Want to play America's Army 3? Pre-load now from Big Download

by Christopher Grant { Jun 16th 2009 at 5:25PM }

If you live in the U S of A, here's something you may not know: your tax dollars pay for the development of a free-to-play shooter called America's Army. The latest release of that series – America's Army 3 – is shipping out tomorrow; however, if you want to get your money's worth (remember: tax dollars) you owe it to yourself to download it today! That's where Joystiq's very own Big Download comes in. Head on over and pre-load the game client so, while the rest of the world hammers those servers tomorrow, you'll be knee-deep in Rules of Engagement.

Download America's Army 3 Deploy Client (273 KB)

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tyler @ Jun 16th 2009 5:30PM

ronEbear @ Jun 16th 2009 5:32PM

Look, there`s a soldier with glasses on. Nerds everywhere, now you have no reason to not join the army.

Warlord @ Jun 16th 2009 5:34PM

not realy

Erluti @ Jun 16th 2009 5:34PM

Why do 2/3 of them wear glasses?
What are the statistics on soldiers wearing glasses?

Anonymous @ Jun 16th 2009 5:36PM

my ass

Tyler @ Jun 16th 2009 5:38PM

I'm sure a lot soldiers have to get glasses after their physical in order to proceed with their service.

Bobby S. @ Jun 16th 2009 6:53PM

I've seen a lot of pictures of soldiers wearing either glasses or goggles.

It makes sense to protect your eye from debris, small fragments, and dust.

waves @ Jun 16th 2009 5:39PM

Could those character models look any more awkward in fatigues?

reagan @ Jun 16th 2009 5:40PM

Anyone else thing that this is just a way for the good ol US of A to recruit people into the military?

I mean, think about it. Its our tax dollars, and since it's F2P, it is accessible for even the poorest families, as long as hey have internet. Considering America has blatantly said that they focus recruitment on lower class people, It should be obvious.

Kids see this and they think "Oh, Cool! I can shoot terrorists and bad guys!" when really, it portrays real life soldiers as "respawnable" and embeds a small amount of paranoia into us, as we think that there are terrorists and bad guys everywhere.

Plus, the other americas army games were over run by little kids and I'm sure this one is to.

I'm not a big fan of the gameplay in AA either.

SilverFireshot @ Jun 16th 2009 5:44PM

They make no secret that this is a recruitment tool. There are even arcade versions in recruitment centers now.

TrojanGuy @ Jun 16th 2009 6:07PM

That's the whole purpose of the AA games. They've never tried to hide that fact.

This_Time @ Jun 16th 2009 6:33PM

I've heard this argument before, and I'm not buying it. It's like saying Gmail is a form of recruitment for Google. While some people's interest in the designer may be piqued thanks to their product, calling it "just a way for the good ol US of A to recruit people into the military" is a bit of an overstatement.

ill trooper @ Jun 16th 2009 7:05PM

Reagan: Although you haven't uncovered any "super secret mystery," there are still valid points in your post, so I hear you, bro. I don't like the targeting of this game, never have. It's brilliant, actually. in a 'Don King' sort of way, I mean.

Arkitekt @ Jun 16th 2009 10:57PM

Have you even every played AA? ever? you don't respawn.. you are dead until the round is over. As well there are actually informational areas to the game..

Any game that can teach a kid enough first aid to save someone's life has got my backing.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/gamer-uses-virtual-training-to-save-lives/1181064
Here's another link for the same story: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/01/americas-army-t/

Also this game was created to be a recruitment tool. It was/is its main development purpose.

F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ Jun 16th 2009 5:41PM

suddenly I want to join the army...

BananaBoat @ Jun 16th 2009 8:21PM

Let's enlist togayther!

Oh crap...they won't notice that Freudian slip will they?

zaglis @ Jun 16th 2009 5:53PM

Save your gigabytes! -Its a big pile of technical mess. Stay away! (Ya, its free but this might be the worst free game ever made. IMO)

bluenocturnex @ Jun 16th 2009 5:57PM

It will brainwash you.

mars @ Jun 16th 2009 5:57PM

I just hope they don't start making console versions and give them away. that is where I draw the line on recruitment. when a parents sees "Free Game!" and gives it to their kids

sp23hagbard5 @ Jun 16th 2009 6:49PM

they made a xbox version of the first one, but it had a 45€ pricetag....and sucked

David @ Jun 16th 2009 6:02PM

Lol, you guys pay taxes to pay for developments of games

nmorris @ Jun 16th 2009 6:44PM

I want to see a tax-payer developed FPS in Canada called Canadian Army. The game would consist of rowing a canoe to stop children from crossing the drop off line of a lake in a national park, and every soldier would be equipped with a pea-shooter.

sp23hagbard5 @ Jun 16th 2009 6:49PM

sounds like fun

reagan @ Jun 16th 2009 6:51PM

Oh yea.

West @ Jun 16th 2009 7:09PM

Didn't they call that Halo 2? I distinctly remember crossing a river or a lake and a very underpowered pistol. Eh, ODST will be better!

Ted @ Jun 16th 2009 6:58PM

Get it from Steam, which has Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud support.

CubeGuy @ Jun 16th 2009 7:11PM

There was a second one?

Stochinblockin @ Jun 16th 2009 7:55PM

At least with AA3 I can see where PART of my taxpayer money went. I'm still waiting on this so-called "stimulus" money to surface.

Arkitekt @ Jun 16th 2009 10:52PM

Just wanted to inform some that asked, those glasses are not necessarily the same glasses that civilians wear. Most military personnel that are in a combat environment wear ballistic glasses, the person in the front in the picture above is wearing them, the second one in is probably wearing ballistic prescription glasses.

SuperA187 @ Jun 16th 2009 11:07PM

America, fuck yeah!

iceykitsune @ Jun 17th 2009 2:19AM

The deploy client must go, It is slow as molasses in winter!

Video Games Blog @ Jun 17th 2009 12:50PM

The comments here are ignorant. Bunch of ignorant kids mouthing off while real life soldiers are deployed in the most dangerous area in the world - some who want to be there and others who don't.

Yeah AA is OBVIOUSLY a recruitment tool, there's no denying that. There's also nothing wrong with joining the armed forces. Some of you little shits could probably benefit from it.