Ancaster, Canada – May 9, 2014 – BattleGoat Studios is today pleased to announce the official launch of Supreme Ruler 1936.  David Thompson, Lead Designer and Co-Founder of BattleGoat commented, “This is our most ambitious title to date and the scale of the game is truly immense.  There are thousands of historical events that may or may not come into play depending upon the actions of the player; players need to watch their economy, diplomacy, and even weather patterns floating across the world that could turn a potential battlefield into a muddy or snowy quagmire; and when they go to battle they have access to the historical military units of WWII and much, much, more!”

With four Campaigns, six Scenarios, and three Sandbox Maps playable from almost 100 different regions, Supreme Ruler 1936 brings the scope and sweep of World War II to strategy gamers. A Real-Time Geo-Political Strategy game, Supreme Ruler 1936 combines resources, economy, diplomacy, and battalion-level tactical warfare.

BattleGoat Studios would like to thank everyone that supported us through Steam Early Access and helped us to make Supreme Ruler 1936 the best game possible!

www.battlegoat.com/supremeruler1936

Steam Store: http://store.steampowered.com/app/244410/ 

About Supreme Ruler 1936

Supreme Ruler 1936 is Real Time Geo-Political Strategy Game for PC (and soon Mac).  Take control of a nation in the World War II era and guide it through a significant Military Campaign, or attempt one of many Set-Piece Historical Scenarios.  Players can also customize their play experience with the Sandbox Mode and play as any Nation with their own preferred Victory Condition.

– Play Multiple Campaigns from either the Axis or Allied perspective.
– Take Control of any Nation in Sandbox Mode and impact the outcome of the era.
– Battle the elements! Fully integrated weather model influences battlefield outcomes.
– Challenge yourself with Historical Scenarios for a faster-paced gameplay experience.
– 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.
– Research new Technologies to give your nation a significant military advantage.
– 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.
– Significant graphic improvements to 3D terrain and Graphic User Interface
– Up to 16 players in Multiplayer over local network or Internet

About BattleGoat Studios

BattleGoat Studios is a Canadian Software Developer committed to developing leading edge “Intelligent Strategy Games”. BattleGoat’s game design history dates back to the first text-based Supreme Ruler game in 1982, making Supreme Ruler one of the longest computer gaming franchises still in development.  The design team firmly believes that Strategy Gamers are looking for more sophisticated games that also remain fun to play. BattleGoat insists that their approach to development will always emphasize an accurate, heavily researched environment assuring players an entertaining and immersive gameplay experience.  Their previous PC releases are Supreme Ruler 2010, Supreme Ruler 2020, and Supreme Ruler Cold War.

Blocksworld Adds New Legends of Oz Set

Create and Play with Content and Characters from the New Animated Feature Film

Friday, March 9, 2014— Linden Lab and Summertime Media today announced that a new Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return set will be available in Blocksworldon Friday, May 9, in coordination with the release of the new animated feature film. This is the second Legends of Oz set in Blocksworld and is the result of a content-licensing relationship with Linden Lab and Summertime Media, brokered by KZero Worldwide.

The Legends of Oz sets allow players of Linden Lab’s free, 3D building-block game for the iPad to create and play with content and characters from the new animated feature film and include:

• New props and decals players can use to create playable versions of characters from the film, including Dorothy, Toto,
•  Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and more
• New games in which players can re-create iconic scenes from the movie
• A new world of terrain to build in, featuring the Emerald City, Jester’s Castle, and dynamic lighting effects
• The new Four-Legged Block – great for creating small creatures like Toto and bringing them to life
• New action controls, expanding Blocksworld’s drag-and-drop visual scripting language to make it easy to control multiple
•  characters in the worlds that players create

Linden Lab has also secured other relationships to bring world-famous brands to Blocksworld. Blocksworld has seen more than 1 million downloads and more than 600,000 user-created worlds shared to date.

About Blocksworld

Blocksworld is a free 3D building-block game for kids and family that brings the imaginative play of toy blocks to your iPad’s touch-screen. Snap-together 3D blocks to build anything you can imagine from crazy characters to cars, space rockets, animals, robots, planes, monsters, and much more – and then bring your creations to life! Simple drag-and-drop controls make it easy to add interactivity and animations to anything you make. Play with your creations in action-packed games, share what you’ve made with your friends, and explore creations made by people all over the world.

About Linden Lab

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, Linden Lab makes shared creative spaces that inspire and empower users to explore and share their creativity with others. For more about Linden Lab, its products, and career opportunities please visit LindenLab.com.

About Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is an animated feature film based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum. In the film, Dorothy (voiced by Lea Michele) awakens to a devastated post-tornadoKansas, and is soon whisked back to Oz and its new villain in this 3D-animated musical adventure. The film also stars Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Aykroyd, Hugh Dancy, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt, Patrick Stewart and Bernadette Peters. Moreinformation about the film can be found at www.LegendsOfOzMovie.com.

About Summertime Entertainment

Founded by Ryan Carroll and Roland Carroll, Summertime Entertainment is a multi-media company specializing in family-friendly entertainment for film, television, digital, mobile and other trans-media platforms. Currently, Summertime Entertainment is in production on a new franchise of epic proportions, the re-vitalization of the indelible and beloved world of Oz. Through various forms of digital worlds, online communities and a brand new stereoscopic, 3D animated feature film, Oz will soon be brought back to life in literally new dimensions, for a whole new generation to love and cherish. More information about Summertime Entertainment can be found at www.summertimemedia.com.

About KZero

Founded in 2006, KZero is a market-leading online games consulting firm providing strategy, analytics and insight for the rapidly growing kids gaming market. KZero clients include Summertime Entertainment, Viacom, The BBC, France Televisions, Mattel and Ubisoft.