Via @USArmy. Today, the US Army will release a new version of its video game and recruitment tool, America’s Army. According Grafton Pritchartt of Army.mil, America’s Army 3 will introduce a number of new features that will provide a better simulation of combat for prospective recruits:
The original game has been out since July 4, 2002, but the new version will provide gamers with improved features, thanks in part to the use of Unreal Engine 3.
Unreal Engine 3 will allow the game to have effects like lighting and shadowing and rendering. The effects make the 14 different choices of characters more realistic, project developer and creator Col. Casey Wardynski said.
“America’s Army 3 involves enhancements of the technology from America’s Army’s original version, which has made the sound (and graphics) dramatically better,” Wardynski said. “This gives them a chance to test drive the army. Instead of it being all the stuff they think they know from the movies, it demonstrates what it is really like because this game is made by the Army.”
A trailer for the video game is available here. Or, if you can bring yourself to set down your Baudrillard for a moment, go download a copy and join the fray. You can “pre-load” the game at the America’s Army website, and the game will “unlock” around 3:00 PM EST.
