US Army To Invest $50 Million In Game Development 68
$50 million in funding has been approved for the Army to establish a unit that will develop games. The purpose of the games will be to train soldiers for various tasks, and they say there is no intent to compete with commercial games. We've previously discussed other efforts by the Army to integrate games into their training programs.
"Col. Mark McManigal, the capabilities manger for gaming under the Training and Doctrine Command, said the selected game must provide low-cost training and must not require large number of technicians to run. It must also have a play-back function for after-action reviews, he said. 'One of the major events for training is to be able to capture all these events, good or bad, throughout the entire scenario,' he said. Trainers must be able to edit the game during play to change the difficulty level or add complexity to an exercise. For example, they must also be able to edit terrain to replicate training areas or combat zones, he said."
Additional info (Score:5, Funny)
Deja vu means the trainer changed something.
The hard-core difficulty level will result in actual death of the player.
There won't be any cheat codes.
Re:quake? (Score:1, Funny)
What they need are some simulations to help with military micromanagement. This [purepwnage.com] guy would be very helpful in such an area as a consultant. He has mad micro skills.
Re:quake? (Score:5, Funny)
How about a nice game of chess?
Re:It sound more like research.... (Score:5, Funny)
Cheaters (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It sound more like research.... (Score:5, Funny)
Billy Mc Asshat was brought before a military court yesterday accused of team killing, he was summarily sentenced to death by firing squad.
Re:Cheaters (Score:3, Funny)
Ya but the other sides are mostly swarm based or covert.They just need to build more warg banners and invest in espionage tech.
Re:It sound more like research.... (Score:5, Funny)
Dunno, maybe it was originally marketed as a fast-paced shooter, but it sounds more like it's gonna be a MMORPG to me. You know, "Farmer Tariq cannot harvest his olive groves because they are overrun with insurgents. Bring the turbans of 12 Al Qaeda in Iraq members, 12 Shiite extremists, and 12 Iranian intelligence agents to Farmer Tariq for your reward." Or, "The Coalition cannot patrol Main Street because it is lined with improvised explosive devices. Find and disarm 20 IEDs and bring them back to Sarjeant Slothrop for your reward." Sounds like a lot of endless grinding to me.
Re:Additional info (Score:3, Funny)
Or spoons.
Re:This will be great (Score:5, Funny)
"Pvt. Johnson! What's the holdup in there?"
"The terrorists moved the dining room table to the foyer!! All our strategies are fucked!"
"Damn! Call in an airstrike!"