Hmmm, hmmm, buy it on Steam for $50 USD (5 times the U.S. local price) thanks to regional markup or $2.50 from GamersGate…
R.U.S.E™ is a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory, controlling the action using views that range seamlessly from the heart of the battlefield to the full theatre of war. Players will be plunged into the action thanks to the exclusive IRISZOOM® engine which offers an intuitive interface that allows for smooth, rapid transitions from a birds-eye view of the entire conflict, down into the heat of the battle and vice versa.
In R.U.S.E, your brain is your ultimate weapon as you fight a war of perception, where your ability to deceive and mislead your enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the gameplay.
Steam page - http://store.steampowered.com/app/21970/?snr=1_7_15__13
Metacritic (76/100 @33 critics; 8/10 @143 users) - http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ruse
YouTube - gameplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLuwy0ur-4
Previous OZB deal for R.U.S.E. (3 months ago) - http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/111493
Steam key and requires a Uplay account.
Great find. I've been after this game since it came out (big fan of RTS) and just never really got around to getting it.
A hilarious observation is that the R.U.S.E Web Guide is $5 on gamersgate, I can get two copies of the game for the price of an online PDF!