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16
th January, 2012 - Wargaming today announced
that Update 8.3 for its massively popular MMO action game World of
Tanks, complete with the addition of a brand new nation, the
Chinese, is now live in Europe and Southeast Asia. North-American
players will get the update on January 17, while the Korean
audience will start testing the new tech tree starting from January
21.
The game's latest evolution adds 17 steel machines used by the
Chinese People's Liberation Army in the mid-20th century
warfare.
The lower tiers of the new tech tree feature a hotchpot of
various foreign designs, including the first Japanese-made tank in
the game - the Type 97 Chi-Ha. Heavy Soviet influences are
reflected in the top-tier tanks, which also include a number of
original Chinese models, some of which never went into mass
production.
Decent armor, impressive mobility and accurate guns with high
damage potential make the Chinese tanks fearsome opponents to face
off.
About World of Tanks
World of Tanks is the first and only team-based, massively
multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw
yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other
steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than
230 armored vehicles from United States, Germany, the Soviet Union,
France, Great Britain and China, carefully detailed with historical
accuracy.
Join World of Tanks:
About Wargaming
IWargaming is an award-winning online game developer and
publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market.
Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped
more than 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its
team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare
that will include the armored World of Tanks, the flight combat
World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three
intertwined titles will form a common gaming universe integrated
within the portal -
www.wargaming.net.
Official website:
www.wargaming.com
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