America's Army: True Soldiers

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?

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.

HOO-AH! America's Army: True Soldiers reporting for duty! In demo form. On The Land Of The Free's Xbox Live Marketplace. 535MB. As the description says: Created by Soldiers, Developed by Gamers, Tested by Heroes.

The U.S. Army announced today that it will feature a number of interactive America's Army game experiences at this week's Penny Arcade Expo (August 24-26 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle). Located in booth #358, the U.S. Army will showcase the first hands-on demo of the upcoming America's Army: True Soldiers game which will be available exclusively on the Xbox 360. The Army's booth will also feature a version of its Virtual Army Experience and an America's Army PC LAN. SGT Tommy Rieman, a member of the America's Army Real Heroes Program and America's Army: True Soldiers development consultant, will talk to PAX attendees about the heroic actions for which he was awarded the Silver Star and his role in ensuring the authenticity of America's Army branded products. Select booth visitors may receive an autographed action figure featuring America's Army Real Heroes.

Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that the new America's Army game won't be coming to Europe. Instead, the Xbox 360 game will be heading exclusively to the US in September. It's a similar situation to last year, when the PS2 Army game, Rise of a Soldier, quietly disappeared from the European release schedule.

The 360 will get a head start on blurring the line between game and advertisement with the announcement of the next America's Army game heading exclusively to Microsoft's next-gen console. Scheduled for release this September, America's Army: True Soldiers is being developed by Tom Clancy veterans Red Storm and published by Ubisoft. In addition to boasting the same developer as GRAW 2, True Soldiers will also feature the same game engine. Unlike GRAW 2, though, True Soldiers will maintain the

Red Storm brings the next installment of the Army's official videogame exclusively to 360.