London (18th May 2010) – Wargaming.net reveals two awards the company received at the annual Game Developers Conference (KRI 2010) that took place in Moscow from May 14th till May 16th where the studio presented its new massively multiplayer online action game World of Tanks.
Conference participants and the jury panel expressed their high opinion of World of Tanks gameplay features and graphics that let the studio won the following awards:
Best Game Developer of 2010. The award is given to the company with outstanding achievements and stable progress in videogame industry.
Best MMO Game of 2010. The award is given to the best title that requires a client and is based on online gameplay.
Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net, says: “Getting the ‘Best Developer of the Year’ award is a big honor and responsibility for us. It’s great to realize that World of Tanks is evolving in the right way drawing more and more fans to the virtual battlegrounds we’ve created.“
For more information on WORLD OF TANKS, visit www.worldoftanks.com.
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 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers, each unit type has its own advantages and can be extremely effective when operated by a true tank ace.
About Wargaming.net
Based in London, with development in Belarus, Wargaming.net is a game development company operating since 1998. The company developed the highly acclaimed Massive Assault series, including Massive Assault, Massive Assault Network, Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance and Massive Assault Network 2. Wargaming.net has also developed Galactic Assault, a turn-based strategy set in the famous sci-fi universe of the Strugatsky Brothers. In November 2007, Wargaming.net acquired Arise, an independent PC game developer. In 2008 the company’s first RTS game Operation BAGRATION was awarded Best Strategy Game at the 6th International Game Developers Conference in Russia. In 2009, WARGAMING.NET released a new World War II Action-Strategy game Order of War, which was published by Square Enix. At KRI 2009 and 2010 Wargaming.net was awarded Best Developer of the Year and received