Developer:
Wargaming
Platforms:
PC, Steam
Genre:
Free-to-play naval combat game
Website:
https://worldofwarships.eu/
Release date:
17 September 2015
About World of Warships
World of Warships is a free, historical, online combat game from Wargaming. Command a massive naval fleet featuring some of history’s most iconic war vessels, level up important tech modules and prepare to dominate the oceans in World of Warships.
With four classes of ships, myriad upgrades, and strategically designed environments, the action never ends and every match is a unique experience.
World of Warships brings players endless hours of strategy, tactical gameplay and pulse-pounding combat!
Key facts
World of Warships (WoWS) is a widely popular naval combat game with the largest fleet of historically accurate ships available to play.
WoWS has one of the biggest digital libraries of warships’ blueprints in the world.
WoWS is developed by Lesta Studio in St. Petersburg, renowned for their uncompromising and consistent release schedule. Overall, more than 500 people in Lesta Studio work on the game passionately and relentlessly dedicated to bring the best gaming experience to more than 38 million of players around the globe.
Since its release in September 2015, the game has drastically upgraded, with fresh content being introduced on regular basis with every patch.
There are around 350 warships in the game, which is three and a half times more than at the time of release in September 2015. All ships are modeled on real engineering drawings of the first half of the 20th century, while the creation of each of them takes from two to six man-months.
The game has four classes of ships: aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and battleships, with each representing a separate branch in the tree of development of a particular nation.
American and Japanese ships formed the backbone of the World of Warships fleet at the time of the game’s release almost three years ago. Today, the number of represented nations has increased to ten, and branches to twenty-one.
Within a single branch, ships of different epochs are represented: at the lower levels ships from the beginning of the 20th century and the times of the First World War are available, while after the VI level – ships of the 1930-40’s with more advanced technology come into play. The difference between them is obvious, which makes the process of progressing even more enthralling.
In battles, players earn experience and credits, which are needed to explore the branches of development and acquire new machinery for the existing ships.
The teams in WoWS consist of 7 to 12 people, depending on the type of battle. In total, there are five of them: a random battle (against other players), a cooperative battle (against bots), operations (advanced PvE mode) and two seasonal competitive modes – rank and clan battles.
Commanders are an integral part of the World of Warships. Like ships, they accumulate combat experience, which can be spent on training of particular commanding skills that either improve the combat characteristics of the ship or give new abilities.
Although historical accuracy plays a vital role in World of Warships, neither collections nor campaigns are always historical. There are no restrictions for developers’ creativity and they are clearly not afraid to add new and fun features in the game. The large-scale events during Halloween or April’s Fool became a tradition, very well received by the community. And while majority of players may enjoy this fun twist, others are still always given with the option of not displaying it.
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Update 0.9.9 - Screenshots & Renders
Update 0.9.9 - Key Art
Transformers - Screenshots
Transformers - Artwork
Artwork - WOWS Podcast
Update 0.9.8 - Munchen
Update 0.9.8 - Screenshots
Update 0.9.8 - Key Art
Inked4Wows - Tattoo Contest Collages
Inked4Wows - Tattoo Contest Top 20
Inked4Wows - Tattoo Contest
Update 0.9.7 - Assets
Transformers Partnership
Azur Lane - Renders
Azur Lane - Key Art
Azur Lane - Screenshots
Update 0.9.6 - Screenshots
Update 0.9.6 - Artwork
Update 0.9.6 - Infographics
Hololive Collaboration - Artwork
