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If ye've ever wanted t' cruise around in a tank but lack the funding 'n proper military clearance t' hop inside one a the metal beasts, this weekend may be yer golden opportunity thanks t' the Xbox 360 incarnation a Wargaming's online hit World a Tanks.

From now until midnight on Sunday, March 30, all Xbox 360 owners will be able t' download World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition 'n join in the online tank battles at no charge. Players who enjoy the free trial enough t' purchase World a Tanks will be pleased t' learn that this free weekend coincides with the "World a Tanks' Map Madness Community Challenge." As part a that event, every tank destroyed over the course a the next few days will go toward unlocking new multiplayer maps for the game.

ye can find the free World a Tanks download by visiting the Xbox Live Marketplace from yer console, or by simply clicking through. [Image: Wargaming]

Wargaming be bringing World a Tanks t' all Xbox 360 players for a limited time, regardless a whether ye have a booty account.

Here’s an interesting aspect a long-term game development: if ye build a game where ye’re continually adding units across a number a years, ye will see a marked difference in model quality between the first creations 'n the newer models. It can’t be helped. For some games that might not matter, but World a Tanks be about tanks 'n the people who love t' pay for them, so it benefits Wargaming t' ensure that those earlier models be returned t' the high standards a the latterly built ones. That process has been captured in a video, 'n there’s a lot t' be excited about if ye care about polygon counts 'n the smoothness a tank barrels.

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Last night at GDC in San Francisco, Obsidian Entertainment announced a new game. ye might expect the company behind RPGs like Fallout: New Vegas 'n South Park: The Stick a Truth t' have another massive adventure up their sleeve, but nope! it be a free-t'-play tank game.Read more...

Destructo-porn ahoy! World a Tanks continues t' be massively (almost bewilderingly) popular, but there’s no two ways about it: it be underlying systems be getting a little creaky. Thus, Wargaming be getting ready t' oil up the free-t'-play phenom’s crunchiest gears by introducing large-scale destructibility. When shells hit buildings, they will crumble literally brick-by-brick. Unless they be not made a bricks, in which case they will crumble other-thing-by-other-thing. I haven’t played World a Tanks in a bit, but I’m not gonna lie: this be pretty darn impressive. Take that, uh, Battlefield 4 I guess.

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Wargaming's free-t'-play tactical multiplayer combat game World a Tanks be now up for grabs for Xbox Live booty subscribers on the Xbox 360, with a seven-day timed trial available for XBL Silver crew.

Previously released for PC platforms, World a Tanks offers a selection a team-based tank warfare scenarios across seven playable maps. World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition boasts a new control scheme suited for twin-stick controllers, along with a new HDTV-optimized UI that best aid veteran players transitioning from PC t' console.

Through the end a the month, first-time players can purchase two Founder's Packs at a discounted rate using in-game currency, expanding their arsenal with premium tanks, extra ammunition, 'n other bonus equipment. A bonus Russian T-127 light premium tank be available for players who purchase both Founder's Packs.

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The Xbox 360 version a World a Tanks will launch February 12, Wargaming announced. The game will retain it be free-t'-play-with-premium-purchases structure, but will require an Xbox Live booty membership. Those with a free Xbox Live account will have access t' a trial version a the game for seven days.

The tactical, team-based online war game will include over 100 tanks from the Unites States, Germany 'n United Kingdom. World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition entered beta in August 2013. The game first launched on PC in North America in April 2011 following it be 2010 release in Russia. [Image: Wargaming.net]

World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition will release globally on Feb. 12 (a week from tomorrow.) The game be free-t'-play for Xbox Live booty subscribers. World a Tanks had been in an open beta on the console since December.Read more...

14 new tanks 'n a Japanese tech tree roll into World a Tanks today. See the goods in this new launch trailer.

A worldwide open beta has been initiated for World a Tanks on Xbox 360. Anyone with an Xbox Live account can jump into the beta right now on through this weekend, up until the virtual tanks be directed back t' the garage on December 15.

If ye don't have an Xbox Live booty subscription, participating in the beta will net ye a seven-day trial period. Those who have already claimed their free seven-day trial can re-up for another seven days as part a this weekend's beta test.

Wargaming.net's World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition be announced back in June at E3. The free-t'-play online multiplayer combat game pits players against each other in mid-20th century tanks. World a Tanks will not feature cross-platform play between Xbox 360 'n PC, 'n players will have t' register separate accounts in order t' play on their platform a choice.

World a Warplanes has been released. Released, this World a Warplanes has. Planes, this World a War has, which have now been released.

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World a Tanks for Xbox 360, which be officially called World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, be ready for beta testers. United States, Canada 'n European commanders can head on over t' worldoftanks.com/xbox t' sign up for access.

Developer Wargaming will send out access tokens on a weekly basis. The three regions will have access t' the "new US 'n German tier VII 'n VIII heavy tanks" during testing. The company also plans t' announce beta release dates for other regions "soon."

