Not too long before E3, free-to-play computer game company Wargaming announced they will be making their first foray onto consoles. That game, which was revealed at the annual trade show as World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, is considered by the company to be a perfect match for console based upon the success it's had on the computer over the last few years.
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!
I'm not too thrilled about the Gild/Silver arrangement. It's annoying enough that we have to pay for online multiplayer, but now you have to be Gold to even have the game work beyond the first week? I can only think of one other example of this happening.
Free 2 play behind a paywall, NEWSFLASH !! ITS NOT FREE THEN, IS IT!?
This is one of the funniest things to come out of E3 in my opinion. Here's why: World of Tanks gets announced for a last-gen system (X360)as free-to-play which it's not due to the Live Gold paywall. Bringing it to the X360 does nothing to bolster adoption of the new system. And to top it all off it's not cross-platform compatible with the PC. Which is so weird considering MS makes Windows. You'd figure it would be easy for them.
Now enter Sony. They have announced that they are bringing War Thunder to the PS4. It too is F2P and in my opinion a lot funner to play than WoT. War Thunder also has PC+PS4 game compatibility which Sony seems to be taking the lead on for next gen. Also, I am pretty sure that F2P games will not require a Plus membership, but please correct me if I am wrong.
Pretty interesting comparison, eh?