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Revision as of 02:46, 9 May 2012

World of Tanks
Developer(s)Wargaming.net
EngineBigworld[1]
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • RU: October 30, 2010
  • CHN: March 15, 2011
  • NA: April 12, 2011
  • EU: April 12, 2011
Genre(s)RPG, Simulator
Mode(s)Multiplayer

World of Tanks is a multiplayer online game developed by Wargaming.net featuring mid-20th century era fighting vehicles. It is built upon a freemium business model where participants only have to pay for optional features. The focus is on player vs. player gameplay with each player controlling a tank or armored vehicle.

The game models the effects of both armor and cover and include more than 140 armored vehicles from the Soviet Union, Germany, France, and the United States. Britain and Japan have also been confirmed to be in development. A planned "Tree of Europe" has also been confirmed featuring Italian, Swedish and Polish tanks with Hungary and Romania possible.[3][4] The vehicles have been carefully detailed with historical visual accuracy,[5][6] but as this is not a tank simulator, certain parameters (e.g. penetration physics has been simplified) and in-game controls have been balanced for gameplay.[7] Eventually, there will be around 500 vehicles available in the game. World of Tanks was released on April 12, 2010 in Russia. One year later it was released for the Republic of China, later becoming available for the territories of Europe and North America.

World of Tanks is the first game of the Belarusian company Wargaming.net to be released under "Play 4 Free" model, which will see the game released for free with revenue generated from micropayments in the form of Gold.[8]

World of Tanks holds a Guinness World Record in the category of Most Players Online Simultaneously on one MMO Server, although its specific genre remains disputable. The record was registered on January 23, 2011 when the number of players on the game’s Russian server totaled 91,311.[9] This record was beaten by the European server on 13 April 2012 during the anniversary special weekend where all players could after entering a code be a Premium account holder for a day. Numbers of over 105,000 were recorded during this period.

Game modes

The players in World of Tanks can choose four primary types of battles: random battles, team-training battles, tank-company battles, and clan battles.

In random battles players are automatically assigned to one of two teams. Up to three friends can platoon together ensuring they get placed on the same team. In clan battles gamers fight for a particular clan on a simplified map of Europe. Tank-company battles are like clan battles, but anyone (up to 15 people) can join your tank company. When you have your tank company filled up, matchmaking will put you against another, random tank company on a random map.

Each team can have no more than 15 players in it - giving a toal of 30 per battle. The goal of each team is to eliminate the enemy or capture thair base. Rewards are mostly proportional to damage inflicted.

The basic mode of the game is team deathmatch / capture the flag, where teamwork takes precedence over "lone wolf" style play. Combat begins with players squaring off at predetermined locations, usually directly across from each other on the maps. Typically between 400 meters and 1 km distance exists between the two teams.

Clan wars

World of Tanks will also include a never-ending campaign with Clan Wars unfolding on the Global Map. The Global Map with a particular part of the Earth will be introduced and split into certain districts. Clans (or blocks of them) will be fighting for these provinces. In the course of time other continents will be added so there’ll be a chance to take part in battles for superiority somewhere in the desert areas of Africa or tropical jungles of Asia. To form up a clan one should gather a team of at least 15 players with up to 100 participants. Joining a clan will open new opportunities for the player – they will be able to take part in "Clan Wars" special battles. However, those willing to stay away from clan membership will be able to pay in-game gold to purchase a mercenary license. This will enable that person to be recruited by clans on special occasions. There will be a place for political and non-political methods of waging war and gaining control and power over their own and foreign territories on the global world map. Diplomacy will play an important part in Clan Wars as there would be various options available – non-aggression pacts, mutual aid treaties, intelligence sharing or free pass for allied armies.[10]

Custom features

Various two-tone and three-tone camouflage schemes are available for use on tanks, including both historically accurate patterns and game-specific, custom variants. Camouflage is available for temporary use (7 days or 30 days) by paying with freely earned in-game credits, or for permanent use by paying with gold purchased in the World of Tanks (WoT) store. Camouflage does not offer any tactical benefits, such as reducing visibility in matched terrain, nor does it increase visibility in unmatched terrain, but rather is currently a personal customization tool. Players can also place pre-designed slogans or clan emblems on tank hulls, although these "skins" are only currently visible to the individual user, until Update 7.0 was introduced.[11]

History

According to the developers' account, the concept of the game came to their minds on December 29 or 30th, 2008.[12] The game was officially announced by Wargaming.net studio on April 24, 2009. Developers claim that the game budget was the greatest ever in the game industry of CIS,[13] but there has been no independent proof of this claim.

