Tanks Still at Gamescom. Updated

Today’s gonna be outstanding and really overcrowded. Unlike all the previous expo days, today will definitely be different. Still a lot of visitors, asking questions about how to play and which key to use so as to exit the battle and those who demand buffing/fixing the E-series, nerfing Soviet tanks, improving match-making system, implementing tier restrictions for Clan Wars.

A little later today Wargaming.net is participating in a show match organized at ESL booth were we are going to oppose The Drill: Training Camp winners - German team Panzerknacker. You can follow the battles here http://tv.esl.eu starting 15.10 local time (GC Stage 1 English).

The roster is known now. We play King Tiger, Pershing, T44, SU8, Grille, Panter II, T1. Format/style is 8/42. Arty - Tier 5. Maps: Lakeville, Prokhorovka, Himmelsdorf, Steppes. Shame, there's no Malinovka on the list. :)

Start making bets on who is going to lose! Providing we do, I will truly be down and at least I’m gonna entertain myself at the community party we are having tonight. Three hours of friendly talk with nice (I hope :)) German players. If you have registered on the forum, see you around. If you haven’t… well, come anyway! We will be hanging out at Friesen Bar (Friesenstrasse 41, 50670 Köln).

Dont hesitate and drop by.

It was an epic loss, guys. I am p*** off! Now all German tanks will get nerfed for sure! :)

World of Tanks rocks at Gamescom

Truly rocks! You will spot our booth easily. No one else has such load music and hot dancing babes. What have they got to do with tanks? Not much, I believe, however they are dressed respectively and behave as real tankmen comrades.

Otherwise World of Tanks booth is in military style. It is divided into 4 parts, each of them are distinguished in terms of design. Two zones where Public Tournament is held (everyone has a chance to win a gaming laptop) look like a shelter with all those steel constructions and sacks full of sand (in fact they are not). The most outstanding part is characterized by game places designed like tank turrets. Actually this is the most attractive one for the visitors. And the zone where the game speaks German can be recognized by military looking barrels. By the way we are possibly the only MMO offering to try out the game using laptops (not just laptops but cool gaming laptops that are also branded!).

Our booth. Pay us a visit

Typical German WoT player?

I bet you will find us easily. If you are around, follow the loudest music from Hall 9 and come to ask the questions you’d dare ask the devs in-person! And no hard beating please. :)

August 8-13 Poll Results

4236 players took part in the most recent poll.  1925 of them (or 45%) did take part in public test 6.6, while 55% (or 2311) either did not want to do it or just were not aware of the test itself. Personally I think that EU and US players were quite active during public testing, and the figures prove it.

Had to finish the poll eariler this time due to my departure to Gamescom Expo (Cologne, Germany). Hope to see some of you there. : )

Thanks for the feedback.

New weekly poll is up. Please be active, this one is important.

VK2801

A bunch of light tanks is planned to be introduced into the game in 6.7 update.

Tier 5 German light tank VK2801 is one of them.

We have got 5.000.000 Worldwide!

Wargaming.net is proud to announce that our headlining project World of Tanks has celebrated its 1-year anniversary.

Over the past year, World of Tanks has become an AAA project highly acclaimed by media and players around the globe, which is proved by multiple awards by respected gaming publishing houses.

On the eve of the anniversary, World of Tanks has reached a tremendous milestone of 5,000,000 registered accounts worldwide.

One of the most notable achievements is the Guinness World Record set on 23 January, 2011, when the peak number of concurrent users reached 91,311. However, the PCCU number has been steadily growing since the record day and is now topping 172,000.

World of Tanks also boasts 100,000+ likes on Facebook offering a special event.

Follow the updates! The presents for 1-year anniversary are to be announced shortly.

M24 Chaffee

A bunch of light tanks is planned to be introduced into the game in 6.7 update.

Tier 5 American light tank M-24 is one of them.

World of Tanks Facebook Special

World of Tanks wants to celebrate its 100,000 likes offering a special event. We propose you to double the Facebook page’s likes by bringing at least one friend to the page.

The day World of Tanks Facebook Page has 200,000 likes we will present you with a gift that you will definitely love! We guarantee to give each player experience rate increased 5 times for the first battle on American and European World of Tanks servers.

Don’t stay aside! Bring the day of x5 Exp closer!

Follow us on Facebook

Release of v.6.6 Update Is Scheduled for August 10

The release of v.6.6 update is scheduled for August 10, 2011.

EU server downtime:
4:00 am - 12:00 UTC

US server downtime:
8:00 am - 16:00 UTC

 World of Tanks v.6.5 - 6.6 Patch Notes
- Added new map Siegfried Line;
- Added new German tanks: Pz.VI Tiger (P), VK 4502 (P) Ausf A, E-50, Е-75, Е-100;
- Added new German premium tanks T-15, T-25;
- Panther II substituted by E-50 as tier 9 German medium tank, Panther substituted by Panther II as tier 8 German medium tank;
- Rebalanced Panther and Panther II tanks to fit tier 7 and 8 respectively;
- Maus tank: rate of fire for 12.8 cm gun decreased by 0.2, hit points decreased by 400;
- IS-7 tank: hit points decreased by 50;
- T30 tank: hit points decreased by 50, dispersion during movement and traverse increased by 10%, dispersion during turret traverse increased by 30%;
- Tiger II tank: hit points for stock turret increased by 100;
- Increased credit income for US tank destroyers M10 and M36;
- Increased match-making value for US tank destroyer T95;
- Fixed map bugs on Lakeville, Artic Region, Abbey, Mines, Malinovka;
- Free platoons for 2 players;
- Added extra battle tier (tier 1 tanks only) for newcomers - players with up to 10 battles played;
- Added platoon invite filter - "accept from friends only";
- Fixed bug with experience transfer flags resetting after battle;
- Fixed few errors with display of water waves;
- Fixed bug when vehicle gets stuck due to critical inclination angle;
- Fixed bug when destroyed tanks are displayed as non-destroyed tanks (rare);
- Reworked models of 76mm guns for M26 Pershing;
- Fixed errors with disproportional tank icons;
- Fixed error when unused consumables with passive bonus are displayed as used;
- Fixed error with incorrect display of crater created when object is destroyed;
- Adjusted gun depression for T92;
- Removed "transfer gold" option from player context menu;
- Team damage when ramming now counts only if the speed of the vehicle involved exceeds 10 km/h.

World of Tanks Worldwide Release 1st Anniversary

To celebrate World of Tanks Worldwide Release 1st Anniversary on August 12 each player will receive a promo code for 1 day of free premium account.

Promo code can be activated from August 12 till August 19.

That's the first present, not the last one.

Object 252

Object 252 (IS-6)  - a new tier 8 Soviet premium heavy tank that is currently in development.