America's Army Recruitment Tool Game is Shutting Down
America's Army: Proving Grounds is an infamous first-person shooter developed to recruit for the United States military, and it has been in operation for 20 years. On February 7, the United States military announced that they would be refocusing their recruitment efforts in new places.
America's Army, a first-person shooter game published in 2002, was developed and published by the United States Military. America's Army was explicitly created to encourage recruits into the military, and players experienced a variety of different military roles throughout the game. America's Army was a serious investment for the US Army, having spent $32.5 million on the game in the first decade since release. Now, after three major iterations of America's Army, the free-to-play online service is closing down.
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In an announcement posted on official America's Army: Proving Ground forums, the development team said goodbye to the community and announced they would be withdrawing support for the game soon. With this last farewell, the United States military is turning its attention to new franchises, such as the US Marine Corps Call of Duty: Warzone tournament. America's Army is to be removed from Steam and PSN on March 5, and all online matches will cease. However, fans of America's Army will still be able to play offline, and host private matches.
The game was designed as a promotional tool for United States Army. It was a free-to-play tactical shooter that was widely enjoyed during its time. On America's Army: Proving Grounds forums, the official post stated that across the three iterations of the game «there have been over 30 million objectives completed, 180 million successful missions, 250 million
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