World of Warships coming to consoles next year
World of Warships is pulling into port on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019. But don't call it a port, developer Wargaming insists. WOWS is coming to console in the form of World of Warships: Legends. Wargaming tells us, "This is far more than a port of the PC version, it's a whole new game..." Well, I mean, okay. Yes, the developers had to touch every single part of this game to bring it from PC to console. The UI is bigger in order to adapt to TV vs. PC monitor screens. The minimap is in the upper-left instead of lower-right. The ship's compass is bottom-center instead of bottom-left. Stuff like that. But this is still fundamentally World of Warships, the World War II era naval combat game from the folks that brought us World of Tanks and World of Warplanes.
WOWS: Legends wants to emphasize your ships' commanders, flashing portraits of Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. (aka "Bull" Halsey), the big dog in the Pacific Theater for America in WWII, and Isoroku Yamamoto, the big dog for Japan at this same time. Not that those two military masterminds are sitting on the bridge of your ship, but they're running the single-player campaign, I'm sure.
The video above is all cinematics (oh well). But the screenshots below—and there are more of them than I expected—show full-on gameplay screenshots, even down to map screens and gamepad configurations. I'll be checking the game out for sure.
Again, World of Warships: Legends makes its way onto consoles sometime next year; probably 12 months from now, or so.
FIRST TRAILER FOR NAVAL COMBAT GAME WORLD OF WARSHIPS: LEGENDS FOR CONSOLES RELEASED
Popular naval combat game coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
The first trailer for World of Warships: Legends, the naval warfare console game developed by Wargaming St Petersburg, has dropped at gamescom 2018. Besides offering a huge collection of historically accurate warships, the game provides a custom-tailored experience for the console audience.
“Legends has been built with console gamers in mind and to fit their needs. Much like we did with World of Tanks: Mercenaries, we’ve looked at how console and PC truly differ in play styles and preferences and tailored the experience with that in mind. Battles are more action-packed and take place between smaller teams, controls are reworked, and much more,” said Victor Kislyi, Founder and CEO of Wargaming. “This is far more than a port of the PC version, it’s a whole new game -- right down to overhauling the graphics engine -- which makes everything bigger and brighter on consoles.”
World of Warships: Legends features a variety of different commanders, each with their own playstyle and perks. It’s important players not only level the commanders up to make their fleet more effective, but also build a collection of these heroes so they can be used on several different ships with varying playstyles.
Along with overall gameplay changes to offer console gamers a custom experience, the graphics engine for World of Warships: Legends has been significantly reworked to make the most of console hardware and provide stunning visuals for Xbox One, Xbox One X, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro.
World of Warships: Legends provides action-packed, fast-paced 9v9 naval battles. Players take command of history’s most iconic warships, all of which are recreated in accurate detail, and rip apart the biggest man-made sea monsters. The game is scheduled to release in 2019.
