The newly formed Japanese division of Belarus-based online gaming company Wargaming.net announced a collaboration on Thursday between the television anime Girls und Panzer and the online game World of Tanks. The game is being localized for Japan and will be available on September 5. Details of the collaboration will be announced soon.
From Babel UA: "With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the aggressor also affected the video game industry. The largest game publishers — Ubisoft, EA Games, Rockstar — have limited sales of their products in Russia and Belarus. And Steam, GOG and Epic Games stores have stopped accepting payments in rubles. But Russian players have already learned to circumvent the bans of publishers and shops — there are many instructions about how to do this on the Internet. The situation with the game developers of the aggressor countries is even more complicated. Many of them are not officially Russian or Belarusian, but have long opened offices in Europe and work from Britain, Hungary, and other countries. Russian developers usually donʼt comment on Russiaʼs aggression against Ukraine, continue to cooperate with Western companies and sell their games to Western players. Babel tells about the games Escape from Tarkov, World of Tanks, and War Thunder, which are popular in Europe and the United States, and about the behavior of their developers, who deliberately do not publicly state their position on the war or order advertising from outspoken supporters of the Putin regime."
This is an interesting update to the game. World of Tanks is more than just pure steel and firepower; it’s about tactics and strategy, and the latest event takes this up a gear! Players can master the Art of Strategy from today until early May.
WAR IS FOREVER! World of Tanks welcomes G.I. Joe & Cobra onto the battlefield. FIGHT TO SAVE THE DAY!
O_o
If it'll push sales in Japan, why not?
Wooo!
Panzer, vor!
the theme song lyrics are hilarious "I just feel my wind, I just feel my shine!"
If anyone "felt" my wind it would burn a hole right through them!!
Otaku-military trend in Japan has already transferred to war ships... Kantai Collection (Kankore).
I don't know whether Girls und Pantzer will regain its popularity.