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Microsoft Made Xbox Live Concessions To Bring World Of Tanks To Xbox 360 [Closed Beta Codes Inside]

GR: "At their PAX Prime 2013 booth, Wargaming laid out the way Microsoft has allowed them to redefine Xbox Live's rules and restrictions to bring the massive free-to-play sensation World of Tanks to Xbox 360."

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knifefight3889d ago

I see this on a lot of banner ads and oddly, it has driven me more away from the game than TO it. Am I wrong for thinking this way?

dbjj120883889d ago

Not at all, I don't know who plays this game, but apparently it's somewhere around 70 million accounts.

1OddWorld3889d ago

This has to be one of the worst FTP games out. I would not want to be associated with this game if I was XBOX. They should try to get LOL its FTP, and its audience is still young enough to be effected by the constant bombardments of add placements.

dazzrazz3889d ago

Try to download the beta on xbox live, as soon as you hit that button it brings you to xbl payment page :P (if you have a silver account) so not really F2P

falviousuk3889d ago (Edited 3889d ago )

No game at the end of the day is free to play. You have to purchase the hardware you are playing it on as well as the electricity to run it etc.

Xbox live is just a service you pay for. If you don't like it there are other options available.

I quit enjoy WOT but it plays a little bit different to the PC version. Especially with the zooming. Need to give it some more play time to see if I can adjust properly for the controls

deep_fried_bum_cake3889d ago

I'm with you there. I use AdBlockPlus now but before I did those ads pissed me off to no end. The game looks quite fun but I will never play it because those ads made me hate it.

Godmars2903889d ago

So basically all they're did was give a free month of Gold access?

Is that in addition to the free month they already give out for buy a 360 which will likely carry over to the xB1?

malokevi3889d ago

"With World of Tanks at version 8.7 on PC, Microsoft had to allow the new Wargaming West based in Chicago the freedom to iterate on their port to Xbox 360. That's why Microsoft has announced that it's rolling back expensive fees for certification and patching for developers on Xbox."

I guess you missed that paragraph, so I posted it for you.

Godmars2903889d ago (Edited 3889d ago )

All I got from that is that MS cut them the same deal on patching and updating they later applied to all indie developers.

ALLWRONG3889d ago

Defiance 360 has been doing this for a while. They send out patches for that game 2 or 3 times a week.

dbjj120883889d ago

Yes, in addition to the month you get when you buy a 360. Plus what malokevi said.

Belking3889d ago

Another awesome PC game that's coming to xbo360..I love playing this game on PC.

1OddWorld3889d ago

You should not be allowed to vote. Because you may have the Downs-Syndrome.

sovietsoldier3889d ago

play war thunder its better and will have tanks soon.

redcar1213889d ago

If u cant buy gold then buy a ps3 or a ps4 simple my god who rocks silver ..

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Escape from Tarkov and War Thunder devs keep silent about the Ukraine War, still on Russian market

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."

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RTS Gameplay Comes To World Of Tanks

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.

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World of Tanks: GI JOE

WAR IS FOREVER! World of Tanks welcomes G.I. Joe & Cobra onto the battlefield. FIGHT TO SAVE THE DAY!

waverider1030d ago

Wot destroyed this game with the latest updates...