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The US Army announced the third in its America's Army PC game series, this one utilizing the workhorse Unreal Engine 3. The game is due out, vaguely, this year and will be rated T for Teen. Along with this announcement came some of the first screens of the game's environments.
"The Army has been working with video games for years now - after all, I'm sure we all know about America's Army, the recruiting tool free FPS title from the Army that you can download for your PC. However, the Army has also used modified versions of games like Operation: Flashpoint and Full Spectrum Warrior to help train their GIs via the virtual battlefield. Hell, the Army has even begun to trail soldiers with virtual firing ranges - although from personal experience I can tell you that they..."
"* America's Army (Obviously)
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"The U.S. Army says this is the second time an Americas Army player has reported successfully using medical skills learned through playing the game to respond in a life-threatening situation."
Are you good at video games and live in Arizona? Army recruiters want to see your skills with America's Army! The enlistment rates are so low that the military is trying to come up with creative ideas, so what better than to target video gamers? It's not like they have lives or anything; they just sit on the couch all day in front of a television screen or at a desk with their computer controlling characters in fantasy worlds all day long, so let's let them have a taste of the real world! ...
Pay a dollar, kill a terrorist! Next time you're down the local arcade, why not submit to the pull of (un)subtle military indoctrination and take a stand against pesky terrorists who are threatening global freedom... via the new coin-op version of modern warfare training vehicle America's Army.
