A familiar site at every E3 for the past few years has been a giant tank sitting just outside West Hall of the LA Convention Center. Wargaming has been constantly promoting its free-to-play tank shooter World of Tanks, and the strategy has paid off big time.
As Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi explained to me, the entire Wargaming staff numbered only 60 people four and a half years ago. Jump to today, Wargaming is 1000+ employees strong, spread across 15 headquarters throughout the world, and with a World of Tanks user base of roughly 60 million! Kislyi pointed out that, according to the Harvard Business Review, doubling the size of your company on a yearly basis is typically not a good thing. He is happy to demonstrate that Wargaming has been doing exactly what others say it shouldn't and being mad successful at it.
Wargaming is bringing World of Tanks to the Xbox 360 this summer, and it's currently inviting people into open beta. Kislyi is excited about introducing one of the first free-to-play XBLA games. Nonetheless, the company isn't forgetting about its PC players and will continue to serve them with two upcoming titles: World of Planes and World of Warships.
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