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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

[NA, EU] World of Warplanes Soars into Open Beta and 0.5 Update Notes




Wargaming announced today announced that the free-to-play flight combat game World of Warplanes has officially gone into open beta testing. Open beta goes live today in Russia and North America, and July 4th in Europe. In total, the closed beta saw more than 2.7 million applications from 194 different countries.

Featuring planes from the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and Japan, players will be able to combat in 15 vs. 15 PvP matches.

later in the Open Beta, World of Warplanes will see the official launch of the Unified Premium Account system, thats allows players of World of Tanks or World of Warplanes to purchase a premium account and have its benefits extend to both games.

Players who took part in the closed beta testing phase will also receive special prizes.

After hitting Open Beta, everyone can get into the game
NA players register new account here (If you already have World of Tanks account you can use it to log into the game)

EU players register new account here starting 4th of July (If you already have World of Tanks account you can use it to log into the game)


0.5.0 Update Notes


Open Beta Test Stage

World of Warplanes enters Open Beta stage (OBT)

All accounts are wiped:

Reset: Hangar (all planes are removed), Depot, Gold, Credits, Free Experience, Regular Experience, and Account Statistics

Saved: Killmarks that indicate number of destroyed planes and ground targets will remain viewable on each aircraft

Wiped: Player statistics, including number of enemy planes destroyed

Tokens will be credited proportionally to the amount of accumulated total experience the player gained

During the first stage of OBT all players will get a free Premium account automatically; for WoWP only

Open Beta information will be displayed when players log in for the first time
Economics

Multipliers for Experience and Credits have been set to x1

Experience and Credits profitability have changed for all planes
Repair cost has changed for all planes

Gold has been replaced by Tokens during the OBT stage; a temporary OBT currency.

Tokens can't be purchased; they will be given for victories within the OBT stage period

Full update notes here  

[ASIA] [Results] [AU] 29th June Cybercafe FREE PLAY & Challenge

Congratulations to the following winners!

1st place — Jecklen_Hyde —Reward: 5,000+ 800 gold

2nd place — wobbly_penguin —Reward: 3,000+ 800 gold

3rd place — betterhalf2 —Reward: 2,000+ 800 gold


These players have accumulated 4 kills in the Cybercafe Challenge with Tier 4 tanks and above and will be rewarded with 800 gold

Saminskip
eggsbaker
TwistedOne
SINN14
Tahl
gniff34
armor_girl
stasis
nobody813
pnutz


source: http://worldoftanks.asia/en/news/23/results-au-29th-jun-cybercafe-free-play-challenge-2013/

Fan-video contest «Vive la Liberté!» is running!

War Thunder in partnership with MSI present fan-video contest: «Vive la Liberté!» dedicated to the liberation of France! Make an unique War Thunder fan-video, that would reflect the essence of WWII air combat over France, struggling for freedom and glorious victory over tyranny. Create your video and share it with other players! The best of the best, most talented and creative movie directors amongst our pilots will be choosen, and given truly amazing prizes provided by MSI! 

Creating your video, you may use any planes that took part in battles at the Western Front and any maps that will reflect the essence of the aerial battles over Europe. For example you may like to use newest Tempest skin of Pierre Henri Clostermann. 

Discuss the contest on the Official War Thunder Forum.


source: http://warthunder.com/en/news/192/current/ 

New aircraft data sheets

Official War Thunder forums now have a section devoted to Aircraft Data Sheets, which will be updated with performance figures and graphs based on the actual WWII aircraft documents. You will find parameters such as climb rates, speed to altitude rates, and others. You could also find the exact sources we used to create War Thunder combat aircraft.

Meet the legendary IL-2 and P-47 Thunderbolt, check their actual historically accurate characteristics by clicking the link below.

http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/forum/312-aircraft-data-sheets/


source: http://warthunder.com/en/news/191/current/

Summer in War Thunder: Day Two

Day 2 — July 2nd from July 2nd 6 am GMT (July 1st 11 pm PDT) till July 3rd 6 am GMT (July 2nd 11 pm PDT)


Achievement 1: 40 ground kills (10 000 Lions)
Achievement 2: 150 ground kills (20 000 Lions)
Achievement 3: 400 ground kills (40 000 Lions)


Check your daily progress in the Logbook: «Achievements» — «Miscellaneous»


For the Day 2 special discounts will help you to unlock achievements:

50% discount on I-16 type 28.
+30% XP boost for Ki-49IIa, B-25J-20, Pe-2-21, IL-2M, Ju-88A-4, P-47D, F6F, Bf.109F-4, Yak-1B, LaGG-3-66 and A6M2


source:  http://warthunder.com/en/news/190/current/

[EU] Mid-week Medal Hunt: Defender

Weekly Medal Hunt returns this time goal is base defense. 

