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E3: Epic, US Army Develop Games as Recruitment Tool

Posted by michael on from the army-of-one dept.

securitas writes "Reuters and AP tell us that Epic Games and the US Army have announced the America's Army series of games, jointly developed by the Department of Defense and Epic. The first two-part game in the five-year project includes an RPG called Soldier and a first-person shooter called Operations. The game will be free of charge and available for download in July or August, with 1.2 million CDs simultaneously released, attached to gaming magazines. Does this remind anyone else of the war-room scene from Toys or Ender's Game?" Future installments will include Sim Mess Duty, Sim Standing Guard in the Rain, Sim Blister, and Sim Invading Iraq to Keep Approval Ratings High.

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  1. and the source ? by johnjones · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    this is U.S. taxpayers money where's the source ?
    (my yank mate is always on about how U.S. guv gives stuff away that has been payed by the tax payers)

    plus is there a linux version ?
    PS2 ?
    Xbox ?
    playstation?

    if they gave the source away ......

    regards

    john 'brit so what do I know' jones

  2. Re:Don't Foget This One... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    he wasn't talking about the troups, he was talking about the the prez.

    just like his daddy did.

  3. Re:Don't Foget This One... by h0rus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where's proof of that? Oh, right. There is none. You're just parrotting.

  4. Re:The real thing? by GigsVT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Uh, that's the point.

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  5. "Standing Guard in the Rain" by evilpaul13 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe that would actually go over big... afterall, people loved those Tomagotchi's/Gigapets/whatever watch sized beeping LCDs.

    And of course who could forget the sheep?