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Developed by Wargaming.net and published by Wargaming.net, World of Tanks originally launched in Europe and North America in 2011; the 2019 date on this copy corresponds to the later Starter Pack retail package produced under license by Scanavo Market A/S for new players. The game centers on team-based online armored combat in which players command historically inspired fighting vehicles while using terrain, armor positioning, spotting, vehicle roles, and coordinated fire to win tactical battles. This Starter Pack was created as an entry bundle rather than a conventional boxed base-game release, with its original code advertising 30 days of Premium time, a Pz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f) with 100% crew, a 10-battle Tiger 131 rental, three garage slots, and personal reserves.
World of Tanks helped popularize free-to-play, session-based MMO vehicular combat, combining accessible online battles with persistent vehicle research, crew development, and an extensive technology-tree progression system. By its 2011 Western launch, the game had already achieved a Guinness World Record for simultaneous players on a single MMO server, reflecting the rapid growth that helped establish Wargaming as a major force in free-to-play online gaming.
Collectors interested in World of Tanks may also want to explore M1 Tank Platoon II (1998), a detailed modern armored-warfare simulation built around commanding M1A2 Abrams tanks; Panzer Elite (1999), a World War II tank simulation emphasizing armored combat and vehicle command; Armored Fist 3 (1999), another late-1990s tank simulation centered on modern battlefield warfare; WWII Tank Commander (2005), a more action-oriented armored combat game set during World War II; and Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory (2006), a later tank-combat title that brought faster, more accessible battlefield action to the Panzer Elite name.
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