Wargaming.net heading to G-Star 2011

by Jef Reahard on Nov 4th 2011 11:30AM

Historical, Real-Life, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, News Items, War, Free-to-Play, World of Tanks

Wargaming.net's assault on the global MMO scene continues this month as the development firm heads to Korea for Asia's largest gaming-related tradeshow. The folks who brought you World of Tanks (and who will shortly be bringing you World of Warplanes, World of Battleships, and World of post-apocalyptic Volkswagen Beetles with chainguns mounted on their hoods) are traveling to G-Star 2011 to promote the recently released World of Tanks Korean language pack.

The team has also launched a promotional Korean website, and Wargaming.net seems intent on creating a large presence in the Asian gaming market for its free-to-play action MMO brands. "We've created a truly high-quality AAA title with World of Tanks [which is] already wildly successful in Russia and in the West," said Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi via press release. "Now we are looking forward to promoting our product [in] the mature and competitive Korean market."

[Source: Wargaming.net press release]

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Reader Comments (2)

I don't know much about the Korean market and if this would fit, but I think there is strong interest in Japan. Well, at least a few generations removed. But, I have seen some knowledge and appreciation for WW2 ephemera from the state of the world, to combat guns, to ships to...tanks.

So, it might work really well out there for those who like military stuff, especially in that era. I can think of more instances of knowledge and interest in that era among the Asian sector (in general) than even on the American side, but it is still a niche-fandom.