World of Tanks Post 1.0 Launch Content Recap
Wargaming.net is keeping the foot on the gas pedal after the launch of the massive World of Tanks 1.0 PC update in March. The 1.0 update brought a lot of major changes to the game, from the overhauled maps, the new soundtrack, the new Glacier Map, and the brand new in-house Wargaming Core graphics engine. Since then, Gianluigi Buffon, the goalkeeper for Juventus Football Club and Team Italia, was ...
World of Warships Sydney Launch Event and Hands-on
Wargaming is a publisher known for its franchise of combat simulation games such as World Tanks and World of Warplanes. They recently held a launch event for World of Warships, a title developed by Wargaming and Lesta Studio, in Sydney down at Darling Harbour in the National Maritime museum. Your humble correspondent was escorted aboard the HMAS Vampire and treated to some nice views of Darling Ha...
World of Warships Opens Closed-Beta Sign-Ups
Wargaming has announced that it’s upcoming historical naval battle game World of Warships has now opened for Closed Beta sign-ups. Interested players are invited to join up to try their skill and tactics using 50 different US and Japanese WWII era ships across five different maps. World of Warships offers four different classes of ships in order to provide different tactical advantages. Nimb...
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition Storms the Pacific Front
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition has received a major content update. Console players will be receiving an exclusive map set on a lush tropical island that will force tank commanders into ambushes hidden in the foliage and deadly close ranged combat. A Japanese tank have been fittingly added to the game to compliment the new map. The Chi-Nu Kai tank is a tier V medium tank that can be purchased fr...
World of Tanks Introduces 8-Bit Mode
Independent studio & publisher Wargaming have announced that the new 8-bit mode for World of Tanks has gone live. The mode is titled Winter Showdown and is an 8-bit styled winter warfare mode. This is far from the only patch to bring new modes to the title, but this one brings in even more new features. Three exclusive vehicles have been designed for specifically for the map, a heavy tank call...
World of Warships Launches Aircraft Carriers
Wargaming has introduced a fourth class of ship to it’s anticipated historical ship-combat title, World of Warships. Adding to the previously announced destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, players will be able to select aircraft carriers for the action-MMO. The new ship type will focus on more of a RTS type of gameplay, requiring more strategy and management of units. Carriers will be able...
World of Tanks Adds French Armour on Xbox 360
Wargaming has finally released the Vive La France content update for free-to-play game World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition. The free patch is available for all Xbox Live Gold members and for those holding a seven-day trial of the online service on Xbox 360. France is often forgotten when it comes to vehicular warfare, with emphasis placed on Nazi Germany’s finesse and the USSR’s monstrous...
Wargaming’s World of Warships Playable at PAX Australia 2014
Wargaming has announced their presence at PAX Australia later this month, bringing with them a multi-platform line-up of playable titles. World of Tanks Blitz will be available to play on both iOS and Android devices; World of Tanks will of course be featured on PC stations in the booth; World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition will also be playable. But, the big point of interest is that attendees will b...
World of Tanks and Sony Pictures Teaming up for FURY Content
Wargaming and Sony Pictures announced a partnership that will bring the Sherman tank featured in FURY to World of Tanks. The tank will be available as part of the “FURY Bundles” which will be made available for World of Tanks, World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, and World of Tanks Blitz for iOS. “With Wargaming’s intense dedication to historical and technical accuracy, it seemed a natura...
World of Warships Developer Diaries Unveiled
Wargaming has released the first instalment from a new series of developer diaries set to take an extensive look into the naval warfare and fleets of combat vessels that make up World of Warships. In the first episode, the World of Warships development team dives into the complex research that goes into creating and maintaining the game’s historical authenticity. Moreover, the team also explores t...
Wargaming and RAF Museum Announce Permanent Exhibition
As if restoring tanks wasn’t a large enough investment, Wargaming also has ties to currently under repair Dornier Do17 aircraft. With the project having begun back in 2013, Wargaming has just announced that a permanent exhibition space will be organised to showcase the aircraft upon its completion in 2015. The area in question at the Royal Air Force Museum in London, is known as the Wargamin...
More Cute Voices Coming to World of Tanks
Wargaming is continuing the roll out of its ingenious downloadable content for World of Tanks, featuring character voices from military tank anime Girls und Panzer. Check out the trailer below. Volume 2 will include the voice of Yukari Akiyama and is set to be released on April 18. Once again, the character voice pack is only available to players from Asia which is a little disappointing for Weste...