Ubisoft's Aymeric Evennou tweets that R.U.S.E. will have an open beta test on Steam next week, saying: "w00t! A #RUSE Public Beta will be available to everyone on Steam on March 9th ! Stay tuned as more details will come throughout the week !" Another tweet clarifies this will be a truly open beta: "Yes 'it's next week' and everyone is invited to play ! All you need is a Steam account . Jump in !" A final tweet points the way to this video in which senior producer Mathieu Girard explains what they have changed based on user feedback since the VIP beta for the RTS game. The clip is embedded below.