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BattleGoat Studios is delighted to announce the Steam Early Access Beta launch of their upcoming Real Time Geopolitical Strategy/Wargame Supreme Ruler Ultimate, at a Suggested Retail Price of $29.99. The pinnacle of fourteen years of development on the Supreme Ruler series of Real Time Geo-Political Military Strategy Games for PC and Mac, Supreme Ruler Ultimate incorporates the stories, campaigns, scenarios, and features from our previous releases and expands on them in our improved game engine.  Take control of any nation in the world from World War II through the Cold War and into the near future as our world lurches from one crisis to the next!

Lead Designer and Co-Founder David Thompson commented, “We’ve been working towards this for fourteen years!  Supreme Ruler Ultimate is the culmination of all the design revisions and content we’ve created since forming the studio in 2000.  And it’s now time to involve our players in the final stage of development through Steam’s Early Access which will help provide the player testing and the feedback necessary to make sure Supreme Ruler Ultimate is everything that strategy gaming fans expect.”

BattleGoat’s Lead Programmer and Co-Founder George Geczy added, “Supreme Ruler Ultimate brings together our vision for a truly epic strategy game that encompasses some of the most turbulent times of human history – World War II, the Cold War, and the challenges we face in the near future.  We’re proud to have made one of the most detailed and comprehensive series of strategy games ever created.”  Previous BattleGoat titles in the Supreme Ruler series are Supreme Ruler 2010, Supreme Ruler 2020. Supreme Ruler Cold War, and Supreme Ruler 1936.

Thompson went on to explain how the new game follows up the successful release of Supreme Ruler 1936 earlier this year: “Supreme Ruler Ultimate incorporates the content from our recent World War II version as well as our other past releases while expanding and enhancing the game features previously released.  Anyone who purchased Supreme Ruler 1936 has been provided a 33% discount coupon via Steam towards Ultimate.”

Supreme Ruler Ultimate is expected to be released October 17, 2014, and will be available for PC and Mac through Steam and other vendors. Play historical or modern campaigns with specific objectives, attempt one of the many Set-Piece Scenarios for a shorter game, or customize your gaming experience by picking any nation in the various era sandboxes and choosing your own preferred Victory Condition.  With so many options to choose from, Supreme Ruler Ultimate provides virtually unlimited replayability!

Features:

• Play Historical or Futuristic Campaigns and Maps
• Take Control of any Nation in Sandbox Mode and impact the outcome of an era
• Epic game-play – start in 1936 and play well into the 21st century.  Start in 1936 and progress well into the 21^st century for an Epic Game-play experience
• Challenge yourself with Set-Piece Scenarios for a faster-paced game
• The butterfly effect… Influence the timeline and outcome of thousands of historical events
• Use Diplomacy, Trade, Espionage, and Intimidation to influence the policies of other nations
• Guide your Nation through an era of unprecedented Scientific Advancement
• Modernize your economy to support whatever social and military policies you choose
• Sophisticated Real-Time Strategic and Tactical Control of your Military Forces
• Detailed historically-accurate armies down to the Battalion level
• Choose your level of control.  Make all decisions or use your Cabinet Ministers to help
• Battle the elements! Fully integrated weather model influences battlefield outcomes
• Up to 16 players in Multiplayer over local network or Internet

System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows XP SP3 or later
• Processor: Intel Pentium IV or better
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Graphics: ATI/Nvidia/Intel DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
• Sound Card: Direct X Compatible
• Additional Notes: Resolution: 1280×800 or higher

Recommended:

• OS: Windows XP SP3 or later
• Processor: Intel/AMD Dual or Quad Core
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Graphics: ATI/Nvidia/Intel DirectX 9 Compatible
• DirectX: Version 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
• Sound Card: Direct X Compatible
• Additional Notes: Resolution: 1440×900 or higher