Battle Royale comes to World of Tanks... sort of
Wargaming have announced that thanks to the Tank Festival, World of Tanks is getting a battle-royale inspired mode called Steel Hunter, check out the trailer below.
The rules are simple. A no-holds-barred battle, the sole survivor or the surviving members of a single Platoon claim the victory. Every battle will start on a level playing field as each tanker will have the choice of three special tanks, representing the classic World of Tanks nations (the USSR, the USA and Germany). Before the battle starts, each of the twenty lone wolf tankers (or seven three-player Platoons) chooses a place to spawn on Dreamland, the brand-new city map specifically designed for Steel Hunter. As the battle unfolds, the area of play progressively gets smaller and so-called Danger Zones appear.
“A fresh challenge in World of Tanks, Steel Hunter shows we’re not done experimenting. Last year, we tested the foundations of this mode,” states Max Chuvalov, Publishing Director, World of Tanks. “Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive response from our players, we decided to build on those foundations and create a fully-fledged mode that will get players even more excited!”
The more advanced rules of “Steel Hunter” offer an immense amount of tactical options. Damaging enemies, cannibalizing their chasses and picking up loot will reward players with Battle XP, the most important commodity found on Dreamland. By collecting it, tankers will be able to upgrade their tanks on the go via a branching Tech Tree.
