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In today's installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Tony Danza suggests the Call of Duty series from Activision is responsible for countless teenagers deciding to join the military and be all that they could be in the games. More »
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Development of the People's Liberation Army video game, soon to be used to train China's armed forces, seems to be coming along nicely since last we heard about it. More »
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Sadly, it's not called Capitalist Running Lackey Pig Dog Army. Nor is it called China's Army. It's called Mission of Honor, which for fans of Chinese rip-off naming conventions is still pretty great. More »
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Gamers have needs. They have requests for the games that they play, some of these demands surprisingly specific. Today, let us consider the case by one gamer for the ability to shoot from a prone position and some accompanying news. More »
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In the past year, 70,000 men and women enlisted in the U.S. Army. Sixty-seven times that amount - 4.7 million - played Modern Warfare 2 on a console or PC, released one day before Veteran's Day. More »
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America's Army may be the US military's most super-effective recruitment tool, but that kind of effectiveness comes at a price. More »
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Of all the US Army's various recruitment methods - and they have many - it appears none are anywhere near as successful as a humble, free video game. More »
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America's Army 3 is bringing Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System to the digital battlefield, allowing players to experience some of the military's newest technology. More »
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Virtual Heroes - the developers behind the America's Army military simulator - have turned their hand to more socially useful, less killing-y areas with humanitarian aid simulator Virtual Peace. More »
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San Franciscans who had an open afternoon took to the streets today to protest the work of Ubisoft and the United States Army, claiming that the America's Army line of video games "has been developed by the United States Army to recruit children under the age of 17 in violation of the U.N. Optional Protocol and international law." Fortunately, Wired's Game|Life was on hand to capture the action, beat by beat. More »
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It's the stuff press releases are made of, but the story is great to boot. Paxton Galvanek never had medical training, but he'd gone through medic certification in the America's Army video game. Then one November night as he drove down the highway with his family, he watched as an SUV flipped multiple times in the opposite lane. More »
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Florida-based toy manufacturer Jazwares announced today the availability of America's Army Real Heroes, a line of action figures semi-based on the America's Army series of video games and modeled after real-life military personnel. Yes, it's a little weird. Four America's Army soldiers comprise the first line, including Sergeant Tommy Riemen, Sergeant First Class Gerald Wolford, Staff Sergeant Matthew Zedwick, and Major Jason Amerine. Three of the four have been awarded the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action for their service in the Iraq War, with the fourth given the Bronze Star with V Device for Bravery while in Afghanistan. More »
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The New York Times has been running a series of opinion pieces under the "Home Fires" banner, in which U.S. military veterans of the Iraq War write of returning to their lives after serving overseas. While some lean toward the intense, including contributions from a soldier blinded in a roadside bomb attack and one from a vet who responded to a bloody police station bombing, the most recent from former Marine Jeffrey D. Barnett writes simply of his love of gaming. It's not filled with earth-shattering revelations or the unique insight that only a Marine hardened by battle can provide, it's simply a thoughtful, down to earth op-ed from a rational gamer, one who just happens to be a foreign war vet. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314129&view=rss&microfeed=true I've often wondered how members of the military who've actually seen active duty felt about America's Army, the recruiting tool disguised as a free video game created by the US Government. Judging by the reactions of one group of war veterans not everyone is overly pleased. Around 90 members of Iraq Veterans Against the War showed their displeasure at the Missouri Black Expo back in mid-August, donning black t-shirts and gathering in front of Army recruiters in formation to shout, "War is not a game!" three times before dispersing. The well-organized protest was in response to the America's Army simulation set up at the Expo and marked the beginning of IVAW's Truth In Recruiting campaign. More »
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Whilst strolling around PAX I happened into the back of the of the hall and noticed this massive Army booth. I was surprised and a little curious because not only could I not see any games present, but the sign hanging over the booth seemed a bit odd, reading ""No Power-Ups, No Cheat Codes, No Easy Mode." I mean, I understand the point they were trying to make, but it almost seemed a tad insulting. Needless to say the Army booth had tumbleweeds rolling through it, so after spying the Bungie Store around the side of the booth I went over to check that out. As I turned the corner, I saw that the Army actually did have one lone gaming station set up to show off their America's army game, strategically placed directly across from the Bungie Store. More »
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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." More »
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The U.S. Army's sweet, sweet blend of headshots and recruitment, America's Army, hits its fifth anniversary this July 4 and celebrates by spewing out a bunch of hard facts and launching a brand new website which includes a sneak peek at America's Army 3.0. More »
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First-person shooter cum marketing tool America's Army—sponsored by the U.S. Army and official game of the U.S. Army—is making the next-gen jump to the Xbox 360 exclusively this fall, according to IGN. America's Army: True Soldiers will employ the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 engine and allow for 16-player co-op over Xbox Live. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=267954&view=rss&microfeed=true Everybody gather around a watch this piece of advertising ingenuity. The US military has again hit a low point in finding sturdy young lads, and after a brief success with the America's Army game, who is played by everyone I know from my retired Asian uncle to my retired Asian uncle's friends, it's a disappointment. More »
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The U.S. Army and The Guildhall at Souther Methodist University have teamed up to create a new download mission pack for the America's Army shooter and recruitment tool. More »
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More than 8 million gamers have registered to be brainwashed by play free recruitment tool America's Army for the PC. More »
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I was roaming the outer sanctum of E3 last week when I noticed a GI in a ghillie suit stalking toward two pink-festooned booth babes. After a brief chat the three crowded together and the GI's buddy snapped a pic for him. There's something very disturbing about Booth Babes fawning over each other. —Brian Crecente More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=174732&view=rss&microfeed=true Are the makers of America's Army ready and able to serve their PR cause by justifying their game in fifteen seconds or less? You'll have to watch the video to find out. More »
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Now this is a great idea. America's Army: Real Heroes, sequel to the free PC game recruitment tool released in 2002, will allow gamers to play as actual decorated soldiers. The soldiers in the game will also be used to create a line of action figures. (But will they be turned into bobble heads, huh?) More »
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