diff --git a/ArcFormats/ArcFormats.csproj b/ArcFormats/ArcFormats.csproj
index 40a2c16a..699fc2d6 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/ArcFormats.csproj
+++ b/ArcFormats/ArcFormats.csproj
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     <None Include="ArcSeraph.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ArcSPack.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ArcSteinsGate.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ArcTactics.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ArcWARC.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ArcWBP.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ArcWILL.cs" />
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ImageCRX.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImageCWL.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImageCWP.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ImageDDS.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImageDGC.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImageDRG.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ImageDZI.cs" />
diff --git a/ArcFormats/ImageDDS.cs b/ArcFormats/ImageDDS.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71bb0627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ArcFormats/ImageDDS.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+//! \file       ImageDDS.cs
+//! \date       Thu Jul 23 18:12:05 2015
+//! \brief      Direct Draw Surface image format.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2015 by morkt
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+// deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+// rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+// sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+// IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+
+using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using GameRes.Utility;
+
+namespace GameRes.Formats.Microsoft
+{
+    internal class DdsMetaData : ImageMetaData
+    {
+        public int  DataOffset;
+        public uint PixelFlags;
+    }
+
+    [Export(typeof(ImageFormat))]
+    public class DdsFormat : ImageFormat
+    {
+        public override string         Tag { get { return "DDS"; } }
+        public override string Description { get { return "Direct Draw Surface format"; } }
+        public override uint     Signature { get { return 0x20534444; } } // 'DDS'
+
+        public override ImageMetaData ReadMetaData (Stream stream)
+        {
+            var header = new byte[0x5C];
+            if (header.Length != stream.Read (header, 0, header.Length))
+                return null;
+            int dwSize = LittleEndian.ToInt32 (header, 4);
+            if (dwSize < 0x7C)
+                return null;
+            uint bitflag = LittleEndian.ToUInt32 (header, 0x50);
+            return new DdsMetaData
+            {
+                Width  = LittleEndian.ToUInt32 (header, 0x10),
+                Height = LittleEndian.ToUInt32 (header, 0xC),
+                BPP    = LittleEndian.ToInt32 (header, 0x58),
+                PixelFlags = LittleEndian.ToUInt32 (header, 0x50),
+                DataOffset = 4 + dwSize,
+            };
+        }
+
+        public override ImageData Read (Stream stream, ImageMetaData info)
+        {
+            var meta = info as DdsMetaData;
+            if (null == meta)
+                throw new System.ArgumentException ("DdsFormat.Read should be supplied with DdsMetaData", "info");
+            stream.Position = meta.DataOffset;
+            PixelFormat format;
+            if (24 == info.BPP)
+                format = PixelFormats.Bgr24;
+            else if (1 == (meta.PixelFlags & 1))
+                format = PixelFormats.Bgra32;
+            else
+                format = PixelFormats.Bgr32;
+            var pixels = new byte[info.Width*info.Height*((format.BitsPerPixel+7)/8)];
+            if (pixels.Length != stream.Read (pixels, 0, pixels.Length))
+                throw new InvalidFormatException ("Unexpected end of file");
+            return ImageData.Create (info, format, null, pixels);
+        }
+
+        public override void Write (Stream file, ImageData image)
+        {
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException ("DdsFormat.Write not implemented");
+        }
+    }
+}