Warhammer Collaboration - Screenshots and Renders
Warhammer Collaboration - Key Art
Warhammer Collaboration - Flat, Patches and Containers
Update 0.9.5 - Screenshots
Update 0.9.5 - Hamburg Dockyard
Update 0.9.5 - Artwork
Screenshots - World of Warships
Screenshots - France
Screenshots - Germany
Screenshots - Soviet
Screenshot - US
Renders - World of Warships
Artwork - World of Warships
Artwork with Logo - World of Warships
Logos
Submarine Battles - Screenshots
Submarine Battles - Logos
Renders - Warhammer 40,000
Logos - Warhammer 40,000
Virtual Navy Parade
Update 0.9.3 - European Destroyers
Update 0.9.2 - European Cruiser Gryf
Stay Safe - Workout and Recipes
Update 0.9.2 - Swedish destroyers - Screenshots
Update 0.9.2 - Swedish destroyers - Art
Update 0.9.0 - British Cruisers
Update 0.8.11 - Art
Update 0.8.11 - Screenshots
New European Line - Supertest
Update 0.8.10 - Art
Update 0.8.10 - Screenshots
Midway Movie - Assets
Update 0.8.9 - Italian Cruisers
Update 0.8.9 - Halloween Events
Update 0.8.8 - 4th Anniversary Art
Update 0.8.8 - New Port "Designer’s Table"
Update 0.8.8 - Premium Battleship Bismarck, Sam and Historical camouflages
Sam Camouflage
Historical Camouflage
Update 0.8.8 - Premium Destroyer Cossack, Sam and Historical camouflages
Sam Camouflage
Historical Camouflage
Update 0.8.8 - Premium Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal, Sam and Historical camouflages
Sam Camouflage
Historical camouflage
HLMS Friesland - Marinemuseum - September 2019
HLMS Friesland Reveal - September 2019
Southern Regional College - September 2019
Submarines - First Screenshots
Submarines Reveal - Renders
USA
Germany
USSR
Submarine Reveal - USA & Germany Tech Trees
Submarines - First Artwork
Update 0.8.6. - French Destroyers Screenshots
Tier V – Jaguar
Premium Tier V – Siroco
Tier VI – Guepard
Tier VII – Vauquelin
Tier VIII – Le Fantasque
Tier IX – Mogador
Update 0.8.6. - French Destroyers Art
Update 0.8.6. - Marseille Port
Update 0.8.6. - New Crash Zone Alpha map
Update 0.8.6. - Greece Map Update
Italian Navy - Screenshots
Pan-European Fleet
Update 0.8.5. - Exclusive Ships & Premium Ship Benham
Update 0.8.5. - Rogue Wave Map & Port
Update 0.8.5. - Rogue Wave Key Art
Update 0.8.4 - Soviet Battleships
Update 0.8.4. - Dynamic Environments for Ports
Update 0.8.4. - New Map "Greece"
Update 0.8.4. - Soviet Hero Commander and Collection
Update 0.8.3 - Soviet Battleships Early Access, Azure Lane & Makoto Kobayashi Collaborations
Soviet Battleships
Bismark Music Video - Backstage Pictures
Update 0.8.2 - UK Aircraft Carriers & Space Games - Screenshots and Gif
Update 0.8.2 - UK Aircraft Carriers & Space Games - Key Art & Concept Art
Update 0.8.1 - British CVs Early Access
Update 0.8.0 - Aircraft Carriers Rework
Update 0.8.0 - Lunar New Year
ABOUT
About World of Warships
World of Warships is a free, historical, online combat PC game from Wargaming. With its massive fleet of most iconic war vessels, including four different ship classes and strategically designed environment, World of Warships provides the ultimate naval warfare gaming experience, suitable for everyone. Thanks to its largest collection of historically accurate ships available to play, World of Warships prides itself as a digital ship museum and a focal point for naval history enthusiasts.
New thematic content and innovative game modes are being added on regular basis, providing a diverse and exciting gameplay to its broad player base.
One franchise – multiple platforms
After the successful launch of World of Warships on PC, its unique gameplay and design has been adapted to bring free massive naval battles to other platforms with World of Warships: Legends available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and World of Warships Blitz on iOS and Android mobile devices.
About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has grown to become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 4500+ employees and offices spread all over the world. Over 200 million players enjoy Wargaming’s titles across all major gaming platforms. Their flagship products include the massively popular free-to-play hit World of Tanks and the strategic naval action game World of Warships.
Official website: www.wargaming.com