Army Sets Up Videogame Studio

Ralph Lee writes "Is it time to enlist? Wired News is reporting that the US Army has set up a video game studio to model training and recruit soldiers on the heels of the successful America's Army title: 'The America's Army Government Applications office was quietly opened in January in Cary, North Carolina, with a team of 15 video-game creators, simulation specialists and ex-Army personnel. Many of the studio's employees come from local video-game companies like Interactive Magic, Timeline, Vertis, SouthPeak Interactive, Vicious Cycle Software and Red Storm Entertainment.'" It's also noted that "the office is working with a team of 24 video-game creators in Monterey, California, on the latest edition to its main franchise, America's Army: Overmatch, which will be released in March 2005."

Comments

Calling Rockstar!

[metamatic]

Maybe they're gonna hire the guys from Rockstar Games who developed Manhunt, team them up with the developers of the Silent Hill series, and put them to work on a Guantanamo/Al Ghraib interrogation simulator...

Re:Am I alone...?

[g0bshiTe]

Propaganda Possiblities? What the hell do you think the Army's moniker of "I am an Army of one" is? Do they really expect us to believe that they allow any kind of individuality in the military? In todays military recruits are expected to do two things:
1) complain about the work and little pay
2) in the event of war, die for freedom


I hate to break it to all our military boys and girls, cause god knows I love and appreiciate each and every one of ya for serving, but you are an expendable comodity to our military leaders including your "so called" commander in chief A.K.A. HRIC Head Redneck In Charge.