On My iPhone/iPad…World of Tanks Blitz

With my gaming son sharing a desk with me in the home office, I get to see a lot of game play, especially beta and early access games. He has been playing World of Tanks on his PC for a while now, but the other day he grabbed house iPad to install the iOS version of the game. While it can't be nearly as complex as a PC-based game, after playing through the tutorial myself, I am quite impressed at the interaction, graphics and game play. I have even run it on my iPhone and although the type and graphics are a bit small, even on my iPhone 4s, the game plays quite well and is very responsive. Since World of Tanks Blitz is a "Free-toPlay" game, it costs nothing to check it out and see if it might be a good casual game for you.

From the iTunes App Store...

World of Tanks Blitz is a free-to-play mobile MMO action game developed by Wargaming, the award-winning online game developer and publisher of World of Tanks, the smash PC hit now with over 80 million players worldwide!

Drawing inspiration from the PC version, World of Tanks Blitz is built specifically for optimal online mobile gameplay and is currently available on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

With an impressive roster of over 90 massive tanks, stunning graphics, and intuitive touch-screen controls, World of Tanks Blitz makes it easy to jump into short, action-packed 7vs7 tank battles no matter where you are!

A truly free-to-play game. No timers, energy bars, fuel—play as much as you want and whenever you want.

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