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Wargaming has detailed the incoming Frontiers patch for World of Tanks, which brings a new Historical Battles mode and updated visuals. The update arrives on April 17th for the Windows PC version of the game, and coincides with the release of World of Tanks 9.0. The new historical battle mode …
Read More »5m Oculus sales will bring Wargaming into the VR fray
World of Tanks creator says it will only target virtual reality when audience is big enough
Read More »Wargaming will target virtual reality once Oculus Rift hits 5m units
New platforms such as Oculus Rift, Xbox One or PS4 will need to hit unit sales of between five and ten million units before Wargaming will target them. "If it’s big, if it’s global, we’re going to be there," he said in the video interview below,” Wargaming chief executive Victor …
Read More »Wargaming investing $10m in eSports this year
Victor Kisyli says World of Tanks becoming increasingly popular in competitive gaming scene
Read More »Wargaming plans $10m eSports investment in 2014
Wargaming has pledged to invest $10m into World of Tanks’ eSports presence this year, creating a dedicated team to head up that portion of the business. Games Industry reports from Wargaming CEO Victor Kisyli’s press conference in Warsaw, Poland. Kisyli explained that the competive online title has seen a huge …
Read More »Obsidian declares war on World of Tanks
South Park studio believes a modern setting will entice players that are “intimidated” by multiplayer-centric titles
Read More »World of Tanks storms Xbox 360 next week
Wargaming has finally nailed down a release date for free-to-play title War of Tanks on Xbox 360. The game will be made available for download on Xbox Live on Wednesday February 12th. Note however that unlike F2P titles such as DC Universe Online on PS4, those wishing to play will …
Read More »World of Tanks surpasses one million concurrent users
MMO boasts several million daily active users in Russia
Read More »World of Tanks eclipses 75 million registered players
Free-to-play MMO peaks at over one million concurrent players during 2013
Read More »The other side of violence: Finding empathy in digital warzones
The industry’s most popular games revolve around death – but are they making light of it? Develop discusses how developers can and should tackle the themes of violence and war as we enter a new generation of realism
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