Our latest coverage of wargaming.
Riot Games is the proud owner of a brand new studio as it buys out Wargaming Sydney which had previously been helping its parent company with development on World of Tanks and World of Warships. The studio also happens to be one of Australia’s oldest and largest video game developers and has been in operation for the past 25 years. [...]
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Wargaming limited their marketing campaigns for World of Tanks, World of Warships, and World of Warplanes, starting in late February and asked affiliates to do the same. They also donated $1 million to the Ukrainian Red Cross and fired World of Tanks creative director Sergey Burkatovskiy over his pro-Russian remarks on social media. [...]
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It’s hard for video game companies to not get caught up in the politics of the ongoing war in Ukraine considering that gamers are located all across the globe and come from all walks of life. It’s particularly harder for European developers like Wargaming who have studios and offices located in and around the conflict areas of Ukraine, Russia, and [...]
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World of Tanks and World of Warships developer Wargaming is reportedly working on a new first-person shooter called Shatterline. The game is currently in alpha testing and will feature 8v8 multiplayer matches with cross-platform support, eight colorful characters, and a cartoony art style. It also apparently runs on Amazon Game Studios’ Lumberyard engine, the same game engine used in New [...]
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It seems like everyone has their own client these days and Wargaming is no exception. The company announced today that it has launched its own client, the Wargaming.net Game Center, for players who want to keep all of their Wargaming.net games in one place. The client effectively replaces the "regular launcher" for each of Wargaming's games, will keep all installed [...]
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The Head of Global Competitive Gaming over at Wargaming, Mohamed Fadl, recently made a few insightful comments to Gamespot about betting in eSports and World of Tanks: "You're stupid to say betting is bad," Fadl started off. "It's a natural part of sports." He's not wrong, and goes to show that while some companies—e.g. Psyonix—worry about their games becoming platforms [...]
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In a move that I certainly didn't expect to be writing about today, Creative Assembly, SEGA, and Wargaming announced today that they have entered a strategic partnership and a new publishing label, "Wargaming Alliance," has been created. The label has been created in order to "[provide] third-party publishers and developers the tools, resources and platform to enter the highly competitive free-to-play gaming [...]
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World of Warships developer, Wargaming, has brought on a personal Heroic Battle advisor to help bring the game into epicness. Who better to fill the role than someone who’s already epic in their own right, no other than Hollywood actor and martial artist, Steven Seagal. According to the studio, Seagal will be working closely with the development studio and scrutinizing [...]
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Following the success of World of Tanks Blitz, Wargaming have decided to form a mobile division that they are calling WG Cells. This new division will be led by Marat Karpeko, a "Wargaming management team veteran," and David Bluhm, the former CEO of DropForge Games. WG Cells currently has studios in Kyiv and Seattle—the latter is being headed by Bluhm—with [...]
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World of Warplanes is a flight combat MMO putting players in the pilot's seat of early twentieth century aircraft. Featuring over 100 vehicles from the world’s major powers, players battle for air supremacy while upgrading equipment through advanced tech trees. Publisher: Wargaming Playerbase: Low Type: Flight Combat MMO Release Date: November 12, 2013 Pros: +Fast-paced aerial combat. +Over 100 vehicles. +Intricate tech tree Cons: -Poor matchmaking. [...]
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