Alpha testing of the Russian version of the game began September 2009, with only six different vehicles (Su-85,BT-7,T-34,Pz IV,Hummel,Tiger) and one half-baked map available. By the beginning of the closed beta test, which started on January 30, 2010, several dozen vehicles and three maps were completed.[14] In three months, the number of beta tester requests approached 40,000, and over 400,000 tank battles took place.[15]

Open beta test of the Russian version started June 24, 2010; at that point, there were 7 maps available, along with over 60 Russian and German vehicles.[16]

Closed beta test of English version of the game began on July 8, 2010.[17]

The Russian version of the game was officially released on August 12, 2010;[18] however, due to technical difficulties, the game servers went online on August 13.

According to Wargaming.net official press release, the number of World of Tanks users worldwide reached 700,000, including 500,000 users on Russian servers (350,000 active players), and 200,000 on Western servers (150,000 active players). The number of peak concurrent users exceeded 43,000 on Russian servers and 10,000 on Western servers. The average active gamer spent 3 hours 20 minutes playing the game every day; over 10,000,000 battles have been fought since September 2010.[19]

By January 4, 2011 World of Tanks had recorded more than one million registrations worldwide (United States, Europe and Russia). This milestone was reached in less than a year since the launch of the closed beta in Russia.[20][21]

On January 5, 2011, there were 74,536 players simultaneously online on the Russian World of Tanks server, which, according to Wargaming.net, had become a world record amongst MMO games.[22][23] The "Most players online simultaneously on one MMO server" world record was officially registered by Guinness World Records on January 23, 2011 and constituted 91,311 players.[24]

According to the game's official site, the Russian server hit the one million registration mark on January 18, 2011.[25]

The open beta of the English version of the game was launched on January 27, 2011;[26] the official release was scheduled for April 12, 2011.[27]

The World of Tanks pre-orders were scheduled to be available for the American and European clusters before the game release.[28]

World of Tanks was released on April 12, 2011 in Europe and North America.[29]

On May 24, 2011 total number of registrations for all three game servers reached 3,000,000 players (2,000,000 on Russian server and 1,000,000 on Europe and North America).[30]

On November 18, 2011 the public test of awaited version 0.7.0 was started[31]

On December 28 with the release of patch 7.1 a new record was set on the Russian server with 300,000 players logged in.

In January, 2012 the 0.7.1 version was released. The version included the new French tech tree, composed at that moment by 18 vehicles.[32]

On January 16, 2012 the Chinese "buy-only" premium tank, the Type 59, was removed from the in-game store. The announced reason was the very high usage of this tank in the game, which reduced the diversity of different tanks at the higher levels. Type 59 will still be presented in the game and used by the players who already bought it. It will be again available only through special events, periods which will be announced in advance.[33] On February 2, 2012, a gold Type 59 tank was made available as a "buy-only" item on the Chinese server.[34][35]

World of Tanks is currently available in Southeast Asia (confirmed to include Malaysia, The Phillipines and Singapore) in Open Beta phase.

In March, 2012, 0.7.2 version was released with the a new line of U.S 'tank destroyers' (5 vehicles) and the addition of 2 new heavy tanks. The Heavy US tank T34 was also changed to "buy only".

Update 0.7.3 is due to be released in late April/ early May 2012. this is to include two "buy only" French tanks (one SPG and one TD) and modifications to the Soviet heavy tree. Also 2 new maps are to be introduced, one in Crimea and the games first Chinese map.

Reception

World of Tanks has received favorable reviews, and currently holds a Metacritic score of 80 out of 100.

