Army of Two


Army of Two is a third-person shooter video game series developed by EA Montreal. The first game in the series, Army of Two, was released on March 6, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. Focusing on cooperative strategies, Army of Twos main feature is the necessity to use coordinated teamwork to accomplish the game's goals. While the game is meant to be played with another human as a partner, a "Partner Artificial Intelligence" is also included and programmed to follow the player's strategies. Dependence on a partner is so pronounced that most objectives are impossible to complete without it. A sequel, ', was released on January 12, 2010 in North America and January 15, 2010 in Europe. The third game in the series, ', was released on March 26, 2013 by Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Games

''Army of Two'' (2008)

''Army of Two: The 40th Day'' (2010)

''Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel'' (2013)

Characters

Graphic novel

Army of Two: Dirty Money, written by John Ney Rieber and illustrated by Brandon McKinney, is a 2008 graphic novel which follows Rios and Salem through some of their earliest missions together working as private military contractors up to the War in Afghanistan in September 2001. The plot follows the corruption of the company they work for as private military contractors. Rios and Salem work together as an "army of two", trying to stay alive and uncover the conspiracy within the company that employs them.

Comic

A six-issue miniseries called Army of Two: Across the Border was released in January 2010 by IDW Publishing and coincided with the release of the sequel game , with events taking place after the first game and before the second game.

Film

On October 23, 2008, Variety magazine reported that Universal Pictures had picked up the film rights to the game, citing Universal's desire to "fast-track the project to begin production in 2009" and hiring Michael Mann to write the script and direct.