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World of Tanks (WoT) is an armoured warfare-themed multiplayer online game developed by Wargaming, featuring 20th century (1910s–1970s) era combat vehicles. [1] It is built upon a freemium business model where the game is free-to-play, but participants also have the option of paying a fee for use of "premium" features.
The term "tank controls" comes from the steering mechanisms of old tanks, which had to stop completely before turning. [2] The term differs from the controls of literal tank driving games like Battlezone where dual analog sticks are mapped to the treads of the tank which may be moved together or alternately to turn.
On 12 August 2010, the company released its first online title, World of Tanks. On 12 April 2011, World of Tanks was released in North America and Europe. [10] In 2011, Wargaming relocated its headquarters from Minsk to Nicosia, Cyprus. [11]
Armored Warfare is set in a modern virtual world where the player takes on the role of a mercenary employed by a private military company.The game offers players the opportunity to participate in battles across co-op player versus environment campaigns and team-based player versus player matches in a variety of armored vehicles, main battle tanks, and long-range artillery. [9]
Units include a variety of infantry, armor, and artillery used by each nations' armed forces in World War II. While the main focus of the game is in controlling tanks, artillery units provide long range fire while infantry units can be used to engage other infantry and garrison buildings for added defense.
[citation needed] To complement the T-34, heavy tanks, self-propelled artillery, and tank destroyers were also designed. [citation needed] The Red Army's armoured forces were used in concentrations during all strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II, initiated under strict secrecy and using the Principle of Surprise. [24]
Artillery games are two or three-player (usually turn-based) video games involving tanks (or simply cannons) trying to destroy each other. The core mechanics of the gameplay is almost always to aim at the opponent(s) following a ballistic trajectory (in its simplest form, a parabolic curve).
This was the product of recoil control experiments aimed at allowing light tanks to carry larger cannon. By the end of the war the variety in tank designs had narrowed and the concept of the main battle tank emerged. The race to increase caliber slowed, with just slight increases between tank generations.