World of Tanks Articles
Dolph Lundgren has bee named as the World of Tanks Swedish Tanks Ambassador as was announced along with today's introduction of Sweden's tank forces. The first vehicles to roll into game are Swedish tank destroyers in light, medium and heavy versions.
Wargaming has announced that World of Tanks: Blitz has been released on Steam so that players can choose where to play, what platform to play on and / or can take the game wherever they choose. The Steam version brings iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices online for full tank action.
Wargaming has announced that the second issue of its Roll Out comic series based on World of Tanks has been released. One of the "stars" of the Roll Out series is Sherman Firefly Boilermaker. The WOT players can now purchase the Boilermaker for World of Tanks on console versions.
World of Tanks: Blitz will be kicking off its Halloween celebration on October 10th by asking players to choose whether to fight for the forces of Dark of the forces of Light. The even brings two ghoulishly designed premium vehicles into the game: The T6 Dracula Premium Tier VII medium tank and the Helsing H0 Premium Tier VII Tank Destroyer.
On Friday, October 7th, Wargaming and Dark Horse will be hosting a special New York Comic Con panel called The Tradition of Military Comic Books Past & Present. The panel will feature Garth Ennis (WoT comic), Larry Hama (G.I. Joe) and Ethan Young (Nanjing: The Burning City) with attendees able to pick up a special autographed variant comic cover of the first World of Tanks comic "Roll Out!"
Fans of the classic tactical RPG Valkyria Chronicles will be pleased to hear that characters and iconic tanks (Edelweiss and Nameless) have joined Wargaming's mobile game, World of Tanks: Blitz.
World of Tanks Blitz will be getting a visit from Sega's Valkyria Chronicles in the near future. While there is little else known, Wargaming kindly sent over a preview video to show off some of how the two games will integrate. Check it out!
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for World of Tanks that will give new players a Starter Pack featuring 500 gold, 7 days premium and the Churchill III (U.S.S.R.) tank! Get your key now!
World of Tanks is expanding into a whole new media with the release of the game's first tie-in comic, Roll Out!, set to hit newsstands on August 31st. Penned by the renowned Garth Ennis (Preacher, War Stories) and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dreade, Strontium Dog), the comic is set in 1944, a pivotal time during WWII.
Wargaming is ready to rumble...literally...at this year's PAX West. From September 2-5, a real life Panzer tank will be on hand with a bevy of items to crush. The assembled crowds will vote between two items to crush. The "winner"...if such a thing can be said of the soon-to-be-flattened item...is moved to a special carpet to meet the tank's treads head on.
The Tank Museum in Britain will be celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of tanks in battle. Sponsored by Wargaming, the event will remember the Battle of Somme when the first British forces took tanks into battle on September 15, 1916. Trafalgar Square in London will host a British World War I tank for 1,100 hours on the anniversary.
Wargaming.net has announced that the WGL Gold Series Season 2016-2017 has begun. Season 1 will take place from August to October with Season 2 running from January to May.
Wargaming's cross-platform game World of Tanks: Blitz has been updated with the new game mode, called Supremacy. As the name implies, teams battle for dominance on the newly reworked version of the Falls Creek map.
Over the past weekend, over 20,000 World of Tanks fans showed up at Tankfest 2016, a huge increase over last year's 6,000. The event took place in the UK with folks coming in from all over Europe. Wargaming personnel were on hand as well, including Richard Cutland, the military historical specialist with the company. Check out the event video below to see how awesome this annual even truly is.
Wargaming has announced the release of the 3.1 update to the console version of World of Tanks. With this update players will be able to own and fight with the complete French line (PS4 edition) and newly added French tanks to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions.