Wargaming today announced that in the spirit of April Fools’ Day, the company will temporarily introduce a new “Lunar” mode and custom map, Moon River, to the console version of World of Tanks. From April 3 to April 5, players who log into the game will be transported to a lunar landscape, with appropriately reduced gravity, for laser blasting matches of cosmic proportions.
On April 3, every tanker will find in their garage a special lunar version of the M-24 Chaffee to take into battle on the crater-marked surface of Moon River. With gravity that is one-sixth of Earth’s, big air and bigger landings are in store as these massive vehicles catapult over huge chasms.
And any trip to outer space wouldn’t be complete without a high-tech weapons arsenal. That’s why the M-24’s standard cannon will be replaced with a laser blaster able to fast load and fire off three bursts during lunar warfare.
So, in honor of the silliest day of the year, are tankers ready for a fun weekend of gravity bending tank-on-tank combat in the new “Lunar” mode?
You can check out when your region is able to play this limited timed mode:
|
Country |
Start Time |
Region End Time |
| North America | 3 April 2015 10:00 (Pacific) | 5 April 2015 23:59 (Pacific) |
| United Kingdom + Portugal | 3 April 2015 10:00 (GMT) | 6 April 2015 07:59 (GMT) |
| France, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland | 3 April 2015 19:00 (CEST) | 6 April 2015 08:59 (CEST) |
| Turkey | 3 April 2015 20:00 (EEST) | 6 April 2015 09:59 (EEST) |
| Asia | 4 April 2015 01:00 (SGT) | 6 April 2015 14:59 (SGT) |