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America's Army - Operations 1.9 for Linux Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the mom-and-apple-pie dept.

Primer writes "Icculus has done it again: The Linux port of America's Army: Operations version 1.9 is now available. This latest version features many improvements in the interface, punkbuster, and a new map. The file weighs in at a hefty 504 megs, but luckily there are plenty of mirrors, plus a very well seeded torrent. Get it while it's hot!"

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  1. Canada? by Lukey+Boy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone know if this works in Canada? I'm guessing yes, but if it doesn't I can save the bandwidth for the download :-)

  2. The wrong crowd? by HiredMan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If we remember that this game was essentially designed as a recruitment tool - doesn't porting it to Linux seem an odd choice?

    I understand the Army could certainly use more hackers in the ranks but how large is the intersection between your average Linux gamer and some one who might be convinced to enter the military because of a video game experience?

    Maybe this just release just amplifies the weirdness (at least to me) of thinking that a video game will convince people to join up when you can see the real thing on TV at night and it's clearly NOT the same thing.

    =tkk

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    1. Re:The wrong crowd? by chrismcdirty · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The thing is, though, that the development team isn't taking ANY time at all to port it to Linux (and Mac.. not sure if the Mac version 1.9 is out yet). Just one person (icculus) does the porting, and whether he's being paid or not, it still beats the hell out of paying a whole team of developers to make it. If one person can put this damn fine game out to a few thousand more people, it's well worth the price they're paying him.

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  3. Re:Mirrors, anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That torrent doesn't seem to be bad either; down 900kB/s, up 20 kB/s ...