World of Tanks: HEAT is out now on PC, PS56, and Xbox Series X/S. The free-to-play tank-based shooter is also available through Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service, and all versions of the game support full cross-platform progression and multiplayer. Celebrating the launch, developer Wargaming has released a new trailer, which you can check out below.
The new trailer focuses on showcasing the fast-paced gameplay of World of Tanks: HEAT across its various game modes, which can revolve around taking out enemy tanks, as well as accomplishing specific objectives. As its name and previous trailers have indicated, HEAT is a faster-paced game than the original World of Tanks.
The release of the game is accompanied by the start of its Launch Season, which features five free weekly Battle Passes and five ranks, with plenty of rewards to unlock. Three agents are available right from the beginning: Chopper (Defender, M1E1), Kent (Assault, XM1 90), and Hound (Marksman, Leo 1A6A1). Five more agents can be unlocked over the course of the Launch Season, for a total of eight playable agents across three battlefield roles: Defender, Assault, and Marksman.
World of Tanks: HEAT offers 15 vehicles to choose from, supporting a variety of playstyles through customizable modules and other equipment. These vehicles can be taken for a spin across 8 distinct maps that offer a range of biomes, settings, and visual styles, and 4 PvP modes: Hardpoint, Control, Kill Confirmed, and Conquest.
“Launching HEAT is a huge milestone for us, but in many ways, this is only the beginning,” said product director Artyom Yantsevich in a press release. “I want to thank our team, as well as our players for helping bring HEAT to life. We’re excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to grow HEAT together.”
The Xbox Series X and PS5 versions of World of Tanks: HEAT use Performance Mode by default, targeting 60 FPS at 4K output with dynamic internal resolution scaling that can go down to 1080p if needed to maintain the frame rate. A Quality mode is also available that targets 30 FPS at 4K output with a higher floor for the internal resolution scaling. Xbox Series S targets 60 FPS at 1080p.
PS5 Pro players have more to look forward to thanks to the game’s inclusion of Performance Pro and Quality Pro modes that make use of PSSR. Performance Pro targets 60 FPS and 4K, with the dynamic resolution scaling going down to 1440p. Quality Pro, on the other hand, targets 30 FPS with all of the visual settings cranked up to the maximum.
PC players will need a minimum of an Intel Core i5 4670K or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB), an AMD Radeon RX 560 (2 GB), or an Intel Arc A310 (4 GB) GPU. The studio has noted that this targets 1080p and 60 FPS on minimum settings by making use of upscaling through DLSS, XeSS, or FSR, depending on your GPU.
To target 1080p on 60 FPS with maximum settings with upscaling, the studio recommends an Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB), an AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB), or an Intel Arc A750 (6 GB) GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.
