Total Costs for America's Army Games Equals $32.8 Million
The U.S. government totals the cumulative budget for the first person shooter army recruitment game.
Recently, data made available thanks to the Freedom of Information Act revealed that the America's Army series of games has cost the US government $32.8 Million.
Originally started in 2000, the America's Army project was originally planned as a five year investment with a $7 million budget. The games were slated to be realistic military tactical shooters that were free to play, and intended as a recruitment tool for the army.
Most of the games in the series have been made for the PC, including America's Army 3 which was released in June 2009. Ubisoft has also published spin-off titles for consoles.
The total year-to-year budget for America's Army is available below.
2000--$3,500,000
2001--$5,600,000
2002--$1,862,985
2003--$2,600,000
2004--$3,866,482
2005--$1,288,552
2006--$4,050,748
2007--$2,788,137
2008--$3,887,450
2009--$3,395,702
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