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Feb 4, 2009

America's Army Is Most Downloaded War Game

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The US Army has announced its PC shooter, America's Army, is the most-downloaded war game, IncGamers report.
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Sep 9, 2008

Worthplaying: America's Army v3 Beta Coming

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PC - America's Army - Worthplaying: America's Army v3 Beta Coming

Since 2002, Epic's Unreal Engine 2 has served as the foundation for America's Army. To take advantage of leap-ahead capabilities afforded by Epic's newest engine, the Army has been developing its next generation version of America's Army on the Unreal Engine 3 since 2005. While the game has no release date yet, a beta is tentatively scheduled for this winter.
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Aug 19, 2008

Fox News: We report... about 5 years late

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PC - America's Army - Fox News: We report... about 5 years late

Fox News weighs in on America's Army, the video game... About five years too late and Sarcasticgamer.com calls them on it.

From the article: "What I do care about is how horribly misinformed and uninformed these professional journalists are about the fastest growing and highest grossing form of entertainment in the world. At what point are news organizations going to catch on and stop assigning the guy who stands in hurricanes to talk about how the wind is blowing really hard, to cover a story about gaming?"
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May 14, 2008

ACLU Criticizes Military Recruitment, including America's Army Game

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PC - America's Army - ACLU Criticizes Military Recruitment, including America's Army Game

A report issued yesterday by the American Civil Liberties Union criticizes US miltary recruitment practices, including the use of the popular America's Army game franchise as a tool to attract potential recruits.
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Nov 27, 2007

Shoot to thrill: Disturbing link between gaming and military propaganda

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PC - America's Army - Shoot to thrill: Disturbing link between gaming and military propaganda

"Various commentators have accused Generation Y, those born after 1981, of being disrespectful, constantly distracted, unable to live without a mobile phone, contemptuous of authority, cynical and precocious. A more unlikely batch of soldiers just couldn't be imagined.

But this much-maligned generation is precisely the target that the US and Australian defence forces are homing in on in their efforts to keep the 'war on terror' well manned. And their key recruitment strategy? The humble video game."

The Age's Fran Molloy looks at the disturbing link between gaming and the military in its efforts to use video games as a propaganda tool to lure Generation Y.
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