Don’t let anyone capture your base. If you manage to reduce the amount of enemy capture points on a friendly base by 70 or more you will receive the Defender medal, and an additional 1,250 extra experience.

This additional experience will be automatically credited to your account when you receive the medal. There is no need to register or take any special action to take part in the event.
This event takes place from Wednesday 03rd July at 07:10 CEST (+2 GMT) until 04th July at 07:00 CEST (+2 GMT).


source: http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/44/mid-week-medal-hunt-defender-en-repeat-2/ 

Monday, July 1, 2013

Summer in War Thunder!

War Thunder announces Summer Week! Special events, contest and amazing prizes every day!

«Screenshot of the Week: Sunshine!» — traditional weekly contest goes special this time!

Prizes:

1st Place: 5 000 Golden Eagles + A26 Invader + P-39N-0 Airacobra (SU)
2nd Place: 3 000 Golden Eagles + P-39N-0 Airacobra (SU)
3rd Place: 2 000 Golden Eagles

Global achievements contest:

Everyday from 6am GMT (11pm PDT) till 6am GMT (11pm PDT) next day TWO achievements are added  in War Thunder.

Every player, who unlocks first achievement immediately gets 10 000 Silver Lions.
Second achievement grants you 20 000 Silver Lions.

When unlocking the achievement your gaming account could also win in special lottery.
Special daily lottery has 10 winners every day to win premium set of planes: A-26 Invader, P-39N-0 Airacobra (SU) and 3 000 Golden Eagles!

Unlocking both achievements in one day DOUBLES your chances to win!

In the end of our special Summer Week every unlocked achievement could grant you even more: one year Premium and dozens of thousands of Golden Eagles!

Check your daily progress in the Logbook: «Achievements» — «Miscellaneous»

Day 1 — July 1st:
Achievement 1: 30 airkills
Achievement 2: 100 airkills

For the Day 1 special discounts will help you to unlock achievements:
50% discount on Hellcat FMK.I
+30% XP boost for P-39N, La-5FN and Spitfire Mk.Vb


Day 2 — July 2nd from July 2nd 6 am GMT (July 1st 11 pm PDT) till July 3rd 6 am GMT (July 2nd 11 pm PDT)

Achievement 1: 40 ground kills (10 000 Lions)
Achievement 2: 150 ground kills (20 000 Lions)
Achievement 3: 400 ground kills (40 000 Lions)


Check your daily progress in the Logbook: «Achievements» — «Miscellaneous»

For the Day 2 special discounts will help you to unlock achievements:
50% discount on I-16 type 28.
+30% XP boost for Ki-49IIa, B-25J-20, Pe-2-21, IL-2M, Ju-88A-4, P-47D, F6F, Bf.109F-4, Yak-1B, LaGG-3-66 and A6M2


Winners of the day 1:

UndeadBiscuits
OHM_CZ
LunatiK
Michi88
CSCobra
chin1942
Goplan
Higara
buckdanny1995
thaodean


Discuss the news on the Official War Thunder Forum. http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/45905-summer-in-war-thunder/

[NA] Meet and Greets, Hamilton ON, Buffalo NY July 6 & 9

Wargaming staff  in the upstate New York area early July.  First place will be Hamilton, Ontario, where Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida is currently docked. Meet Chieftain at 11am on Saturday, July 6, followed by conversation at local eatery.

On Tuesday, July 9, the Chieftain and reinforcements from WG will meet whoever shows up at 19:00 EDT in Buffalo, NY. Location is not yet decided, suggest place trough link below


Hamilton, ON
When: 11:00 local time July 6, 2013
Where: Pier 9 in Hamilton Harbor (check this website for more precise directions)


Buffalo, NY
When: 19:00 local time on July 9, 2013
Where: TBD (we need your help finding a location, suggestions welcome here!)



source: http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/19/meet-greets-hamilton-on-buffalo-ny-july-6-9/

[NA] New Missions System Revealed

New gameplay feature has been introduced, beginning July 1, 2013 mission system will be enabled in North American cluster.

Missions gives you objectives beyond just winning a battle. Missions currently come in three flavors: Repeatable, Daily and One-Time. 


