Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has begun reviewing an allusion to World War II in an advertisement for the computer game “Armored Warfare: Project Armata,” which the Russian company Mail.Ru Group launched into open beta testing last October. Mail.Ru Group says the complaint submitted to Russian regulators is a scheme by its competitors—an unsubtle jab at the Belarusian gaming company Wargaming, which produces “World of Tanks.”
Russian online publication Meduza has looked at the ongoing battle between the world’s two largest tank-gaming franchises.
Mail.ru Group vs. ‘World of Tanks:’ A rivalry for the hearts of the world’s video-game nerdsRead More