Jonbo298
07-02-2002, 05:50 PM
The first version of the US Army's team-based shooter will include 10 levels and is coming to a Web site near you this Independence Day.
The US Army has announced that it will launch the Recon version of America's Army this Thursday, July 4. The special version of the game will be available as a 220MB download, and it will include 10 missions from the Operations team-based action portion of the full game. It will begin with basic training missions that include a rifle range, an obstacle course, and the McKenna Urban Training Site at Fort Benning, Georgia. Once players have completed the basic training, they will participate in online multiplayer missions.
America's Army will combine two simulations: Operations, a team-based first-person shooter, and Soldiers, a role-playing game that lets players experience what it is like to have a career in the US Army. The Army will make additional missions available for Operations through the course of the summer and then release the full game as a free two-CD set at the end of the summer.
"The launch of America's Army on the Internet marks a new chapter in the US Army's history of communicating with Americans about the Army's opportunities, adventures, challenges, and training," said Lt. Col. Casey Wardynski, project originator and manager of the America's Army game. "With this game we hope to educate young Americans and present them with a realistic, engaging view of today's modern Army and its opportunities."
Operations is built on Epic's latest Unreal 3D engine and can support up to 32 players per game. In the multiplayer matches, both teams will perceive that they are on the US team. Communication will play a large role in the game, and players will be able to send messages to their teammates using speech, whispers, shouts, radio messages, and hand and arm signals. The game will also feature advanced sound effects, created with the help of Dolby Laboratories, including accurate sounds for footsteps, shell casings, bullet impacts, and grenades, all of which are affected by the materials they interact with, such as wood, metal, concrete, water, dirt, or glass.
The Recon version of America's Army: Operations will be available for download on Thursday from a variety of Web sites, including the official ,US Army Web Site (http://www.goarmy.com/) the official America's Army Website (http://www.americasarmy.com/) , and the .Nvidia Web site (http://www.nvidia.com/) GameSpot Complete subscribers will be able to download the game from our America's Army page. All GameSpot readers can also reserve a copy of the game (http://web.kontiki.com/GetIt.vm/moid/ff3f18d6-5e65-b477-5643-4cfba8c63c20) through the GameSpot Download Manager in order to get the game automatically delivered to their computer as soon as it is available.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2873140,00.html
I'm gonna have to check it out. But the friggin thing is 220MB!:eek: *Begins wondering how long 220 MB will take on a 56K line:rolleyes:* But at least they will offer it for free as a 2-CD set at the end of summer:D I heard on Headline News today that it cost $6 million to make, but yet they offer it for free. But its the Army, whadyou expect.:unsure:
The US Army has announced that it will launch the Recon version of America's Army this Thursday, July 4. The special version of the game will be available as a 220MB download, and it will include 10 missions from the Operations team-based action portion of the full game. It will begin with basic training missions that include a rifle range, an obstacle course, and the McKenna Urban Training Site at Fort Benning, Georgia. Once players have completed the basic training, they will participate in online multiplayer missions.
America's Army will combine two simulations: Operations, a team-based first-person shooter, and Soldiers, a role-playing game that lets players experience what it is like to have a career in the US Army. The Army will make additional missions available for Operations through the course of the summer and then release the full game as a free two-CD set at the end of the summer.
"The launch of America's Army on the Internet marks a new chapter in the US Army's history of communicating with Americans about the Army's opportunities, adventures, challenges, and training," said Lt. Col. Casey Wardynski, project originator and manager of the America's Army game. "With this game we hope to educate young Americans and present them with a realistic, engaging view of today's modern Army and its opportunities."
Operations is built on Epic's latest Unreal 3D engine and can support up to 32 players per game. In the multiplayer matches, both teams will perceive that they are on the US team. Communication will play a large role in the game, and players will be able to send messages to their teammates using speech, whispers, shouts, radio messages, and hand and arm signals. The game will also feature advanced sound effects, created with the help of Dolby Laboratories, including accurate sounds for footsteps, shell casings, bullet impacts, and grenades, all of which are affected by the materials they interact with, such as wood, metal, concrete, water, dirt, or glass.
The Recon version of America's Army: Operations will be available for download on Thursday from a variety of Web sites, including the official ,US Army Web Site (http://www.goarmy.com/) the official America's Army Website (http://www.americasarmy.com/) , and the .Nvidia Web site (http://www.nvidia.com/) GameSpot Complete subscribers will be able to download the game from our America's Army page. All GameSpot readers can also reserve a copy of the game (http://web.kontiki.com/GetIt.vm/moid/ff3f18d6-5e65-b477-5643-4cfba8c63c20) through the GameSpot Download Manager in order to get the game automatically delivered to their computer as soon as it is available.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2873140,00.html
I'm gonna have to check it out. But the friggin thing is 220MB!:eek: *Begins wondering how long 220 MB will take on a 56K line:rolleyes:* But at least they will offer it for free as a 2-CD set at the end of summer:D I heard on Headline News today that it cost $6 million to make, but yet they offer it for free. But its the Army, whadyou expect.:unsure: