We managed to connect all of those features into one core product, which thankfully, really found success with gamers.' 'The success of World of Tanks was thanks to a number of important factors,' producer Anton Sitnikov told me, 'including having a great original idea, high quality programming, an exciting and unique setting and an efficient free-to-play business model.

It's a highly-lucrative success story borne from Belarus developer, and the team is currently working to replicate its good fortune in follow-up World of Warplanes. It does happen of course, but one game that embraced the free circuit early on and has lived to tell the tale is World of Tanks. It's the idea that whenever we get something substantial for free then there must be some kind of hideous catch or pay-wall hiding around the next corner. Its first project will be a triple-a MMO.įree-to-play is a term often attached to a great deal of stigma and rank cynicism. Wargaming recently bought Wildman studio Gas Powered Games and has tentatively re-branded it 'Wargaming Seattle'. Once the game exits the beta phase, you will be able to play it free of charge, although like its predecessor, it will come with a raft of paid extras, should you wish to expand your hanger of planes. The game is currently in open beta, and you can catch a glimpse of it in this cinematic trailer. VG247's Dave Cook speaks with producer Anton Sitnikov about repeating the phenomenon.ĭeveloped by Belarus studio, World of Warplanes is a free-to-play flight combat game with a passion for authenticity, bringing together real aircraft from across the years. World of Warplanes developer struck gold with World of Tanks.

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