World of Tanks Developer is Making Big Donation to the Ukrainian Red Cross
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is still ongoing, affecting millions of lives in one of the most populous European nations. World of Tanks' creator Wargaming has a branch right in besieged Kyiv, and has just offered a substantial donation to the Ukrainian Red Cross, while at the same time supporting its employees in the war-torn country.
Wargaming is most famous for being the mind behind World of Tanks, a vehicular combat MMO which, since its debut in 2010, has heavily influenced the genre. World of Tanks employs a «freemium» business model, with the base game content being offered for free, and the players having the option of buying premium features, such as faster leveling. In the game, each player controls an armored vehicle, with models spanning from the interwar era, up to early cold-war tanks. Aside from World of Tanks, Wargaming has developed the 2016 Master of Orion remake Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars.
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Ukraine is home to several development studios, many of them being impacted by the war. Wargaming has even deeper ties to the international crisis, being itself headquartered in Russian-aligned Belarus, while having one of its branches in Kyiv. The company is already making extraordinary effort in supporting more than 550 employees caught in Ukraine by the war, with measures such as providing early salary payments, granting additional travel funds, and even offering alternate housing possibilities. Yesterday, Wargaming announced another move, a donation of $1 million to the Ukrainian Red Cross, while pledging additional help if the crisis is not resolved.
The donation comes at a time when large parts of the country are already
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