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America's Army costs a lot

$32.8 million spent since 2000
Bengt Lemne 9 December 2009

Gamespot has learnt that the U.S. military (and in turn the U.S. taxpayers) have spent $32.8 million on the free-to-play recruitment game America's Army over the course of ten years. Initially meant as a five year project with a budget of $7 million, America's Army has grown to cost substantially more.

The latest version of the game is called America's Army 3 and there has also been a couple of console ports from Ubisoft. Still regardless of that $33 million is a lot to spend on a free-to-play shooter.

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