New documents have reportedly revealed that the US Army had planned to use Twitch streamers, YouTubers, and even gaming news websites to help drive recruitment.
Internal US Army documents obtained by Motherboard purport to show that the military branch planned to spend millions of dollars sponsoring gaming-related content, with the aim of driving recruitment primarily among Generation Z gamers. The proposed sponsorships include that of Twitch streamers, YouTubers, an esports team, and even gaming website IGN.
Motherboard points to two high-profile streamers who were reportedly mentioned in the documents, Call of Duty streamers Stonemountain64 and Swagg, both of whom have over 2 million subscribers on Twitch. They also reportedly mention Alex Zedra, a Twitch streamer who has provided her likeness to a character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and who describes herself as an…
