E3: Epic, US Army Develop Games as Recruitment Tool

Posted by michael on Thursday May 23, 2002 @12:55AM 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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and the source ? by johnjones · 2002-05-23 01:06 · 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