Japanese TV commercials are often pretty wacky, and even western companies adapt to the trend not to be outdone by their local peers.
That’s definitely the case with Wargaming’s World of Tanks, for which the Russian publisher has been running a new TV commercial in Japan since September 15th.
From Babel UA: "With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the aggressor also affected the video game industry. The largest game publishers — Ubisoft, EA Games, Rockstar — have limited sales of their products in Russia and Belarus. And Steam, GOG and Epic Games stores have stopped accepting payments in rubles. But Russian players have already learned to circumvent the bans of publishers and shops — there are many instructions about how to do this on the Internet. The situation with the game developers of the aggressor countries is even more complicated. Many of them are not officially Russian or Belarusian, but have long opened offices in Europe and work from Britain, Hungary, and other countries. Russian developers usually donʼt comment on Russiaʼs aggression against Ukraine, continue to cooperate with Western companies and sell their games to Western players. Babel tells about the games Escape from Tarkov, World of Tanks, and War Thunder, which are popular in Europe and the United States, and about the behavior of their developers, who deliberately do not publicly state their position on the war or order advertising from outspoken supporters of the Putin regime."
This is an interesting update to the game. World of Tanks is more than just pure steel and firepower; it’s about tactics and strategy, and the latest event takes this up a gear! Players can master the Art of Strategy from today until early May.
WAR IS FOREVER! World of Tanks welcomes G.I. Joe & Cobra onto the battlefield. FIGHT TO SAVE THE DAY!
WTF Is this?!
OMG! That was so weird but hilarious. That woman at the end, i couldn't stop laughing.
Oh, Japan...
I heard japan makes weird commercials so it stands out from the rest.... Unfortunately everyone does this so they have to make it the weirdest everytime
I thought the game was called Wacky World of Tanks from this title
Japan does everything better lmao