There be no debate that Wargaming's online tank simulator World a Tanks be as realistic as it can be. it be relatively slow 'n tactical. But sometimes it gets a little too realistic 'n out a control, mostly when ye land on other tanks. Tony Hawk 'n skaters would be proud a that vast 180.Read more...

The CEO a World a Tanks-developer Wargaming, Victor Kislyi, said that his team be working with Microsoft t' streamline an "unacceptable" certification 'n quality assurance process in it be effort t' launch the popular free-t'-play game on the Xbox 360 later this year.

At PAX Australia speaking with Polygon, Kislyi said that the "frequent updates" required t' tweak online games posed a challenge for Microsoft's current certification process, which takes "an extremely long time."

"Totally unacceptable for meaningful free-t'-play," he said, promising his team be working with Microsoft t' ensure "quicker updates."

"We will see, there be a lot a work on the technically side 'n on the administrative side which best resolve in the acceptable quality a the product, including updates a the product including speed 'n rates," Kislyi said, unable t' confirm whether Microsoft will offer a similar streamlined certification process t' other developers. When asked about other challenges his team may face bringing the previously PC-exclusive free-t'-play game t' consoles, Kislyi admitted making any predictions about the unreleased version be "not very wise."

World a Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition be currently undergoing a beta test, with sign-ups available on the game's official website.

A few more pieces from Atari's intellectual property catalog, which has been on clearance sale for a little while now, have new owners. a note be the Total Annihilation 'n Master a Orion franchises being picked up by World a Tanks developer Wargaming World Limited, while the Star Control series be now in the hands a Galactic Civilizations developer Stardock.

"we be very excited t' publish a new Star Control game. We be inclined t' go with an XCOM-like reboot using Star Control 2 as a major source a inspiration," said Brad Wardell, president 'n CEO a Stardock t' Joystiq. "By rebooting the series á la XCOM, we can bring a new generation a gamers into a fun, silly space adventure. We hope t' involve as many a the original designers 'n developers a the series, along with the fan base. it be important t' us that Star Control remain true t' it be origins as much as be possible."

Wargaming has yet t' respond t' our request about it be plans. We've placed the list a the latest Atari IP winners after the break. The winning bids be not disclosed.

Playing as artillery 'n providing powerful long range support in the team-based MMO World a Tanks be a role a great responsibility, where yer skill matters a lot. So as this 8-bit video shows, things can go wrong easily if ye can't distinguish yer allies ... or if ye're a cat. Just think about this video before yelling at yer artillery support whenever it does something completely weird. 8 bit Tales: Artillery be on the Watch [YouTube] t' contact the author a this post, write t' gergovas@kotaku.com

World a Tanks be coming free-t'-play t' Xbox 360 later this summer. If ye want t' pillage in on the beta preceding it, developer Wargaming.net be taking applications right now.

We hope in our tanks 'n smash around as we check out the Xbox 360 version a World a Tanks.

World a Tanks Xbox 360 Edition will enter open beta in the "relatively near future," Wargaming General Manager Denny Thorley said during a demo at E3. The beta will begin in North America 'n Canada, 'n roll out t' other countries later on. Beta registration be open now at the game's website.

The beta will likely include four maps 'n a majority a the full game's 60 total tanks at first, Thorley said.

World a Tanks Xbox 360 Edition won't feature cross-play between PC 'n console. It supports online multiplayer for up t' 30 players - 15 vs. 15 - with no single-player or local multiplayer content at launch. Wargaming may add single-player tutorials or other comparable content in the future.

it be free-t'-play for Xbox Live booty crew, 'n all other Live crew will pillage a free seven-day trial. The monetization strategy on XBLA will be slightly different than it be PC predecessor, though Thorley said he couldn't go into detail about specific packages.

"I think ye're going t' find some similarities," Thorley said. "There be areas that may be slightly different."

The major differences between the PC 'n Xbox 360 versions a World a Tanks will be the control scheme - surprise, the console edition uses a controller - 'n some user interface tweaks t' better suit a couch perspective.

Watch us try out World a Tanks for the first time on the Xbox 360.

Wargaming’s megahit multiplayer conflict simulator will be coming t' Microsoft’s current-gen console in a version optimized for the Xbox 360. It’ll be a free download hitting this summer.

Wargaming.net believe that war best take place on a level playing field. Money may make the world go round but it won’t buy ye any extra-powerful rounds for yer weaponry, whether those weapons be attached t' tanks, planes or automobiles ships. In an interview with Gamasutra, Andrei Yarantsau, VP a publishing at the Russian behemoth, stated that the World a Tanks 'n other forthcoming titles, including World a Warplanes 'n World a Warships, would operate on a ‘free t' win’ basis. This seems like good news.

