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America's Army Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-06-28 15:37:04 541
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Today, the U.S. Army announced that the upcoming July 4th marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the world-renowned Americas Army PC game. Debuting on July 4, 2002, Americas Army has more than 8.5 million user accounts and has been one of the top ten action games played online since its launch. Americas Army has grown from its initial roots as an online PC game to a brand that encompasses console and cell phone games; the Real Heroes program that recognizes heroic Soldiers; and the Virtual Army Experience, which places players in a life-size Americas Army game.
Americas Army game brand has had an incredible impact around the world placing Soldiering front and center within popular culture and showcasing the high-tech, team-oriented and values-driven nature of the Army, said Colonel Casey Wardynski, originator of the Americas Army game.
The Americas Army team is celebrating its fifth anniversary by releasing an all-new Americas Army website (americasarmy.com), rendered in the Armys new ACU camouflage pattern and featuring new content including developer-created wallpaper that provides a sneak peek at Americas Army 3.0.
Americas Army accomplishments include:
23 Game Releases
After 23 successful releases, Americas Army has opened the world of Soldiering to players and provided them with a soup to nuts virtual experience within which to explore entry level through advanced training, as well as Soldiering in small units. It has virtually taken players through boot camp, Ranger and Airborne training, and even introduced them to the Armys Quiet Professionals, the elite Special Forces. Through Americas Army, players have learned about rules of engagement (ROE), lifesaving, laws of war and Army Values, the set of noble values that are the foundation of the worlds premier land force. Version 3.0 of Americas Army, which will debut in 2008, will use the new Unreal 3 engine to display even more exciting aspects of the Army.
Americas Army statistics
- Players have participated in over 200 million hours representing 3.5 billion rounds of online play exploring Soldiering as members of elite U.S. Army units.
- Americas Army has players in over 60 countries.
- More than 40 million total downloads of the game have been reported.
- Over 1,100 fan sites have registered on the games community website.
- Players host almost 1,200 Honor servers. These honor servers track honor points that form the basis of Americas Army unique scoring and rewards system.
Americas Army for the Console and Cell Phone
The U.S. Army and Ubisoft, one of the worlds largest video game publishers, have established a long-term partnership to develop and publish games based on the Americas Army brand. The first game developed via this partnership was Americas Army: Rise of a Soldier on the Xbox, which allowed players to create a Soldier and take him through the adventures of an Army career. The next game, Americas Army: True Soldiers, will release exclusively for the Xbox 360 in the fall of 2007. Americas Army: True Soldiers features extensive multiplayer features for play on Xbox LIVE. The Armys cell phone game, Americas Army: Special Operations, debuted in January 2007.
Americas Army Real Heroes Program
The Americas Army team launched the Real Heroes program in September 2006. The Americas Army Real Heroes program tells the stories of Soldiers who have exhibited courage under fire in the Global War on Terrorism and have received awards for valor for their actions. The Americas Army Real Heroes program inspires the American public to explore the U.S. Army's values, as well as Soldier's attributes of teamwork and personal courage, by telling heroic and personal Soldier stories through the Americas Army PC game and websites, and by offering a line of action figures. The Americas Army Real Heroes program is featured online at americasarmy.com/realheroes.
Virtual Army Experience
This year the Americas Army game entered a new stage with the launch of the Virtual Army Experience (VAE) The VAE is a high-tech, team-based experience designed to immerse visitors in the operational roles of Soldiers in the U.S. Army. This 10,000 square-foot interactive exhibit brings Americas Army: Special Forces (Overmatch) to a life-size networked world to provide visitors with a virtual test drive of Soldiering. In the Virtual Army Experience, participants employ teamwork, leadership and high-tech equipment as they take part in a hands-on virtual mission to capture a terrorist leader. The VAE schedule is located at http://vae.americasarmy.com/.
Training Simulators Used by the Army
Building upon the dynamic and cutting-edge Americas Army game platform, the Americas Army team has created dozens of training simulations that are employed by myriad organizations around the country. The Americas Army team has produced effective and engaging virtual learning tools for Force Protection, Adaptive Thinking and Leadership, Convoy Survivability, as well as applications ranging from mission rehearsal to modeling advanced weapons systems and fire control systems. Over the next year, the team will be launching a number of applications including a Live Fire Targetry Program, which will replace static or pop-up paper or metal targets with virtual targets for interactive live-fire training. You can read more about these applications at http://info.americasarmy.com/.
About the Army
Through the teamwork of the more than 1.2 million Soldiers in the active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve, the U.S. Army is the worlds premier land force. Today, Soldiers of the U.S. Army are the front line in the Global War on Terrorism. For more information on the U.S. Army, go to goarmy.com or army.mil.
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