US Army Licenses UE3
May 14th, 2005 by CrusaderMore Unreal Engine 3 news: The United States Army has announced that they have licensed UE3 for the next version of their free first-person shooter, America’s Army (thanks Shacknews):
The U.S. Army today announced that it is expanding its technology agreement with Epic Games. Since 2000, Epic’sUnreal Engine 2 has served as the foundation for America’s Army, theOfficial U.S. Army Game. To take advantage of leap-ahead capabilitiesafforded by Epic Games’ newest engine, the Army will begin developing itsnext generation versions of America’s Army on the Unreal Engine 3 in thecoming months. “The Unreal Engine has enabled us to develop one of the most populargames in the world. At the same time, the Unreal Engine has provided usthe power and flexibility to develop revolutionary training and educationapplications for use across the government,” said Colonel Casey Wardynski,project director and originator of the “America’s Army” concept. “Thegameplay, environments and immersive action generated using UnrealEngine 3 will allow us to create ever more realistic scenarios andenvironments through which young adults can learn about Soldiering andthrough which Soldiers can master skills ranging from lifesaving tocountering IEDs in the Global War on Terrorism.”
May 14th, 2005 at 8:28 am
WE spend more money for recruiting hipe like this, but we close more bases. Sure its fun to play, but really the us army should spend our money on other things then sponsoring race teams and games.
May 15th, 2005 at 12:02 am
The previous poster is right. Compared to anything the Army has to pay for(including toilet paper), this game doesn’t amount to squat. And base closings happen every decade. I have seen this play out 4 times since I’ve been alive- it’s just the same shit, different day.
The next war won’t be dependent on how many bases we have. It will be nuclear. And a guy shooting into the sky really doesn’t help much unless your goal is to die.
We have plenty of bases for training troops. They aren’t closing bases because of funding(Recall how much Congress just gave them). They are closing them and re-aligning others to make them more effective. More for the sake of more is not better- not even in war. And especially not in nuclear war. They should have bases underground now, and guess what, they do.
I think it’s a good way to get people involved in what the army is about- the game I mean. I would rather pay for/have a realistic game that I can keep, rather than pay for a 100K toilet in the pentagon that I’ll never get to see.