''Supreme Ruler: Cold War'' was developed by

BattleGoat Studios BattleGoat Studios is a Canadian software developer founded in 2000. They were formed to develop the PC Game title Supreme Ruler 2010, which is a new updated version of a game concept originally developed by George Geczy in 1982, a text-based s ...

and was announced August 19, 2010 by Paradox Interactive at the 2010 Gamescom video gaming convention held in Cologne, Germany and released on July 19, 2011. It is set during the

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

Era from the end of World War II to the early 1990s. The main Campaign allows the player to be the head of either the

U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

or the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, while the Sandbox game mode can be played from any nation's point of view.

Development

This is BattleGoat's third title in the Supreme Ruler series, following future-based titles

Supreme Ruler 2010 ''Supreme Ruler 2010'' is a computer wargame in which a player controls all aspects of a region's government and attempts to unite a world of fragmented states in the year of 2010. The game was produced by BattleGoat Studios and released by Str ...

(published in 2005) and Supreme Ruler 2020 (published in 2008). The gameplay features a new sophisticated Sphere of Influence system, as well as the usual military, economic and diplomatic simulation of the previous games.

Features

Listed gameplay features: * Play as the United States or Soviet Union in Campaign Mode * Control any Nation in Post-World War II Era in Sandbox Mode * Use Diplomacy, Trade and Espionage to influence the policies of other nations * Research new Technologies to give your nation an edge * Grow and Modernize your Economy * Control Military production and deployment, or let your Ministers take care of the details * And when Diplomacy Fails… Sophisticated Real-Time Strategic and Tactical Control of your Military Forces! * Enhanced Graphics and Sound including New 3D Terrain * Experience the redesigned GUI with improved On-Map feedback and streamlined controls * Up to 16 players in Multiplayer over local network or Internet

References

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