Awards

  • The first prize for the "Best Online Client Game", KRI 2010.[42][43]
  • "Best New Concept" award on E3 2010.[44]
  • "Best Free MMORPG" according to the MMORPG Center’s 2010 Player’s Choice Awards.[45]
  • "Most Anticipated Free MMORPG" according to the MMORPG Center’s 2010 Player’s Choice Awards.[45]
  • "Most Anticipated MMO in 2010" according to the MMOSITE's Reader's Choice Awards 2010
  • "Favorite Strategy MMO in 2010" according to the MMOSITE's Reader's Choice Awards 2010 [46]
  • World Guinness Record: Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MMO Server [9]
  • "Gold Award" from Gamers Daily News [47]
  • "Best Game" KRI 2011[48]
  • "Audience Award" KRI 2011[48]
  • Best «Game that Needed the Award» Award from Gamepro on E3 2011[49]
  • «Rising Star Award for E3 2011» from mmorpg.com[50]

See also

References

  1. ^ Games powered by BigWorld Technology
  2. ^ World of Tanks FAQ
  3. ^ You Ask We Reply: Upcoming Tanks Answers
  4. ^ French armor to invade World of Tanks
  5. ^ World of Tanks on IGN
  6. ^ World of Tanks rolls onto the MMO battlefield
  7. ^ http://worldoftanks.com/game/guide/en/general/frequently_asked_questions#a8
  8. ^ World Of Tanks – Q&A
  9. ^ a b Guinness World Records: Most players online simultaneously on one MMO server
  10. ^ freemmostation.com World of Tanks exclusive interview
  11. ^ http://worldoftanks.com/news/819-prepare-yourselves-some-stealthy-tanks/
  12. ^ "Интервью с Wargaming.net о World Of Tanks" (in Russian). Gamestar.ru. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  13. ^ "World of Tanks — танковая MMOG от Wargaming.net" (in Russian). Maxigame. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  14. ^ "Итоги альфа-теста "Мира Танков"" (in Russian). World of Tanks. Official developers' blog. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  15. ^ "Подведены итоги закрытого бета-теста World of Tanks" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  16. ^ "Начался открытый бета-тест игры World of Tanks" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  17. ^ "World of Tanks Closed Beta Begins". WorldOfTanks.com. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  18. ^ "12 августа — день официального онлайн-релиза" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  19. ^ "World of Tanks Reaches Half Million Active Players". Wargaming.net. 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  20. ^ "Количество зарегистрированных пользователей в World of Tanks превысило 1 000 000 по всему миру" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  21. ^ "World of Tanks Boasts One Million Users". Eurogamer.net. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  22. ^ ""Мир танков" установил новый мировой рекорд" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  23. ^ "World of Tanks Sets New PCCU Record". GamersHell.com. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  24. ^ "Most players online simultaneously on one MMO server". GuinnessWorldRecords.com. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  25. ^ "В "Мире танков" на русскоязычном игровом сервере зарегистрировался миллионный пользователь" (in Russian). WorldOfTanks.ru. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  26. ^ "Official Open Beta Begins! World of Tanks Open Beta Launched for Europe and North America". WorldOfTanks.com. 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  27. ^ "World of Tanks Release". WorldOfTanks.com. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  28. ^ http://www.armchairgeneral.com/world-of-tanks-special-pre-order-pricing.htm World of Tanks Special Pre-Order Pricing
  29. ^ http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/04/12/world-of-tanks-released/1 World of Tanks released
  30. ^ http://game.worldoftanks.com/news/general_news/new_milestone World of Tanks - A New Milestone
  31. ^ http://worldoftanks.com/news/853-public-test-update-v70-started/
  32. ^ http://worldoftanks.eu/news/852-update-71-coming-january-5th/
  33. ^ http://worldoftanks.eu/news/947-type-59-game-store-removal/
  34. ^ http://wot.kongzhong.com/tank_recommend/59G/59G/
  35. ^ http://games.sina.com.cn/o/n/2012-01-13/1121573613.shtml
  36. ^ World of Tanks on GameRankings.com
  37. ^ World of Tanks on Metacritic.com
  38. ^ World of Tanks Review on Gamespot.com
  39. ^ World of Tanks Review on IGN
  40. ^ World of Tanks Review on Eurogamer
  41. ^ PC Gamer UK, June 2011, p.96
  42. ^ KRI 2010 results
  43. ^ Wargaming.net Wins Best KRI 2010 Game Developer Award from Critics in Russia
  44. ^ Massively's Best of E3 2010
  45. ^ a b MMORPG Center’s 2010 Player’s Choice Awards results
  46. ^ MMOsite Reader's Choice Award 2010 Winners Announced!
  47. ^ GDN Gold Award
  48. ^ a b Награды КРИ 2011
  49. ^ Best «Game that Needed the Award» Award
  50. ^ Rising Star Award for E3 2011
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