, announcing its Gold status. As everyone involved with games already knows, Gold means that the games is now entering the manufacturing process.

The standalone expansion in the Supreme Commander series offers a mysterious new alien faction, the Seraphim, an all-new single-player campaign and more than 100 new units to master on the path to galactic domination.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is the latest chapter in the franchise, continuing the series' epic story in an all-new single-player campaign following the Infinite War. Forged Alliance also introduces a vast set of multiplayer features and a ton of strategic options, including fully realized navies, orbital weaponry and advanced counter intelligence technologies.

"Supreme Commander delivered scope and scale on a level never before seen in the RTS genre, allowing gamers to live out their dreams of commanding massive armies on a global scale," said Kevin Kraff, director of global brand management, THQ. "Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance will continue to push those boundaries and deliver more of what fans want."

"Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance tells the story of the UEF, Cybran and Aeon's desperate alliance as they fight for survival against the Seraphim, a long forgotten alien race that has returned to destroy all of humanity," said Chris Taylor, CEO, Gas Powered Games. "Adding a new faction, and giving the existing factions some crazy powerful new units opens up a wide range of innovative strategic possibilities, taking the single and multiplayer game to a place never seen before in an RTS".

Remember - Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance has already shipped to manufacturing plants, having finally reached its Gold status. You'll be able to purchase the standalone expansion for Supreme Commander on the 6th of November.