Now through December 20th, the Great Steam Treasure Hunt will have folks spending time in the tropical sun, earning Steam Achievements in select games, joining Community groups, and earning a slot atop the Steam Leaderboards all in the name of winning free games. Every 48 hours a new set of four tasks will be announced. Select games will also be on sale throughout The Great Steam Treasure Hunt.

Completing a objective qualifies you for a drawing to win the top 5 games on your Wishlist. Each objective has its own drawing, so the more you complete, the better your chances. At the end of the Great Steam Treasure Hunt, there will also be three grand prize winners, each awarded 100 individual Steam games of their choosing. Importantly, our lawyers tell us at this point to say, "No purchase necessary" and to check out the official rules here: http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt.

The first objectives are:

Self Portrait: Setup an avatar on your Steam Community profile.

Got Tanked?: Earn the Desert Fox Steam Achievement in R.U.S.E.

Up the Ante: Win The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory

More Cowbell: Set a leaderbord score of at least 1,124,400 in easy mode for the 'Paul Hartnoll' level in Chime

The promotions over the next 48 hours are:

33% off R.U.S.E.

40% off Poker Night at the Inventory

75% off Chime

Good luck!

For more details, please visit http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt.

The upcoming real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. is now available for pre-load for customers that have pre-purchased. Just double-click the game in your Steam client to begin pre-loading.

For customers that have not yet bought their copy of R.U.S.E., this week is the last chance to get the 2 bonus maps that come with that pre-purchase option.

While you're waiting for R.U.S.E. to release, you can hone your ruse skills in the R.U.S.E. single-player demo.

Join the R.U.S.E.™ Free Preview Weekend now and play a sizeable slice of the multiplayer, featuring new maps never played before. Play with 2 to 8 players, with any team or free-for-all combination, and with any of the 6 factions available in the final game.

During the Free Weekend, you can also play battles against the medium or hard AI for the first time. Select which nation your opposing AI will play and check out the strengths of each faction. Good luck defeating the hard AI!

Click here to play now for free (Requires free Steam desktop application to play. Visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam now.)

Free Preview Weekend ends July 18th at 1pm Pacific time.

Ubisoft's upcoming Real Time Strategy game, R.U.S.E.™ is hosting a Free Preview Weekend. Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts Thursday, July 15th at 11am Pacific Time.

Click here to start pre-loading, or visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam.

The Free Preview Weekend of R.U.S.E. will let you play a sizeable slice of the multiplayer, featuring new maps never played before. Play with 2 to 8 players, with any team or free-for-all combination, and with any of the 6 factions available in the final game.

During the Free Weekend, you can also play battles against the medium or hard AI for the first time. Select which nation your opposing AI will play and check out the strengths of each faction. Good luck defeating the hard AI!

The free R.U.S.E. Public Beta will be available on Steam on March 9th! Pre-load now and be ready to play the moment the beta is available.

Also, be sure to join the official RUSE Steam Community group for the latest details and information about the beta and the upcoming game release.