The battleship MMO World of Warships, a spin-off of Wargaming’s World of Tanks, will set sail on its maiden voyage at Gamescom in Cologne.
Wargaming has reserved 720 square meters in Hall 8 at Gamescom. Here, they want to make a real splash. They plan to give passing visitors the opportunity to try out all the games from Wargaming’s arsenal. There will be the chance to play World of Tanks on PC, in the action variant on Xbox 360, or as World of Tanks Blitz on iOS.
It’s up in the air with World of Warplanes and into the cool waters with World of Warships. The naval warfare simulation will be playable for the first time worldwide in Cologne.
The Belarusian company Wargaming has established itself as the largest provider of warfare simulation games in recent years. Especially in Eastern Europe and Asia, the company’s success is impressive. They are the clear market leader in this very specific niche. In recent years, they have pursued an expansion strategy and want to bring the flagship World of Tanks to as many platforms as possible and establish the sister games. World of Warplanes was launched in autumn 2013. However, it has not proven to be a flying start, as Wargaming faces strong competition from War Thunder.
World of Warships, the naval variant of the World of Tanks concept, currently has no official release date. Speculations range from an optimistic “still in 2014” to “Q4 2015” (Gamestar).
For Gamescom, one can certainly expect a spectacle from Wargaming, although perhaps not in the same manner as at E3 in Los Angeles. There, they even had tanks flown in. And they were not made of bits and bytes, but of steel.