First repeatable mission: Hat Trick
Mission Starts: 04:30 PDT (07:30 EDT) July 1, 2013
Mission Ends: 04:00 PDT (07:00 EDT) July 4, 2013


Objective:
Destroy Three or more tanks in a single battle


Reward:
100 XP multiplied by the tier of the tank used to complete the mission (100 XP* tier)
5,000 multiplied by the tier of the tank used to complete the mission (5,000* tier)



Read more: http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/19/new-mission-system-revealed/

[EU] Easy 8 Pro Series – Now with real money prizes!

Changes to the Wargaming.net reoccurring tournaments! The 7 vs. 7 format is being kept, but in the Easy 8 Pro Series you can win real money! 


Prizes:

1st Place
8000 gold per player  + gold medal + 650 €

2nd Place
6000 gold per player + silver medal + 350 €

3rd Place (2 teams)
4500 gold per player + bronze medal + 200 €

4th Place (4 teams)
2500 gold per player + 150 €

5th Place (8 teams)
1500 gold per player


The monetary prize will be transferred to the captain of the appropriate team via PayPal. The captain of the winning team is obliged to create a PayPal account and is responsible for handling of the prize after it is sent to the dedicated account.

Registration 
Registration opens
1st July 18:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Registration closes
8th July 18:00 CEST (GMT + 2)


Read more here: http://worldoftanks.eu/uc/tournaments/192-Easy_8_Pro_Series/registrations/164-REGISTRATION___Easy_8_Pro_Series/

[EU] New Clan Wars Campaign – Third Stage Revealed

Next stage in Clan Wars Campaign is starting, called ‘Revolution Epoch’. launching tomorrow, on July 2nd.  Check out the details below!


Third Stage: ‘Revolution Epoch’ 2nd–11th of July

The new tier restrictions for participating vehicles will be as follows:

2nd – 5th of July: Vehicles will be restricted to Tier IX

6th – 11th of July: Vehicles will be restricted to Tier X

VP will be credited each turn during Stage III.

VP for owning provinces will be credited at the beginning of the Stage.


Stage III VP crediting rules:

If a clan owns provinces at the beginning of the third stage, they will be credited 6000 VP for each province in their possession.

VP for conquering/losing provinces will be awarded/deducted on a turn-to-turn basis.

Conquering a province will award the clan with 6000 VP.

Losing a province will reduce the clan’s VP by 6000.

If a clan owns a province connected to their HQ at the end of the stage, they will be awarded 6000 VP multiplied by the number of days the province has been in their possession.

This rule of crediting is valid for each province connected to the clan’s HQ.

Ownership days will be counted only from the beginning of the stage.
All clans which have owned a province during the stage at least once will be awarded 1000 VP at the end of the stage.


Rewards for ‘Revolution Epoch’ stage:

With Fire and Sword  Pacifying the largest number of riots during Stage III

Iron Fist  Receiving the largest amount of VP during Stage III


source: http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/46/new-clan-wars-campaign-third-stage-revealed/

[EU] Video: eSports Review – Episode 5


[EU] Interactive Special – Fifth Edition

Vote for next interactive special!

The poll will run from 1st July at 12:00 CEST (+2GMT) until 8th July. The options are:

SU-152
SU-100M1
T-43
KV-13
SU-14-1
S-51
T25 AT
T20
AT 7
Comet 
Black Prince
Aufklärunspanzer Panther
JagdPanther
Panther
VK 30.02 (D)
Tiger
Tiger (P)
G.W. Panther
AMX 13 75
AMX M4 (1945)
Lorraine 155 mle. 50
WZ-131
IS-2

Once the winning tank has been picked, the discounts and bonus will be applied to all tanks of the same branch up to the chosen one (inclusive) as follows:

The initial II to V tier tanks of the branch will get a 50% discount

The VI and VII tier tanks of the branch will get a 30% discount

And all the tier tanks, including the chosen one (tier VII), will be getting 50% additional crew experience in all games played with them.


source: http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/44/interactive-special-fifth-edition/

[EU] Tank of the Month: AMX 13 75


From 1st July, 07:10 CEST (GMT +2) until 1st August, 07:00 CEST (GMT +2) you will be able to enjoy 30% extra credits earned in the battles played with AMX 13 75, French Tier VII light tank.

