America's Army: Special Forces has been updated to its latest version 2.8.5, the patch brings four new maps along with some general game improvements and fixes.
New maps include SF Courtyard, SF Hospital, Urban Assault and ES2 Bridge.
GamePolitics: The Army's use of video games to promote recruitment has been a source of controversy in recent times. Most recently, GamePolitics reported on a large-scale protest march at the Army Experience Center, located at a Philadelphia mall.
Taking the opposing view ot that of the protesters, attorney Christine Flowers defends the AEC in a Memorial Day weekend column for the Philadelphia Daily News:
A few [military] vets have been on the front lines in targeting the Army Experience Center... AEC incorporates high-tech virtual experiences, more traditional media and one-on-one interaction to reach young men and women who might be considering a life in the service...
WHAT'S SO insidious?..."
For the first time in the history of the America's Army franchise, fans will get a first-hand at the details that are built into America's Army 3.
From Big Download:
Two new missions recently released for America's Army: Special Forces. The first one is called District and the other is Canyon. Both can be downloaded automatically through the AA Deploy Client.
District : "Intelligence reports that insurgents forces are conducting reconnaissance against targets in the allied city of Dakrasi in an effort to collect sensitive information on the local infrastructure for future operations."
Canyon: "A local warlord has recently taken control of a small mountain village capturing a large cache of heavy weapons in the process. Intelligence reports the cache has been separated and moved to two locations, one in the Northern sector and one in the Southern sector of the village."
Get on with AA3!