This Saturday, the second annual festival from the company was already held at the Expocenter in Moscow Wargaming – WG Fest 2017. We have collected for you all the most delicious news and photographs, which, by the way, have gained a lot.
Photo report
The main scene where the most important events took place.
Basta
"Quartet and"
Elena Temnikova
Group "Leningrad"
Neuromonk Feofan
But still, Wg Fest is not only the main scene, but also three hefty rooms with entertainment for the whole family. From the obvious gaming zones with all projects World of : tanks for PCs, consoles and smartphones, ships and aircraft. Did not inferior in size and zone under Total War: Arena, A session game based on a famous series of strategies that is being developed Creative Assembly In cooperation with Wargaming.
The scale is really amazing – according to the organizers, at the festival of 550 more gaming machines.
However, the non -obvious here is no less. Various VR zones, photo stands, shooting range, a platform with radio-controlled tanks, online radio Wargaming.FM is far from everything.
Roscosmos!
Matrix: Wargaming Edition
WG Fest is a festival for the whole family, on which everyone can find a lesson to taste. So, for example, for girls who are not interested in games at all, the organizers made a beauty zone, and next to her-a sandbox for the smallest visitors.
The main news
The press did not remain idle, with which the company shared fresh news, and for some even allowed some to feel their new project for the first time- "Caliber".
Perhaps the most interesting news is related to World of Tanks. In March next year, the game will be updated to version 1.0 and move to the new engine Core Engine , which will significantly improve its appearance. Landscape, water, vegetation, lighting, shadows, clouds, buildings – literally all the contents will be replaced by a new one developed from zero.
For comparison: on the left, the old map on the Bigworld engine, on the right – processed on Core Engine.
But the owners of weak computers should not worry. According to the developers, optimization was given almost the most time, so the game will go on the same settings and with the same personnel frequency as now. If you still doubt it, then from the Wotencore website.NET you can download the demo of the new graphic engine and evaluate the performance of "tanks" on your PC.
In addition to the engine, the developers have changed the sound system. Fifty composers and musicians from all over the world tried so that each card had its own recognizable musical theme, which would change depending on whether you lose or win.
Third, but no less important change – new cards. Although it is more correct to say – processed. Those on which it was interesting to play will receive only graphic updates, while others will improve in full.
Unlike "tanks", Total War: Arena In 2018, cardinal changes are not expected, but without new content it will not do. Firstly, a new August Pass will appear soon, and the gameplay on it will radically differ from the current. The thing here is this: if the teams now appear in front of their bases and press each other, then at the “August Pass” the bases will be in the center almost close to each other, in some way reproducing the regime “King of the Mountain”.
Secondly, a new hero will appear in the Arena-Spartak. We were not told about his abilities, but the developers are hinting that if we delve into historical certificates and find out how the commander won his enemies, it will not be so difficult to guess.
"Caliber"
At the first, WG Fest Wargaming announced its new Caliber game, and a year later we finally managed to get to know her better at the premiere show.
"Caliber" is a command-tactical action from a third person about modern special forces. In it, a team of four people fights with bots in PVE mines and people in PVP-transfers. Before the battle, each of the players of the group takes on one of the four roles: an attack aircraft, sniper, support fighter or a doctor.
When reloading, the character will throw out all the remaining cartridges in the store.
Each class has its own weapons, characteristics and abilities. The special forces of the support are slow and slow, but has a lot of health, machine gun, RPG and the ability to shoot at suppression, which does not allow the enemy to lead the aimed fire on you and your allies. Moreover, firing for suppression is precisely the active ability that consumes endurance.
Sniper, in turn, is almost the exact opposite of support. Fast and nimble, he is not able to “tank” and absorb damage, but it works from afar and helps the team with its active ability to detect nearby opponents.
Although there are only four classes in the game, there will be more than forty operatives, each with their own weapons and unique abilities.
The developers want anyone to easily start playing Caliber, but to make it difficult to win and have to work in the team to win. “Tactics is more important than the reaction” and “one in the field is not a warrior” – these are the unspoken mottles of Wargaming. Having played the great-alpha version for about an hour, we can confidently say that it is: without communication and well-coordinated work, even a simple PVE mission is almost impossible. However, it is difficult to call the battle itself pleasant, here the very early stage of development affects.
"Caliber" is not about a large -scale war, but about special forces, so the landscapes here are most often urban.
The Caliber also tries to accurately reproduce weapons, special equipment, equipment and tactical techniques for special forces. The game pays special attention to the special forces of Russia and other CIS countries (the developers told us that Belarusians and Kazakhs will definitely be). She tries to show the armed forces without “cranberries”, as they actually are. To see if the Caliber copes with these tasks, you can be free-the game will be distributed by Free-to-Play model. But about when at least a closed beta appears, we were not told. We will follow the news.
Of course, there were still a bunch of announcements and new technology and new modes, a huge number of events that we have not written about. The festival turned out to be rich, and Sky Vegas sister sites anyone could find something interesting for himself. If you like games from Wargaming and similar music or just want to relax with friends, then look at the next WG Fest – you definitely will not regret!
