u.s. army

U.S. Army Buys Drunk Driving Game

3:00AM Brian Crecente | The U.S. Army is funding improvements to a drunk driving game developed at the University of Calgary, in hopes of reducing what they say is a growing drunk driving problem among soldiers returning from war zones. More »

U.S. Army Investing $US50 Million in Video Games

6:00AM Owen Good | The U.S. Army has created a video game training unit that will begin operation in 2010, and has funding for it set aside to the tune of $US50 million, reports Stars and Stripes. This isn’t for recruiting or marketing, but the training of its soldiers in virtual environments. More »

US Army Establishes Gaming Brigade

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Well, it’s not so much a Brigade, as it is an…office. The US Army have decided that rather than trying to modify existing commercial games like Full Spectrum Warrior (whose hidden Army mode was a complete arse-kicker) for use as training programs, they may as well try building their own. So they’ve established the Training and Doctrine Command Project Office for Gaming, which will be looking at the best (ie cheapest) way to turn today’s soldiers into tomorrow’s killing machines. They’re currently working on two projects: one to sex up their simulation program’s graphics, the other to set up a simulation “level editor”, which would allow officers to build their own training scenarios without the need of costly, pesky civilian contractors. Both sound just wonderful, with the “level editor” expected to be ready to enter service by around, oh, 2015. Army Sets Up New Office of Videogames [Wired] [Image] More »