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Contents • • • • • • • • History [ ] Wargaming's plan to develop a flight combat action game was first conceived during the early stages of ’ development. World of Warplanes was announced at E3 in 2011, less than two months after the World of Tanks release in Europe and North America. Development was assigned to Persha Studia, the -based development center of Wargaming. The game went from concept to a playable prototype in only two months. Early began August 2011. Wargaming showcased the first public World of Warplanes trailer at Gamescom in August 2011. Wargaming first showed a closed demonstration of the alpha version to journalists at the Igromir Expo in October 2011.

American aircraft were the first planes to be added to the World of Warplanes. World of Warplanes alpha test started recruiting test players on February 23, 2012. World of Warplanes began May 30, 2012. The game received over two million applications within the first three months of testing. World of Warplanes was selected as Europe’s 'Most Wanted Online Game' at the European Games Awards in 2012. On April 4, 2013, the was lifted for the beta test players, allowing beta testers to share their thoughts, screenshots, and in-game videos. At that time, the game offered six battle arenas and over 80 aircraft models from USSR, the United States, Germany, and Japan.

World of Warplanes’ open beta testing started on July 2, 2013. On October 10, 2017, a video titled was released on, signalling the release of World of Warplanes 2.0, an updated and revamped version of World of Warplanes, which included a reworked gameplay system and an upgrade to the game's graphics. Overview [ ] World of Warplanes features over 100 vehicles aircraft from Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, Great Britain, France, and China. It allows players to choose from 5 main warplane classes:,,,,. In addition to this Premium aircraft are available. Each national tech tree introduces ranging from Tier I entry-level machines all the way up to Tier X advanced jet-powered aircraft. All warplanes can be unlocked and upgraded through a continued gameplay progression.

It is possible to upgrade your aircraft with various weapons, engines, equipment, and consumables. The game features 4635 possible aircraft configurations, which along with customisation options, such as camouflage, allows the player to create unique planes. In World of Warplanes, battles unfold at picturesque in-game locations. The game has 40 unique and different maps.

Although most of them are original, the maps are based on real landscape types that can be found in different corners of the planet. Aircraft of each class in the same tier vary in flight characteristics and firepower across nations. For example, a Soviet or a Japanese fighter of the same tier will be more horizontally maneuverable than its German and American counterpart but has limited vertical maneuverability. WoWp features an aircraft comparison system to help understand this. The website has a History of Aviation, where you can find spotlights on individual planes. Will expand as the game evolves.

New nations and additional aircraft for each nation’s tech tree have been gradually introduced post-launch. Game modes [ ] The basic game features mixed / combat sessions in two basic scenarios: Training Room and Standard Battles. A separate tutorial intro mode includes covers game fundamentals over a series of lessons. Training Mode is a sandbox environment for new players and teams, helping them test tactics, new planes, and practice shooting at static and flying targets. No experience or credits are earned in training mode.

In Standard Battles, the only mode in which players can earn credits and experience points necessary to unlock more game content, players must destroy all enemy aircraft or achieve superiority by destroying more enemy ground objects and airplanes. In October 2015 with patch 1.9.0 bots were introduced into Standard battles in an attempt to provide more balanced battles in an environment with a chronically struggling population.

In essence this means that unlike most Wargaming titles there is effectively no real player-versus-player mode as players must fight against and alongside bots even in standard mode. As of Update 2.0, World of Warplane's primary gamemode is termed 'Conquest', in which two teams of players accumulate points by capturing territories on the game map, which can be accomplished by destroying enemy forces or ground fortifications within capture zones. Different capture zones have different effects on gameplay. For example, the 'Airfield' and the 'Military Base' zones both help to accumulate points towards a team's score, but differ in function. 'Airfield' zones provide an extra spawn point for players, reducing travel times for players occupying 'Airfield' zones. 'Military Base' zones also routinely bombard enemy zones with rockets, enabling faster capture of enemy zones.