Studio Seizure
Russia seizes Lesta Studios over Wargaming’s support of Ukraine
Wargaming pulled out of Russia and Belarus in 2022 and sold all of its local assets to Lesta Studio
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Global Trends
Global Trends: Wargaming's Evgeniy Shukin on the increasing difficulty of launching new live games
We catch up with industry leaders to get their insights on the state of play in the games sector
Week That Was
Week in Views - Apple's gateway price cuts, World of Tanks crazy crossovers, and who needs game devs anyway?
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Billion Blitz
World of Tanks Blitz celebrates 10th anniversary and $1 billion in revenue
Blitz takes a more creative approach than its PC counterpart, aiming itself more at a Gen Z audience
Event Excitement
Mobile version of World of Tanks is makings its Tankfest debut this week
World of Tanks Blitz is joining the PC version in being featured at the yearly Dorset event
Q&a
World of Tanks Blitz’ Roman Kuzmichev on bring bigger and better cosmetics to mobile
The 3D artist from World of Tanks Blitz’ creative team answer our questions on making a mobile port and pleasing players
Releases
World of Tanks Blitz brings 3D skins to mobile
The new dinosaur themed cosmetics are the first in a new wave of more graphically demanding add-ons
Events
World of Tanks Terminator 2 event makes the jump from mobile to PC
World of Tank’s latest collaboration event with classic film Terminator 2 was first available through their mobile spin-off
2022 Highlights
2022 In Review – April’s Best Bits
As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. This time, it’s April.
Seasonal Events
World of Tanks Blitz sees top Hollywood talent team up to promote Holiday event
The entire World of Tanks lineup are seeing the introduction of new cosmetics, items and quests themed around the team of Mila Jovovich and Arnold Schwarzenegger
European Expansion
Wargaming opens new studios in Poland and Serbia
Officially pulled out of Russia and Belarus
Ceasing Operations
Wargaming pulls out of Russia and Belarus
World of Tanks operations will be overseen by Lesta Studio, which it is no longer affiliated with
Solidarity With Ukraine
Update: the Ukraine games industry voices speaking out against Russian invasion
Ukrainian studios and team update
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Worlds of Tanks Blitz fires to 1.5 million installs on Switch
Exclusive content on the way
New Territory
Wargaming expects to hire +100 in new Lithuanian studio
The team will be part of development studio MS-1
A.i. Let's Go
How A.I. is changing mobile games and the industry at large
Ubisoft, Zynga, Wargaming and Modl.ai industry experts discuss
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What 2020 taught the games industry
"We grew stronger, especially when we had to experiment with this new way of working"
Got To War
Wargaming teams with Korn for Halloween-based World of Tanks Blitz event
"I really like World of Tanks Blitz. It's true to the era, there are a lot of great tanks in there, and you don't just jump in and start shooting"
Rebranded
Wargaming UK rebrands as DPS Games
"At DPS Games, we still remain a proud member of the Wargaming family"
It's A Battle
World of Tanks Blitz battles its way on to Nintendo Switch
"World of Tanks Blitz is the very first Wargaming title to launch on a Nintendo platform"
1.5 Million Users
Live and Kicking: How World of Tanks Blitz has battled its way up through the charts for six years
"If your project is successful it bestows some power on you"
Going To War
World of Tanks Blitz celebrates its sixth birthday with 137 million downloads
Update 7.0 gives graphical enhancements
Another Direction
Wargaming appoints David Smit as new creative director
Previously worked with King, Happy Tuesday, Crytek, Bigpoint, and more
Battle Ready
World of Tanks Blitz introduces new battle pass
There are free and premium versions
Missing Gravity
World of Tanks Blitz gives players chance to win a piece of the moon in new Gravity Force game mode
"This is one small step for man, but one giant leap for Tank-kind."
Big Guns
World of Tanks Blitz's global championship to offer $100,000 prize pool
Winners take home $50,000
Finding Balance
How Wargaming is tweaking its strategy in the search for new hits, while remaining totally tanked up
We catch up with Andrew Muesse about the studio’s new business units
Jobs In Games
"Game design isn’t all about grand ideas and blue-sky visions of exciting new games"
“The devil is in the detail”
Nexus Interview
Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile
"For the near future, we plan to keep joining forces with external studios that are well-versed in Unreal Engine and willing to shoot for the stars alongside us"
All Around The World
How Wargaming manages a game project across two studios half a world away
Wargaming Mobile's Enya Tack explains how the company's Berlin team and the external Shanghai studio work together on World of Warships Blitz
Tanks A Lot
World of Tanks Blitz teams up with MMA star Aaron Pico for knockout advertising campaign
Collaboration includes collection of short ads
Deal Space
World of Tanks dev Wargaming snaps up UK's Fractured Space studio Edge Case Games
32-person team working on an unannounced new MMO IP
New Studio Alert
World of Tanks maker Wargaming opens UK games development studio
Free-to-play specialist rolls into Guildford
Critical Hit
World of Tanks Blitz hits 100 million downloads in celebration of it’s fourth birthday
Wargaming attributes success to loyal community, major tournaments and a successful Chinese launch
Closure
150 staff laid off as Wargaming Seattle closes down
Up to 150 jobs to be affected
Destination Finland
How to get a job at Wargaming Helsinki
GM Antti Sten tells us about the company, its culture and jobs hiring process
Wargaming Gunslingers
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios partners with Wargaming Mobile to publish upcoming mobile RPGs
Exiles of Embermark likely to be the first game to be published
New Studio
Wargaming opens mobile game development studio in Moscow
Team to work on midcore titles
Warhammer Blitz
Wargaming partners with Games Workshop for World of Tanks Blitz in-game event
Warhammer 40,000-themed event taking place over Halloween
Round Two
Wargaming CEO: Everyday mobile is more and more important
The World of Tanks developer is taking another shot at mobile
On The Warpath
Wargaming Mobile acquires Copenhagen-based casual mobile game developer Hapti.co
Former Square Enix studio rebranded as Wargaming Copenhagen
Esports Blitz
Why Wargaming is doubling down on mobile eSports with World of Tanks Blitz
This years Blitz Twister Cup triples prize pool
Unreal Offer
Epic Games teams up with Wargaming Mobile to support mobile developers using Unreal Engine 4
Pushing for mobile developers to use Unreal
Mobile Focus
Wargaming opens mobile division to develop and publish mobile games
Wargaming Mobile opens its doors
Touch Down
Mobile Strike, Evony - The King's Return and World of Tanks get big money Super Bowl ads
30-second commercials cost nearly $5 million each.
Wargaming Helsinki
Wargaming acquires Finnish studio Boomlagoon to fuel its ambitions of being a "dominant" force in mobile games
Helsinki studio aims to hire new staff and expand portfolio
War Child Armistice
Game developers team up to raise money for War Child charity
Democracy 3 and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday donate portion of sales to cause
Tanks For The Memories
Wargaming's Tank 100 app lets users see 100 tanks in 100 UK locations through AR and VR
See them in the real world, watch a film about them in VR
Hard Steel
Exclusive Chinese World of Tanks licensor KongZhong doesn't get rights to World of Tanks: Blitz
Deal modified
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