Ubisoft announced today that its new real time strategy IP, R.U.S.E., is now available for public beta on Steam. According to the press release:

“In the public beta, players will have the opportunity to choose one of the 6 unique factions available in the game (US, UK, GER, USSR, FRANCE, IT) and train themselves against the artificial intelligence on the “Blitz” map before entering the multiplayer challenge.”

Ubisoft calls R.U.S.E. “a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy (RTS) game [that is] set to reinvigorate the strategy genre”. In the words of Ubisoft, R.U.S.E. allows players to “use their brains as the ultimate weapon to fight a war of perception where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success.”

R.U.S.E. is scheduled to release on June 3rd, 2010 for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. Check out the beta and let us know what you think!