“We want the widest number of players to be able to enjoy tanks without needing powerful hardware, and the Core engine which we developed for 1.0 has really helped in this regard. It was a great idea, yet implementing Frontline proved to be a huge technical challenge. As a team we are always looking at offering new experiences built around the high-impact tank battles that are at the core of our game.” Frontline was the culmination of a number of ideas and concepts we had been playing with over the past couple of years as well as the experience we gained from Grand Battles (30v30 Tier 10 random battles) or one of the many unique events we have run in the past. That’s one of the reasons we were able to launch Frontline just over a month after 1.0. The reality is you only ever really have a minute to stop and look at what has been achieved before it’s on to the next challenge. Yet even during that launch period we were already focused on the next steps. “1.0 was one of the biggest and most difficult updates we have ever had in World of Tanks, one that was nearly 3 years in the making. It turns out that this new mode has been in the works for quite a while, its inception pre-dating even last year's massive Core engine revamp. To learn more about why Wargaming introduced Frontline, we recently spoke with World of Tanks Regional Product Director Alex de Giorgio. Seizing control of one of nine zones denies it to the enemy, creating the sense of an invading army sweeping across the landscape. Most World of Tanks games unfold on maps no bigger than 1km square, but the map in Frontline is nine times that size.
In one sense Frontline brings World of Tanks closer to a more arcade-like ideal: it's possible to repair a damaged tank in the middle of a battle, and if your tank is destroyed you can respawn. One of the most popular of these modes is Frontline. They also give the game designers at Wargaming a chance to cut loose and experiment with some pretty wild ideas. These modes create a sense of occasion – their artificial scarcity invokes the dreaded Fear Of Missing Out. To this end Wargaming has implemented a succession of special game modes, each playable only for a strictly limited time.
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