From 1st July, 07:10 CEST (GMT +2) until 5th July, 07:00 CEST (GMT +2) the price of this vehicle will be reduced by 50%!

more info about the tank here:  http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/46/tank-month-amx-13-75/

[EU] Early July in the Gift Shop

From 1st July 07:10 CEST until 5th July 07:00 CEST following offers: 

  

Early Retirement Package

60 Days of Premium Account
10,000 gold
Credits: 10,000,000
99,95 Euro


Big is Beautiful

32 Days of Premium Account
5,000 gold
Credits: 3,000,000
49,95 Euro


Boyfriend Package

Dicker Max, German tier VI Premium Tank Destroyer
1 Garage Slot
30 Days of Premium Account
3,000 gold
29,95 Euro


Excelsior!

Excelsior, British tier V Premium Heavy Tank
1 Garage Slot
30 Days of Premium Account
2,000 gold
19,98 Euro


Offer of the Month

30 Days of Premium Account
3,500
Credits: 100,000
19,99 Euro


source: http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/46/early-july-gift-shop/

[ASIA] Ticket Winners for PAX Australia

The 5 winners of double passes for PAX are as follows:

Menkar - COAF rep for "ARMED" clan
Malpaso - Clan Leader of POW Clan
heinrichengel - of 1AR-R clan
A_N_Z_A_C_S - Clan Leader of ANZUS
Tanzer - COAF rep for "ARMED" clan

Checkout the winning entries here: http://worldoftanks.asia/en/news/22/ticket-winners-pax-au/

[ASIA] July 2013 Events & Specials Preview

This month, new missions system that will be accompanying some of the specials. All you need to do is complete the missions during the event period to win some extra rewards.

Here is a rundown of the July 2013 Events and Specials.

Monthly Specials:

Tech Tree Focus Special: UK

Addition/ Removal of Permanent Gift Shop Items

July Gift Shop Special #1

15th Anniversary Tier X Special

Tank of the Month Special

Lucky 7 July

July Gift Shop Special #2

Tech Tree Focus Special: USSR

July Gift Shop Special #3

15th Anniversary Tier X Special

Anniversary Maneuvers

15th Anniversary Tier X Lead Up Focus

July Gift Shop Special #4

Tech Tree Focus Special: USA



Ingame Events:

Hunt Us Down Event #16

Mission Weekend 1: Max Carnage

Mission Midweek 2: Most Valuable T5 Player

Tank Company Frenzy #11 (AU/ NZ/ SG)

Mission Midweek 3: The Open Highway

PAX Hunt Us Down Event

Tank Company Frenzy #12 (PH/ TW/ HK)

Mission Midweek 4: The Open Highway

Tank Company Frenzy #13 (TH/ MY)

Mission Midweek 5: Seek and Destroy


source: http://worldoftanks.asia/en/news/49/july-2013-events-specials-preview/

[ASIA] New Media Uploaded (July 2013)

New wallpapers for July, Screenshots and collection of videos from past few weeks
http://worldoftanks.asia/en/news/21/new-media-uploaded-july-2013/

[ASIA] Motivational Mondays #57

Another week of Motivational Mondays! Every Monday, WG posts up a motivational poster and players discuss about related topics in the forums. 

Join in the discussions here: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/21278-motivational-mondays-57/

If you have your own World of Tanks motivational poster, share them here: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?/topic/304-motivational-mondays/

[ASIA] TanksAsia Season 1: Challenge Series Week 4


TankAsia Season 1: Registrations for Challenge Series Week 4 are now OPEN. Challenge Series Week 4 will commence on 7th July, 2013 (Sunday).

For more details on Week 4, please refer to the tournament page

Registration will be closed on July 6th Saturday, 23:59 UTC+8 (15:59 UTC)


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

World of Warships Cinematic Trailer - E3 2013


Tuesday, June 11, 2013

World of Tanks: Endless War trailer


Monday, June 10, 2013

World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition Trailer


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

[NA] Attention Baltimore and Virginia Pilots

[NA]WG Chieftain is coming to Richmond, VA and Baltimore in June. Where would you like to meet up?

Read more:
http://worldofwarplanes.com/news/217-attention-baltimore-and-virginia-pilots 

ENTAK's Flight School for the Beginners: parts 10, 11 and 12

War Thunder - Beginners Guide #10 [Bombing Guide]


War Thunder - Beginners Guide #11 [Painting Guide]


War Thunder - Beginners Guide #12 [Mouse Aim Settings, Controls and Keybindings]


Source: http://warthunder.com/en/news/152/current/

[NA] Parody Song Contest Finalists

[NA] Nearly 500 entries in Parody Song Contest, it's now time to pick a winner. Click on the two links below to vote for and discuss your favorites. You can vote for up to four different winners, and the polls will close on May 26, 2013.

