Our very own ‘Roving Reporter’ Ben Rayner, had the opportunity to attend the World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition event in London yesterday (13/02/2014). Here are some of his thoughts and pictures taken of the event.
After enjoying quite a large amount of success within the realms of PC gaming, wargaming.net decided the time was right and what better way to celebrate this glorious launch than with a huge, remote controlled tank battle in the heart of London?
Held at the rather glitzy Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square, gamers and writers alike were ready and waiting to get things going. Drink and camera in hand I fled into the dark conference room, listening to the sound of explosions and the wurr of tracks as I did so.
As you would imagine, the room was filled with gaming stations, ready for us to plug in and get down to some serious skirmishes, which of course I took no time in obliging. I enjoyed a number of battles, most of which ending in my fairly quick demise due to apparently poor tactical skills but, I focused my mind and ended on a high, determined to take more than a handful of tanks with me. Choosing to take control of some serious artillery, in the shape of the American M12, I settled into a nice vantage spot at the crest of a grassy null and one by one, picked off almost a whole team.
After my small victory, it was time to enjoy the main event, as the chaps at Wargaming were kind enough to set up something I’m sure most lads dream of. A pretty cool village replica, filled with remote control tanks, finally letting everyone do battle for real! (Well as real as possible without all that unsavoury blood, pain and death).
With quite a large interest, I only managed to grab one game with these mechanical wonders in my time at the launch and it’s fair to say, it didn’t end well. After getting to grips with the controls I was ready, pumped and thirsty for blood!
And then I got caught on a ramp and was taken out by an eagle eyed opponent, quick to capitalise on my blunder!
Despite encountering pretty much constant loss, I enjoyed my time with World of Tanks and the event itself went down a treat.
Check out the antics Ben got up to at the event by watching this video:
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