Out of Eight writes: "As far as writing reviews goes, doing expansions is pretty easy: just remember what I complained about before and see if they fixed it. The expansion up for today is for Supreme Ruler 2020, a deep and potentially confusing grand strategy game that takes place in the near future that I enjoyed in its original form. Of course, all games could use another layer of polish and additional features (as long as they are meaningful and not money-generating garbage), and that's where Global Crisis comes into play. How has this expansion improved upon the near-future world in conflict? "
Paradox Interactive has released a new update for it's strategy title Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis, now available for download.
Updated to v6.6.2, the patch brings new game engine features included with the Gold Edition of the game along with new custom and multiplayer scenarios as well as a host of other improvements, tweaks and fixes.
PC game publisher Paradox Interactive has released a demo for its upcoming war strategy title, "Supreme Ruler 2020 GOLD". Developed by BattleGoat Studios, the gold edition of the game includes both "Supreme Ruler 2020" and the official expansion "Global Crisis".
Last month GameRanger, the PC multiplayer online gaming service, was officially recommended as a solution for the game, Demigod. Now GameRanger asks users which multiplayer games should be supported next.
The launch of Stardock's multiplayer-centric game Demigod suffered major scaling and connectivity issues. GameRanger quickly responded with networking support for Demigod, giving Stardock some breathing room to work on the issues. Stardock president, Brad Wardell, said: "I have fallen in love with a new program called GameRanger."
GameRanger already provides online support for over 500 games, but there are many more that still suffer from the network problems that GameRanger solves. Survey questions aiming to address this will be presented to users when they next log in to the service.
Network connectivity has long been an issue with multiplayer games, especially strategy games, and has worsened over the years with more widespread use of routers and firewalls in the home. These are complex challenges that have been tackled with only limited success by game developers and other multiplayer middleware providers.
Chris Latour, BattleGoat Studios game designer, said: "GameRanger has provided us with far more connectivity than we originally had for Supreme Ruler 2010 and 2020."
GameRanger takes the pressure off game developers by eliminating the network connection problems and their associated tech support nightmares, so they can focus their energy on making great games.