Video Finalists:  http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/233617-video-parody-song-contest-finalists/
Written Finalists: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/233577-written-parody-song-contest-finalists/

source: http://worldoftanks.com/news/2341-parody-song-contest-finalists/

[NA] Wargaming 15th Anniversary Tournament

[NA]Wargaming.net is celebrating it's 15th year and is organizing a tournament in Minsk. Winning team gets paid trip for seven to the Wargaming 15th Anniversary Party in Minsk, Belarus and 8,000 gold per player

Registration Begins: May 20, 2013
Registration Ends: 16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT) on May 24, 2013

Schedule
Qualifiers Round 1: May 27

Qualifiers Round 2: May 28

Playoffs & Finals: May 29 to 30

Full Schedule: TBA at Close of Registration

Read more: http://worldoftanks.com/news/2337-wargaming-15th-anniversary-tournament-join-us-minsk/

Tournament page: http://worldoftanks.com/uc/tournaments/324-World_of_Tanks_15th_Anniversary_Celebration/

[NA] Wargaming.net Portal Improvements

[NA]Wargaming.net portal will be expanding soon.  Account Management for players will be moved from the World of Tanks portal to the Wargaming.net portal.

Here's a summary of changes that will occur on the World of Tanks portal:
- The World of Tanks portal will be changed to WGNI-authentication
- Account management will be moved to this address: https://na.wargaming.net/personal/

In the future, this one account will be used to access all Wargaming portals (World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, World of Warships, etc.)
In addition to the authentication features, players will now have the ability to see detailed information. Achievements, Kill/Death Ratio, vehicle types, and many other statistics will now be readily available for everyone to see.


Video: Inside the Tanks – The Tiger Part 5

The latest episode of Inside the Tanks - The Tiger, we got to look at the insides of Tiger 1 turret with the military specialist The_Challenger.






[SEA] From World of Tanks SEA to ASIA

[SEA]One year after World of Tanks SEA was officially launched, server will change it's name to World of Tanks Asia in June. World of Tanks SEA with headquarters stationed in Singapore and in the beginning servicing Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand has expanded it's precence over the year to include Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Japan. Wargaming also has plans to expand into the Hong Kong and Indonesian markets in the future.

With this transition from SEA to ASIA, Wargaming intends to continue growth of the server cluster to cover Asia, bringing better service and localization.

Source: http://worldoftanks-sea.com/news/1929-world-tanks-sea-asia/

[SEA] World of Tanks is going to PAX Australia!

[SEA] World of tanks will be at PAX Australia. This will be the first ever Wargaming.net event for the AU and NZ community.

Read more: http://worldoftanks-sea.com/news/1776-world-tanks-going-pax-australia/

Monday, May 20, 2013

Papercraft tank contest

[EU].There is a new contest available in World of Tanks forums. Contest lasts until 12 noon CEST on the 15th of June 2013. Aim of the contest is to find the best papercraft tank.

Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper, paperboard, or card stock.

You can find examples here.

How to enter
Find a template online for a papercraft tank. There is many sites available such as (http://www.papercraftsquare.com) Take and upload to this thread at least 4 pictures of the tank at various construction stages including the final constructed model. Each picture needs to include a piece of paper clearly showing your in-game name. - This is required as evidence the tank was made for the contest and not before it.

Contest rules
The contest runs until the 15th of JUNE 2013, not July. Apologies for the confusion. 1 entry per player Tanks must be either from World of Tanks or from the same/similar historical time period World of Tanks is set in. Sadly this means no Thundertanks, Colonial Marine APC's or Terran Siege Tanks etc.

Prizes:
1st Place = 5000 gold
2nd Place = 4000 gold
3rd Place = 3000 gold
4th Place = 2000 gold
5th Place = 1000 gold

Each winner will also receive a bonus code.

WoWP team presents themselves on video

War Thunder gets KRI awards


War Thunder gets four prizes of the Russia’s biggest gaming conference KRI 2013 (Russian Game Developer's Conference)!


War Thunder and Gaijin Entertainment have been awarded in four nominations of KRI 2013:

  • Best Game
  • Best Game Developer
  • Best Technology
  • Best Sound
WarSteel congratulates Gaijin Entertainmenta

First screenshots of MiG-3 from the upcoming global update

Mig-3

War Thunder presents first screenshots of MiG-3 — high-altitude Soviet fighter — one of the new planes to be introduced in the upcoming global update.

Check out the screenshots here.


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