Focus Home Interactive announces multiplayer beta testing is now underway for Act of Aggression, the new real-time strategy game from Eugen Systems. The beta is open to all who pre-purchase the game on Steam in advance of its planned September 2nd release. They will celebrate the news with a special livestream on Twitch which gets underway today at 1:15 pm EDT. Here's more:

Players who have pre-ordered Eugen Systems' explosive new techno-thriller RTS, Act of Aggression, will soon be able to launch and play the exclusive pre-order beta. The Chimera and US Army will be pitting it out in multiplayer, skirmishes vs the AI, or cooperative 'comp-stomps' beginning on Thursday at 6pm GMT+2/9am PST/12pm EST for a first taste of what's to come in Act of Aggression. Discover below new screenshots of what awaits you in the game!

To be part of the beta, players just need to pre-order Act of Aggression from Steam, at the special discount price of 15% off during the pre-order phase. During beta, new maps and the remaining faction, The Cartel, will be rolled out.