World of Tanks

ZAM had a great time at PAX East, and now that we've wrapped up all our content, we got a full article recap for you. We went hands-on, snagged some interviews, took a lot of pictures and jotted down some big announcements.

PAX East was an eventful weekend, and while there we caught up with Wargaming to get a look at how their collectible card game (CCG), World of Tanks: Generals, is shaping up.

This upcoming free-to-play title brings World War II warfare to the turn-based card gaming world. Just entering closed beta last week, the PC version of the game is completely browser-based, working best on Chrome but also supported by Firefox, Opera 15 and IE9 or higher. Wargaming anticipates the mobile version to also be available in 2015, which looked pretty solid when they showed off a tablet demo.

Wargaming was released its first World of Tanks developer diary of 2014, focusing on the subject of physics. Topics include the focus on creating realistic destructible buildings, accurate movement of objects and vehicle suspension on the tanks, multi-core support and more.

Wargaming, the same folks that brought us the ubiquitous World of Tanks, has released the second of their "World of" trio with World of Warplanes. This is the perfect game for those of you thinking "Gee, World of Tanks is neat, but I wish these tanks could fly!"

Wargaming announced earlier today that the release of its World of Tanks Update 8.8 will be released on the 11th for EU, 12th for NA, and the 16th and 18th for Korea and APAC respectively. The free-to-play action MMO will receive a new battle arena, as well as:

• Soviet medium tanks that range from Tier 6 through Tier 8
• Object 140, which will join the ranking as the nation’s other top medium tier choice
• Updates to the German tech tree including the debut of the Tier 4 DW heavy chariot and Tier 6 VK3002 (M) medium tank
• Transformation of VK3001H and VK3601H into heavy tanks
• Two Chinese premiums: the Tier 8 T-34-3 medium tank and the 112 Tier 8 heavy tank

Join in the World of Tanks today and work with your team to victory!
http://worldoftanks.eu/registration/ (Europe)
http://worldoftanks.com/registration/ (North America)
http://worldoftanks.kr/registration/ (Korea)
https://worldoftanks.asia/registration/ (APAC)

Ann "Cyliena" Hosler, Managing Editor

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