Just one day after the release of America's Army 3, it appears that the development team for the free-to-play FPS has been downsized considerably. According to Shacknews the game's main development offices in Emeryville, CA has been closed. A number of the game's team members were laid off as a result, although the exact numbers of people that were affected are currently unknown.

According to a statement from the US Army, "This consolidation will allow us to gain efficiencies between our public and government applications." Development of America's Army 3 will continue from the US Army's offices in Redstone Arsenal located neat Hunstville, AL.

Update:The launch of the game itself has had its own issues due to massive amounts of players trying to sign into the servers. The US Army claims (via an IGN story), "At points during the day yesterday, we experienced over 20 million connections, which affected the ability to download, install and register to play the game. In addition, gameplay was affected by the stress on our servers." The US Army states they are working to fix these problems.