Game development has become a multibillion-dollar industry in recent years, with large game studios employing thousands of developers and sales that compete with Hollywood’s blockbusters. Instead, the Army gaming unit will watch trends in the industry and identify technology that can be used for military training, he said. The need for video games as training aids was judged so great that the Army wanted to get products out to units before the funding came online. In addition to the $50 million, the Army gaming unit has an undisclosed additional budget to purchase a state-of-the-art commercial video game system that will be fielded for training in February