US Army develops video game to curb suicide rates

02.12.2008

Army suicides went up from 79 in 2003 to 115 last year, The Monitor reported. Two-thirds of the suicides were committed by soldiers who were deployed or had been deployed.

The Army already uses "DARWARS Ambush," a training game for soldiers and "America's Army," a publicly released video game, to help with recruitment.

Last week, the Army also announced it would invest over the next five years in more video games to train and prepare soldiers for combat.