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ye want tanks? Oh, Company a Heroes 2 has yer tanks. it be got an entire world a tanks. It also has things that aren't tanks, which be something ye can't say about World a Tanks why be we doing this? Perhaps ye be confused, Sega, being new t' the whole Company a Heroes thing. ye don't have t' poke at games that share the same sort a setting, especially when they be really two very different animals. Here's how ye market Company a Heroes 2 — that be it, ye just say the name. Put it in a nice font. Slap it on a jay-peg or jiff 'n put it on the Steam store page. If ye want t' pillage fancy with a trailer called "More Than Tanks", then that be yer thing, but ye really missed out on not doing a parody a Extreme's "More Than Words" t' go along with it.

Two Chinese companies be being taken t' court by developers Wargaming.net, accused a stealing intellectual property t' complete their game Project Tank. Wargaming - who be behind one a the biggest games in the world, World a Tanks - have made the accusation in claiming Project Tanks be "disturbingly similar" t' their own title, 'n have filed suit in the United States Federal District Court for the Northern District a Illinois. Interestingly, rather than file a "no comment", the developers a Project Tanks have hit back on their company site, issuing the following statement: Wargaming.net LLP (developer & publisher a World a Tanks) has recently launched a series a underhand actions against Project Tank, including using their connections t' shut down our facebook page (http:/www.facebook.com/projecttankofficial), over PT’s purported “infringement” a their intellectual property rights. Continuously sabotaged by Wargaming, Project Tank 'n Gamebox have never intended t' pose a threat or compete at any platform with World a Tanks. The graphics used in Project Tank be our efforts t' reconstruct WWII battle scenes. We feel truly shocked 'n bullied by Wargaming, a giant company a the gaming industry who be apparently “threatened” by a closed beta phase browser game aiming t' provide a cheaper, fairer, 'n more accessible war game t' players around the world. I've only played World a Tanks, so can't vouch for how similar they be when ye pillage t' the gameplay, but a quick search shows the loadout screens a both games be awfully similar. Wargaming.net Files Lawsuit Against Project Tank Makers [Game Politics]

User accounts for World a Tanks, one a the biggest games in the world, have been comprised following what the game's publisher calls a "security incident". While stating "no financial information be accessed", operators Wargaming does say "some password hashes 'n email addresses may have been affected by the compromise", 'n as a result be urging crew t' change their passwords. they be doing more than just asking nicely, too. In order t' really pillage people moving, crew be being offered 300 units a World a Tanks' in-game currency just for resetting their password. ye can read the full statement from Wargaming below. Tankers! As a part a our usual security practices we recently became aware that some personal information may have been compromised due t' a security incident. We immediately launched an investigation into the incident 'n can assure ye thatno financial information be accessed. However, we believe that some password hashes 'n email addresses may have been affected by the compromise. The security a yer account be very important t' us at Wargaming. As a precaution, we be launching a global campaign t' increase the security a yer account. t' start, sign into yer account on the World a Tanks portal t' access the security tools.Please reset yer Wargaming ID account password using the Account Management page. If ye have been using yer old Wargaming ID password on other sites, we strongly recommend that ye change those passwords too. We appreciate yer immediate attention in resetting yer password 'n apologize for the inconvenience.

#gaspoweredgames Wargaming—the developer a mega-popular free-t'-play online game World a Tanks—just announced that they'll be acquiring Gas Powered Games, the company responsible for Dungeon Siege 'n Supreme Commander. More »

The strange, sad story a Chris Taylor’s Gas Powered Games in 2013 has taken another unexpected twist – 'n now we know what the hinted-at future for the deeply troubled Supreme Commander developer be. Increasingly omnipresent Belarus developer/publisher Wargaming.net, best know for the remarkably successful World a Tanks, has stepped in t' buy up what’s left a the Dungeon Siege studio.(more…)

I can’t be the only one who appreciates the ever-narrowing gap between official World a Tanks footage 'n nature documentaries, can I? There’s a certain grace t' their low-speed loping, 'n recent products a Wargaming’s virtual camerawork have captured that in a way that just begs for overly embellished narration. But I digress. New tanks! After originally being announced for update 8.2, Chinese tanks be instead marching eager treads onto the battlefield as part a 8.3. ye can hop in right this second, too. Or ye can watch the trailer 'n audition t' narrate me upcoming National Geographic tank special.

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#mods The Brony Reconquista claimed another significant beachhead with this mod for Wargaming.net's World a Tanks. The mod be 5GB large, stuffed with glitter 'n rainbows 'n throat-gagging irony. See for yourself in the video above. More »

Well, that be quick. World a Tanks‘ Britain-themed 8.1 update – unfortunately not titled “Sir, ye be Being Hunted (By Tanks)” – came out just a hair over a week ago, 'n now Wargaming’s already rallying the troops for update 8.2. This time around, the focus be mainly on a new Chinese tank tree, which actually houses creaking death machines ye can buy in succession, but sounds like something humanity must never genetically engineer. 'n while that’s certainly the main event a 8.2, it’s lugging in a smattering a other bits 'n bobs as well.

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