RUSE gets June release date

RUSE will be released in the UK on June 4th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Ubisoft has announced.

The publisher claims the war simulation will be a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory”.

Gamers will be able to choose one of six factions and battle across a range of multiplayer maps, as well as a single-player campaign. Factions include the UK, America, Germany, Russia, France and Italy.

Developer Eugen Systems has devised the Iris Zoom game engine, which offers an interface that can transition from a birds-eye view of the conflict to close-ups of battles.

With RUSE, Ubisoft is once again shaking up a genre, offering an RTS with a twist that will thrill gamers,” said John Parkes, EMEA marketing director at Ubisoft.

Yesterday the public beta test for the game went live on Steam.