industry entertainment video games founded august 12 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 08 12 headquarters nicosia cyprus 2 key people victor kislyi ceo vangelis georgiou managing director head of global publishing 3 matias myllyrinne head of development andrew tinney chief financial officer nick katselapov executive director chief business development officer jerry prochazka chief human resources officer products video games & services revenue 217 9 million 2012 net income 6 1 million 2012 number of employees 4000 subsidiaries wargaming chicago baltimore wargaming seattle wargaming austin 4 wargaming america inc. wargaming europe wargaming asia pte. ltd. 5 lesta studio website official website the wargaming.net service official website wargaming group limited 1 is an international game developer and publisher headquartered in nicosia cyprus . 6 the group operates across 16 offices and development centers . primarily focused on tbs and rts games massive assault franchise order of war etc. wargaming switched to developing free to play online action games in 2009 and has since become one of the leaders in the market . the company s critical and commercial success came after the launch of its first online project the military themed team based game world of tanks . wargaming is involved in a number of socially significant projects that aid in the preservation of historic heritage and assists 3rd party studios in development and publishing through its wg labs unit . contents 1 history 2 strategic partners and studios 3 games and reception 4 wg labs 5 the wargaming.net service 5.1 features 5.2 unified premium account upa 5.3 history 6 esports 7 social activities 8 vr and ar content 9 awards 10 references 11 external links history edit wargaming was founded by victor kislyi in 1998 in minsk belarus 7 as a development studio creating multiplayer strategy games for pc . the company s first project was dba online the digital version of a miniature tabletop rule set de bellis antiquitatis launched in 2000 . wargaming started working on its first full scale commercial project the sci fi turn based strategy game massive assault in march 2002 . 8 over the course of five years the company shipped five projects within the massive assault franchise . 9 on november 16 2007 wargaming acquired the minsk based arise studio . 10 in december 2008 the company released its first real time strategy operation bagration . 11 on april 16 2009 wargaming started working on real time strategy order of war which was published by square enix on september 18 2009 . on august 12 2010 the company released its first online title world of tanks . on april 12 2011 world of tanks was released in north america and europe . at e3 2011 wargaming announced the follow up to world of tanks the flight combat online action game world of warplanes . 12 at gamescom 2011 the company unveiled the third part of its military saga the naval action online game world of warships . 13 in october 2011 wargaming announced the online collectible card mmo game world of tanks generals . 2011 marked the beginning of active global expansion for wargaming . on july 26 2011 the company opened wargaming group ltd the new holding company of the group with headquarters in nicosia cyprus and after that the european business operations centre wargaming europe with headquarters in paris france and with a subsidiary office in berlin germany . 14 on august 3 2011 the company created a direct presence in north america by opening an office in san francisco usa . throughout 2011 wargaming joined strategic partnerships with persha studia lesta studio and dava consulting 15 with each operating separate projects under wargaming . on february 21 2012 the android version of world of tanks assistant the mobile application for world of tanks went live in europe and north america . 16 in may 2012 wargaming entered the korean games market 17 by opening a subsidiary office in seoul . in june 2012 wargaming embarked on a rebranding initiative and announced the wargaming.net service 18 which will unite its games and services into a single battle universe . 19 in the same month wargaming had grown to 900 employees throughout the world . on august 7 2012 wargaming acquired australian company bigworld technology 20 21 which brought development of the middleware for its mmo projects in house . in 2012 wargaming s revenue was declared to be 217.9 million euro with net profit of 6.1 million euro declared in an annual report for the cyprus stock exchange cse . 22 wargaming s shares were delisted from cse in 2015 and it is a privately held company to date . on january 29 2013 wargaming set sights on the console market by acquiring day 1 studios 23 24 developer of the f.e.a.r. franchise . renamed wargaming chicago baltimore the studios are currently developing world of tanks xbox 360 edition february 2014 xbox one july 2015 and playstation 4 january 2016 . 25 on february 12 2013 wargaming announced its own esports league 26 the wargaming.net league . on february 14 2013 the company acquired gas powered games the establishment behind the gaming classics dungeon siege and supreme commander . on march 26 2013 wargaming announced world of tanks blitz 27 the mobile mmo game centered around tank combat available on smartphones and tablets . the game was released on ios 28 in june 2014 . as of 2016 world of tanks blitz is available on ios android 29 windows 10 30 and mac os x. 31 on may 29 2013 wargaming branched into the japanese games market by opening an office in tokyo . 32 on july 22 2013 the company bought total annihilation and master of orion ips from the atari bankruptcy proceedings . 33 in 2015 wargaming opened two new divisions the innovation platform wg labs and the mobile focused unit wg cells . 34 the latter was shut down in 2016 . 