History VideoGame / AmericasArmy

* PinkMist: Averted due partially to the need to avoid a rating higher than T, and partially to the fact that [[RealityIsUnrealistic 5.56mm bullets rarely cause that kind of]] {{Gorn}}. Plus, the game is a [[JoinTheArmyTheySaid recruiting tool]]; people are likely to be less open to joining the Army if their death was just rendered in agonizingly gory detail. Those to whom such things would appeal are generally more unstable than Army recruiters would like; folks of that persuasion [[TakeThat should go sign up with]] [[InterserviceRivalry the Marines.]]

* ObviousBeta: The initial release of ''America's Army 3''.

The game is available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/203290/ Steam]] and was formerly available from the [[https://www.americasarmy.com/ official website]] (which now redirects to the U.S. Army's general recruiting website, GoArmy.com). The U.S. Army shut down the project on May 5, 2022 with online features such as stats and rankings no longer functional. Private servers can still be created & played on.

''America's Army 3'' managed to garner itself some infamy its first week of release, with the game being hardly functional at all, as the 8,000 people who attempted to play apparently overloaded the servers. The problem was largely solved in short order by preventing the players from needing to do the training and has since been rectified. After the release of the third installment, the entire development team was fired and development transferred to an internal Army development team who has been updating the game much more frequently than the previous team did.

After the success of ''America's Army'', similar projects have been started by the [[http://forum.americasarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=236846 Canadian Army]] and [[http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/StartThinkingSoldier/ British Army]].

The game was formerly available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/203290/ Steam]] or the [[https://www.americasarmy.com/ official website.]] The US Army shut down the project on May 5, 2022 with online features such as stats and rankings no longer functional. Private servers can still be created & played on.

* DefunctOnlineVideoGames: The game lasted for almost 20 years, initially launching on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate July 4, 2002]] and eventually shutting down on May 5, 2022.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The game was released on July 4, 2002, the first Independence Day after the events of 9/11 and when domestic support for the U.S. military was at all-time high levels.

Available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/203290/ Steam]] or the [[https://www.americasarmy.com/ official website.]]

The US Army shut down the project in 2022 with online features such as stats and rankings no longer functional. Private servers can still be created & played on.