As reported by GameDaily:

Representatives for Direct Action to Stop the War said they were recently in touch with Ubisoft (the publisher’s North American office in San Francisco) to talk with the company about its continued role as the publisher behind America’s Army, a realistic first-person shooter built in collaboration with the U.S. Army to accurately portray combat situations and ultimately to recruit new soldiers.

Because the game is used as a recruitment tool and is rated Teen, the anti-war organization believes the U.S. Army and Ubisoft are breaking international law. In a letter sent to Laurent Detoc, President of Ubisoft North America, Direct Action said, "The military recruitment of children under the age of 17, however, is a clear violation of international law (the U.N. Optional Protocol). No attempt to recruit children 13-16 is allowed in the United States, pursuant to treaty. It is also important to consider the effects of the game within the context of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Undoubtedly soldiers now recruited through America’s Army will serve in these wars. The invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are violations of international law, and contributing to their continuation through the propagation of the game is, if not a criminal violation, a moral outrage."

The letter adds later, "Ubisoft’s role as publisher of America’s Army is contributing to an international crime. But you are not alone: Gameloft is working on the cell phone application and Secret Level was a developer of the 2005 version of the game. Is child recruitment, recruitment to fight the cause of dubious wars the proper business of your company and those of you in their employ?"

After having published the letter, the Direct Action folks said they spoke on the phone with Laurent Detoc who said, according to Direct Action, that "Ubisoft has already planned not to make any further games of America’s Army, that they may announce that decision in the future and he discouraged us from continuing our Hiroshima Day action." The Hiroshima Day is a non-violent rally being held on August 6 at 12PM in South Park, San Francisco between 2nd and 3rd and Brannan and Bryant.