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11 years after vanishing from Steam, sneaky WW2 strategy gem R.U.S.E. gets a surprise Definitive Edition with Deck support and all the DLC

Rock Paper Shotgun·Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·26 days ago
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Image credit: Eugen Systems Ancient World War 2 real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. has returned to Steam after over a decade's absence. Original developers Eugen Systems have acquired the rights from Ubisoft and put forth a Definitive Edition with Steam Deck support, which includes all the updates and DLC. If you already own it, you'll get all that at no additional charge in the form of 2.4GB update. New to R.U.S.E.? I know, I know, the punctuation is A.W.F.U.L., but the game is fun. It's a trim and elegant RTS with a roster of underhand tactical powers, the titular "ruse" cards, which are strange to consider in this age of weaving deckbuilder mechanics into everything. You've got Radio Silence, for example, which hides all units in a sector, and Reverted Intel, which makes light units look like heavy units and vice versa, until they're properly scouted. You can even go full Operation Mincemeat and fake whole offensives.…

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