Don't turn your back in war; it never goes well.

Although you may not be able to experience its Move features until the peripherals launch later this month, the newly-released demo of Ubisoft's R.U.S.E. should give you a good idea of what to expect from the upcoming real-time strategy title.

The final game will support traditional Dualshock 3 controls as well as PlayStation Move, with the game's Senior Producer Mathieu Girard promising every feature of the controller will be utilised including the "terrestrial magnetic field sensor", which sounds rather like a compass in layman's terms. Either way, the controller promises budding generals swift and intuitive command over the army at their disposal. Mr Girard went into more detail about the thought process behind the accessory's inclusion in a post over at the European PlayStation Blog.

We’re really proud of the game’s compatibility with PlayStation Move. Since the early conception phase for R.U.S.E., we wanted to create a strategy game plays equally well on PC and consoles, with simple controls and an interface that allows players to focus on the strategy, rather than the UI. Although the game plays like a charm with a standard controller, we couldn’t resist pushing things even further with Move support. It is really a matter of matching philosophies: we want our game to play naturally, and Move can provide games with this opportunity. So we used all the features of Move – optical, acceleration, and magnetic – to create smooth and natural interactions that allow you to change the view angle and zoom, control units and access the menu.

You can get your hands on the R.U.S.E. demo for free now, with the full game available in the coming weeks.

[source blog.eu.playstation.com]