World of Warplanes Goes Live

By Michael Dunaway, News Editor Posted: November 13, 2013

After a long beta and delayed launch date, Wargaming is finally ready to take off with World of Warplanes. The WWII-era combat flight sim is the second in Wargaming's planned three-tier assault on combat fans, joining World of Tanks and the upcoming World of Warships.

Players have over 100 planes, fulfilling a variety of roles, spanning five nations -- U.S., USSR, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan -- to choose from. In addition, Wargaming is officially rolling out its Unified Premium Account system for its games, linking Warplanes and Tanks, allowing players to share their premium currency, Gold, between accounts.

Finally, if you're a competitive player, you can participate in the First to the Top promotion, which will reward players with Premium ("subscription") time for unlocking tier V and up airplanes over the game's first two weeks. The first player to unlock the highest level, a tier X plane, will receive a whole decade of premium time!

So are you planning to jump into World of Warplanes? What's your nation of choice? And do you think you'll take a shot at the First to the Top prizes?

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In this article: World of Warplanes, World of Tanks, World of Warships, Wargaming.

About the Author

Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Tankz 11 years ago

Oh yeah thanks for reminding me to play War Thunder even more!

Name (Required) 11 years ago

it was so hard to get into a game in open beta.. there were literally like 40 people online.

GalahadIV 11 years ago

Authentic airplanes :oooooooooooooo

Thunder Warrior 11 years ago

Well they couldn't fix this crap at all, i installed/uninstalled the game today cuz the controls still feeling so darn heavy and stiff since the first beta day, which is annoying as hell, WOW is dead for me. See ya in WT guys!!

Catching ZzZ's 11 years ago

War Thunder is 10 times better than this.

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