World of Tanks is exactly what it says on the tin, a world at war where all things are tanks. It’s also a free-to-play game and one of the best success stories in gaming. The company behind that success is Wargaming.net, a small outfit who decided that maybe a game studio should, you know, maybe, own the games that it makes. Check out this article about the story of how Wargaming.net came to be, and what brought them to World of Tanks. Ars Technica has the story.
Wargaming.net is working on a new game in the same sort of genre, this time in the sky. World of Warplanes should be open soon. It will be interesting to see if the company can catch lighting twice.