World of Tanks players who have been enjoying the War Stories Campaigns will be pleased to hear that Runaway Tiger, the fifth in the series, is now out on all consoles. In this chapter, players will experience the Battle of El Alamein, but with a twist. Runaway Tiger is an alternate history campaign where "Allies have secretly gained access to a German production facility".
The World of Tanks 2017 Championship roster of teams for the Wargaming.net League 2017 tournament has been announced. Each region (EU, CIS,NA,APAC and CH) will have teams represented and will compete for a share of the $300,000 prize pool at this year's WG Fest. The first event will take place during the playoffs from December 13-17 with the finals held at the Moscow Expocenter on december 23rd.
Wargaming has announced that the console version of World of Tanks has been updated with the new Swedish tank line that brings in twenty new vehicles including light, medium and heavy tanks as well as tank destroyers into the game.
World of Tanks is going on a spooky bent when Leviathan pierces the veil between the world of the living and that of the dead. Leviathan rolls through its domain as fallen tanks "wage an endless war for the chance to pass to a safe haven".
World of Tanks is proud to work with composer Akira Yamaoka on its upcoming project for new artists. Akira is best known for the Silent Hill series which took the horror genre of games into a whole new level. He has been making music for games as far back as Contra. Akira will be judging the music submitted by fans for World of Tanks. He also will have a song on the new soundtrack. We got the chance to sit down with Akira and ask some questions about his career and passion for World of Tanks.
Wargaming has updated World of Tanks Blitz with a series of Space Marine vehicles straight out of Warhammer 40K. The vehicles are part of the Macragge's Thunder event that has kicked off today and can net two "iconic vehicles" including the Vindicator and the Predator, both shiny in the Ultramarine colors.
Wargaming has announced that console World of Tanks players will be able to revisit the Cuban Missile Crisis in the new story campaign called Kennedy's War. It will be available on October 17th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and XBox 360 and for XBox One X at launch. The story mode campaign is free to all players.
Wargaming is offering World of Tanks console players an interesting way to take part in the game in content called "War Stories". These single-player and co-op campaigns allow players to experience historical, alternative history scenarios and even fantasy stories all within the World of Tanks setting. The first of these campaigns launched in August. Operation Sealion is now live and Kennedy's War is set for release in October.
World of Tanks is getting a new lick of paint soon. After years of methodical updates, Wargaming are introducing a host of new graphical changes with three upgraded maps. Some major sound enhancements are incoming this September. After Sabaton's recent collaboration with World of Tanks, we sat down with Wargaming's Al King to find out why it's not just the loud noises that will blow you away.
World of Tanks players will be able to begin taking part in the new 30 vs 30 Grand Battles once the 9.20 update goes live. As part of the Grand Battles, a new map called Nebelburg (1.4 km x 1.4 km) will be added for fierce Tier X battles on a huge scale.