Wargaming.net

Wargaming.net
Type Video game developer
Industry Computer and video games
Founded 1998
Headquarters

London, England

Minsk, Belarus
Key people Victor Kislyi[1]
Products See Games and reception
Employees ~250
Website Wargaming.net

Wargaming.net is a strategy game developer operating since 1998. The company is based in London with a development center in Belarus[2][3]. In November 2007 Wargaming.net acquired Arise, an independent PC game studio,and currently consists of nearly 250 employees. The company's motto is "Strategic Satisfaction"[4].

Wargaming.net is best known for its critically acclaimed Massive Assault series [5]. The company is also highly acknowledged for its recent World War II real-time strategy game "Order of War" produced by Square Enix[6][7]. Wargaming.net was the first Western game development company to produce a game for Square Enix[8].

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Games and reception

Game Title Release Year Genre Aggregated Scores
DBA Online 2000 Turn-based strategy Not available
Massive Assault 2003 Turn-based strategy 80.11%[9], 77[10]
Massive Assault Network 2004 Turn-based strategy 78.15%[11], 74[12]
Massive Assault: Domination 2005 Turn-based strategy 69.61%[13], 69[14]
Massive Assault Network 2 2006 Turn-based strategy 76.00%[15], 72[16]
Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power 2007 Turn-based strategy 69.47%[17], 68[18]
Order of War 2009 Real-time strategy 71.67%[19],69[20][21][22]
Order of War: Challenge 2010 Real-time strategy
World of Tanks 2010 (Russia)
2011 for EU and US
Massively multiplayer online game
World of Warplanes 2011 (Russia) Massively multiplayer online game
World of Battleships TBA Massively multiplayer online game

Wargaming.net's games received mostly postitive reviews. Review website IGN rated Massive Assault and Order of War 8.4[23] and 8.0 [24] out of 10 respectively.

Awards

References

  1. ^ http://www.gamezone.com/news/09_22_09_01_05PM.htm
  2. ^ http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1020898p1.html
  3. ^ http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/52708/Massive-Assault-series
  4. ^ http://www.gamershell.com/companies/wargaming_net/666234.html
  5. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/massiveassaultnetwork2/news.html?sid=6181545
  6. ^ http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/46213/Order-of-War-Square-Enix-Announces-PC-Exclusive-World-War-II-RTS
  7. ^ http://release.square-enix.com/na/2009/04/16.html
  8. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216732.html
  9. ^ Massive Assault rating from Gamerankings
  10. ^ Massive Assault rating from Metacritic
  11. ^ Massive Assault Network rating from Gamerankings
  12. ^ Massive Assault Network rating from Metacritic
  13. ^ Massive Assault:Domination rating from Gamerankings
  14. ^ Massive Assault:Domination rating from Metacritic
  15. ^ Massive Assault Network 2 rating from Gamerankings
  16. ^ Massive Assault Network 2 rating from Metacritic
  17. ^ Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power rating from Gamerankings
  18. ^ Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power rating from Metacritic
  19. ^ Order of War rating from Gamerankings
  20. ^ Order of War rating from Metacritic
  21. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?type=company&mode=72356
  22. ^ http://www.strategyinformer.com/company/wargamingnet.html
  23. ^ http://pc.ign.com/articles/455/455814p1.html
  24. ^ http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1028554p1.html
  25. ^ http://www.wargaming.net/news.php
  26. ^ http://rgdconf.com/2008/index.php?type=info&doc=companies
  27. ^ http://www.kriconf.ru/2009/index.php?type=info&doc=news Translated from Russian
  28. ^ KRI Awards 2011

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