Wargaming.net announces the completion of the first phase of beta testing for World of Tanks, their upcoming team-based MMO action game of armored combat. They say the first round of testing involved more than 70,000 players, and peaked at more than 4,000 concurrent users, saying more than a half-million battles were fought, with more than 150 million shots fired to destroy over 15 million virtual vehicles. The next phase of the closed beta is supposed to kick off tomorrow, and you can register your interest in testing on this page.
It has been a long time since I last played any tactical shooter. I am not sure why as I used to waste weeks of my life sneaking and sniping in illustrious games such as Delta Force and Ghost Recon. After seeing Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in action at GamesCom last week, I'm itching to to dust off my camo suit and dig up my eye black.
Först kom andra världskriget. Sen moderna konflikter. Och snart bär det av till Vietnamkrigets fasor, med avskurna halsar och bombade byar. FZ vågar sig ändå på en första smygtitt på nästa Call of Duty.
När det är dags för uppgraderingar glider diskussionerna ofta in på så kallade flaskhalsar. SweClockers undersöker fenomenet och reder ut vad som egentligen händer när en komponent bromsar det övriga systemet.
... There's so much more to talk about, but a lot of it is available through official channels or the forums - unfortunately the build we were shown was still pre-alpha, and so we weren't given any hands on time. We hope it gets the mainstream attention it deserves - with improved accessibility, a dynamic online mode, and an expansion (of sorts) already in the works, this could prove to be one of the last great WW2 shooters. So far no concrete news on platforms, although PC is a given. As for consoles however... it will be interesting what form the game will take should it go there. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is slated for a Q2 2011 release.
Posted by Korpen on Wednesday 25 August 2010 - 10:43:57 | Comments: 2
