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America's Army 2.0 Available for Linux and OS X

Posted by simoniker on from the iterate-and-celebrate dept.

Time Doctor writes "Linux and Mac gamers will be happy to hear that America's Army 2.0 is out of private beta, and available via mirrors at 3DGamers and HappyPuppy, among others. See this news post on the AA site for the gameplay changes." We covered the release of the Windows version of AA 2.0 a couple of weeks back, as this free FPS recruiting tool continues toward its goal of "providing civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today's premiere land force, the U.S. Army."

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  1. All I can say is... by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 1, Interesting
    ...it's about damned time!

    Frankly I'm a bit surprised that an entity of the U.S. Government would have published a game on a non-Microsoft platform, but kudos to the Army for it!

    Now I'll just have to see if it will run on my laptop...

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  2. DevKit by Samus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there any kind of devkit or plans for a devkit? One of the things that adds life to a game are the user created levels. I know I wouldn't be playing Ravenshield these days if all I had access to were the stock maps. This extends to other games as well. If this thing is to have a decent life expectancy then there needs to be some kind of dev kit for user mods.

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  3. Un-American .? by HansF · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So linux is no longer un-american eh?
    Finally, I can have a go at it ;-)
    Maybe the army has to recruit some more IT-personnel...

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  4. Re:Freedom ISN'T Free! by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Action? What the hell are you talking about? The war in Iraq was about one thing at the beginning. WMD. Afterwards, when Bush and his puppy couldn't get the support of the UN (a MAJOR defeat if you have the eyes to see it), it turned into a crusade for democracy! Oh no, how could I not see it! And where the hell are the WMD that presented such an iminent threat to US's and international security?

    But, you know, your question is correct. What are we doing? I see your president as a new Hitler (his grandfather was, after all, a great supporter of Hitler). People, at the time, did not say anything when he annexed Austria. Not when he entered the de-militarised zone in the East. They only took notice when he entered Poland. Well, what I am doing my dear friend is making people realise that Iraq was the same as Poland but NOBODY GAVE A FUCK this time. But the tide is turning, and your president WILL face the question come election day 2004.

    Also, funnily enough, you mention the Taliban. You are obviously ignorant to the fact that YOUR GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY financed the Taliban and provided diplomatic cover for them.

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  5. Wanted: torrent and exe by Reez · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1. is there a linux torrent for AA 2.0 ?
    2. is there an archive with linux exes for those who have the win version ?

    seems not, please prove me wrong.

    kthxbye.