AA Development Studio Closed

[Gamer-=Of-God=- (Tim)]

Was reading on the official AA forums and found this.

The American Army has closed their publicly-staffed America's Army 3 development studio one day after the free-to-play action-recruitment-sim was launched on Steam. According to Shacknews, development will continue in an office somewhere in Redstone, Alabama, presumably under complete military control (rumours persisted throughout AA3's development of internal discourse, with several high-profile, long-term staffers departing under mysterious circumstances):

"This consolidation will allow us to gain efficiencies between our public and government applications," the representative explained. " We appreciate all the hard work that every member of the America's Army team has contributed to the project, and we look forward to delivering future America's Army game releases in the months ahead."

As for the game itself, the launch has been less than fantastic.

Source

[Learner-=Of-God=-]

Yep I saw that too. They say the dev team has been fired too. o.O

[Gamer-=Of-God=- (Tim)]

FYI, according to an AA forum moderator, and AACM ChalkTroop, there will be a major announcement in the next few hours, with good news.

Lets stay tuned....

-Tim

[Reaper-=Of-God=-(Sam)†]

Jun 18, 2009 17:07:54 GMT -5 Gamer-=Of-God=- (Tim) said:

Was reading on the official AA forums and found this.

The American Army has closed their publicly-staffed America's Army 3 development studio one day after the free-to-play action-recruitment-sim was launched on Steam. According to Shacknews, development will continue in an office somewhere in Redstone, Alabama, presumably under complete military control (rumours persisted throughout AA3's development of internal discourse, with several high-profile, long-term staffers departing under mysterious circumstances):

"This consolidation will allow us to gain efficiencies between our public and government applications," the representative explained. " We appreciate all the hard work that every member of the America's Army team has contributed to the project, and we look forward to delivering future America's Army game releases in the months ahead."

As for the game itself, the launch has been less than fantastic.

Source

Makes you wonder if someone somewhere had the directive to get rid of cost by a certain date (oh, let's say the day AA3 launched) and therefore told the development team we MUST launch by that date - NO MATTER HOW BUGGY THE SYSTEM IS. And then the reward for all the hard work to hit the deadline.... YOU'RE FIRED. Welcome to the real world folks, happens all the time - unfortunately.

Glad my system is so pathetic that I won't even try to load AA3 - sounds like it is WAY more trouble than it's worth. I mean if Peace can't qualify with 100%, what are my chances?

Sam