{"id":22124,"date":"2013-06-04T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=22124"},"modified":"2013-06-04T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T18:01:43","slug":"world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Tanks going &#8216;free-to-win&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"22124\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\" alt=\"world_of_tanks_battle-wide\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The free gaming buzzword war has escalated! Wargaming.net has raised the stakes by introducing a new term to describe the latest developments for their tank combat game. &#8220;Free-to-win&#8221; is being rolled out across the front to take over &#8220;freemium&#8221; and &#8220;pay-to-play&#8221; after executing a brutal sneak attack on &#8220;pay-to-win&#8221; resulted in significant enemy losses.<\/p>\n<p>Wargaming.net described free-to-win to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/193520\/Wargaming_kicks_paytowin_monetization_to_the_curb.php\">Gamasutra<\/a> as the revamp of World of Tanks that will do away with all options to purchase items that could be described as pay-to-win. All future revenue will come from non-advantageous content, such as premium vehicles, personalization options and the like. Andrei Yarantsau, VP of publishing, says part of the strategy is based on making World of Tanks more fair for the eSports competitive scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our new World of Tanks features, including recent changes in our business model, are aimed at further growing our games in this direction. Professional sport &#8211; and gaming is no exception &#8211; is about fair competition. The introduction of our new free-to-win system will really help facilitate the development of World of Tanks as a true eSports discipline.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>World of Tanks store options have already begun to change in support of the free-to-win plan. This strategy will be applied to all future Wargaming.net titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World of Tanks going &#039;free-to-win&#039; - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World of Tanks going &#039;free-to-win&#039; - Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Diamon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Diamon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Diamon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\"},\"headline\":\"World of Tanks going &#8216;free-to-win&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":215,\"commentCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Games\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/\",\"name\":\"World of Tanks going 'free-to-win' - Quarter to Three\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/04\\\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World of Tanks going &#8216;free-to-win&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Quarter to Three\",\"description\":\"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\",\"name\":\"Nick Diamon\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/admin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/author\\\/nick-diamon\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World of Tanks going 'free-to-win' - Quarter to Three","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World of Tanks going 'free-to-win' - Quarter to Three","og_url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/","og_site_name":"Quarter to Three","article_published_time":"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Nick Diamon","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nick Diamon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/"},"author":{"name":"Nick Diamon","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7"},"headline":"World of Tanks going &#8216;free-to-win&#8217;","datePublished":"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/"},"wordCount":215,"commentCount":7,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg","articleSection":["Games"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/","name":"World of Tanks going 'free-to-win' - Quarter to Three","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg","datePublished":"2013-06-04T18:01:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/world_of_tanks_battle-wide.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/06\/04\/world-of-tanks-going-free-to-win\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World of Tanks going &#8216;free-to-win&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/","name":"Quarter to Three","description":"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7","name":"Nick Diamon","sameAs":["http:\/\/admin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/author\/nick-diamon\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22124"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22129,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22124\/revisions\/22129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}