The U.S. Army's recruiting tool-cum-video game America's Army is coming to another unexpected platform—arcades. The Unreal Engine-powered lightgun shooter will be published by Global VR and developed with U.S. Army "subject matter experts" and act as a "communication channel with young Americans."

America's Army for arcades will focus less on the shooting of terrorists or insurgents and will instead consist of a series of eight mini-games that emulate real-life Army training exercises. Sounds not too dissimilar from P&P Marketing's popular Police Trainer series of arcade games, no?

The game is assumed to be built on the PC version of America's Army which also runs on the Unreal Engine. Global VR has a number of PC game products repurposed for arcade play, including Paradise Lost based on Far Cry, Desert Gunner based on the (awful) Beach Head series as well as EA Sports brand titles.

Global VR to Deploy America's Army at AAMA Gala [Arcade Renaissance via GameSetWatch]

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