
"Because there seems to be so much money in free-to-play games, every wants to jump at them. " is one of the biggest internet companies in Russia," he said. But when, one of the biggest internet companies in Russia, approached the studio, Urquhart realized they had the chance to explore not only a new genre with the studio, but free-to-play games. Obsidian is a studio best known for it's work on role-playing games - most recently South Park: The Stick of Truth.

" World of Tanks has almost created its own genre, so we know it needs to have the feeling of that game, it can't feel like Call of Duty, it can't be total deathmatch, it has to be a strategic shooter." "In some ways, really what we are, we're the modern World of Tanks but we're also putting some of our own spin on it," said developer Obsidian's CEO Feargus Urquhart. World of Tank's success has been so widespread that at least one developer thinks the online multiplayer tank combat game has spawned its own genre and is working to create a direct competitor.Īrmored Warfare, which is approaching alpha and is expected to go into beta in Russia this year, will bring realistic tank combat into the modern era, offering post-Korean War vehicles and a modern setting, for the mechanized warfare shooter.
