MILITARY

The military applications have around since the late nineties. One of the first applications was Marine Doom. This was a modification (mod) of a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) game known as Doom, a first-person shooter game. It was originally designed to teach teamwork, coordination and decision-making for frontline combat troops.

The biggest project to date has been the commissioning of America’s Army, a custom-built first-person shooter game. Created by the MOVES institute at the Naval Postgraduate School, America's Army – Operations version is an Army Recruiting game, which includes basic training and an Army career game "soldiers." The game was launched in June, 2002. There are currently over 7.6 million registered users, with over 4.2 million having completed basic training, and over 2 million missions played per day. During the last four years, there have been over another 20 versions released.