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Wargaming’s Victor Kislyi: World of Warships could be a “more spectacular, more photorealistic” Esports title

Stevivor sat down with Wargaming CEO Victori Kislyi just ahead of World of Tanks’ WGL Grand Finals 2016 final matches. On the stage during our conversation was a World of Warships showmatch — the first time the online strategy shooter has made an appearance during a WGL tournament.

The topic of World of Warships as its own big event naturally came up.

“I would love Warships to be an Esports discipline,” Kislyi said, simply.

“The game is even more spectacular, more photorealistic [than World of Tanks] – big ships, big guns, big rounds.” he continued. “As we say in former Soviet Union, big ship requires big torpedo.”

And a big torpedo means a big, exciting explosion. One of many that Kislyi hopes would excite viewers and players alike.

“There’s no one magic formula,” Kislyi said. “I like it; players seem to like it. There are one hundred thousand people watching right now, so we’ll finish with this showmatch and analyse to see how it’s perceived.”

Wargaming’s WGL Grand Finals 2016 recently wrapped up in Warsaw, Poland. Na’Vi took out Hellraisers in overtime to be crowned this year’s champions.

Stevivor was flown to Warsaw, Poland courtesy Wargaming.


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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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