35 in august 2016 wargaming s wg labs division released a reimagining of master of orion . the game was developed by the argentinian ngd studios . as of 2016 wargaming owns a significant share of the hellenic bank daniel s. loeb s third point group is the other major shareholder of the cyprus based bank and has shown interest in purchasing land property assets in cyprus for its own use and investment purposes . wargaming is currently the largest taxpayer within cyprus . 6 strategic partners and studios edit bigworld pty ltd sydney australia wargaming west 36 formerly day 1 studios chicago illinois usa baltimore maryland usa wargaming seattle formerly gas powered games redmond washington usa game stream minsk belarus persha studia kiev ukraine lesta studio saint petersburg russia dava consulting minsk belarus dropforge games bellevue washington usa melsoft games 37 minsk belarus games and reception edit wargaming has created more than 15 titles the most popular being the online action game world of tanks . world of tanks created a new market niche of slow paced military history pvp games which the company expanded in the following years by releasing the flight mmo world of warplanes 2013 38 the cross platform action game world of tanks blitz 2014 39 the turn based collectible card game world of tanks generals 2015 40 and the naval warfare mmo world of warships 2015 41 . all these titles are united within the wargaming.net service . since this initial success world of tanks has made the jump to consoles initially released on xbox 360 then on xbox one and on playstation 4 . 42 wargaming seattle is engaged in the development of an unannounced project . release year title publisher genre aggregated scores 2000 dba online turn based strategy not available 2003 massive assault turn based strategy 80.11 % 43 77 44 2004 massive assault network turn based strategy 78.15 % 45 74 46 2005 massive assault domination turn based strategy 69.61 % 47 69 48 2006 massive assault network 2 turn based strategy 76.00 % 49 72 50 2007 galactic assault prisoner of power turn based strategy 69.47 % 51 68 52 2009 order of war square enix 53 real time strategy 71.67 % 54 69 55 56 57 2010 order of war challenge wargaming real time strategy 72.50 % 58 70 59 ru 2010 eu na ch 2011 sa vn sk 2012 world of tanks wargaming massively multiplayer online game 82.15 % 60 80 61 cis na eu 2013 62 world of warplanes wargaming multiplayer online action game 69.18 % 63 69 64 2014 65 world of tanks xbox 360 wargaming multiplayer online action game 2014 world of tanks blitz wargaming multiplayer online action game 2015 world of warships wargaming multiplayer online action game 80.93 % 66 81 67 2015 world of tanks on xbox one wargaming multiplayer online action game 2015 world of tanks generals wargaming turn based collectible card game 2016 smash squad wg cells 68 2016 master of orion conquer the stars wg labs turn based strategy 75.83 % 69 74 70 2016 hybrid wars wg labs 71 top down shooter tba excalibur 72 tba wargaming has created more than 15 titles ; most popular being the massively multiplayer online game world of tanks . the company currently has several projects in the pipeline being developed for multiple platforms . its flight combat action game world of warplanes was released in november 2013 . the naval action title world of warships entered open beta test phase in 2015 . 73 other projects in the works include the ccg world of tanks generals mobile mmo game world of tanks blitz and world of tanks xbox 360 edition . wg labs edit wg labs is an organizational unit within wargaming that cooperates with 3rd party developers and delivers games that go beyond the company s traditional paradigm . opened in 2015 74 the division partnered with the ngd studios to release master of orion conquer the stars 2016 75 and is working with extreme developers on the top down shooter hybrid wars . 71 the wargaming.net service edit main article wargaming.net service announced in 2012 wargaming.net is a service developed by wargaming . the service is designed to support all of wargaming s online games and provide a single point of entry to all wargaming projects partners and fan websites . features edit the service includes single unified account system wargaming.net id that grants direct access to all wargaming online titles . 76 advanced account management system improved personal account tools that will provide gamers with increased security including optimized password and login resets and account restoration . 77 original payment system built on the free to win principles . common economics that will allow players to transfer gold and free experience between wargaming s titles world of warships excluded . 78 unified premium account upa edit with the introduction of the unified premium account service players got the opportunity to maintain premium time across world of tanks and world of warplanes and world of warships without any additional expenses . 79 when purchased in world of tanks the premium account is now also automatically activated for world of warplanes and world of warships . 80 based on the free to win principles the service illustrates wargaming s endeavor to create a fine tuned balanced gaming ecosystem integrating titles with different gameplay through the unified monetization model . 81 the concept underlying the unified premium account service contradicts business models previously established in the games industry . instead of charging players for every piece of new content it now spans the premium options across all of the company s titles . 82 the concept underlying the unified premium account service contradicts business models previously established in the games industry . instead of charging players for every piece of new content it now spans the premium options across all of the company s titles . 80 history edit the service was announced in june 2012 .