Operations Update: Transfer Opportunities for Players from CIS to the EU Realm

Commanders!

In April’s operations update, it was announced that Wargaming’s entire live games business in Russia and Belarus, including World of Tanks, had been transferred to Lesta Games.

Since then, Wargaming and Lesta Games managed to achieve complete structural and financial separation. Live products are now operated and monetized by two independent companies that do not share any revenue: Lesta Games in Russia and Belarus, and Wargaming in all other countries.

The two companies will continue to work together to carry out the following next steps in this process: the creation of a separate game client under Lesta Games, a new name and logo for players in Russia and Belarus, and the start of account transfers.

Every currently registered player on the CIS realm will have to decide between:

  • a transfer to the EU region operated by Wargaming;
  • or to the Lesta Games servers.

Important: All payment methods from Lesta Games (RU region) will only be available to players from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus. Players from other countries will only be able to make payments to Wargaming.

Account transfers are going to start in September, and transferred players will immediately be able to experience the same specials, benefits, and services that existing EU players already have access to. The EU World of Tanks portal and player support portal will be available in two additional languages, Ukrainian and Russian, and dedicated community channels will be created. The game client will receive language support for Ukrainian, Russian, and Kazakh. These languages are being added as they represent the most commonly spoken languages in the CIS realm.

Transferring accounts on a large scale between servers is incredibly complicated. We are fully committed to ensuring the process is as smooth as possible for all affected players.

We will create new EU servers (EU3 & EU4) for transferred players to ease the transfer process, make it more comfortable, and avoid disruptions to the live game for both new and existing EU players. For now, transferred players will not be able to select EU1 or EU2 as a server option, while existing players will not be able to access EU3 or EU4. However, playing in a platoon is available, and invited players will be transferred to the server of the platoon leader. Participation in all game events, such as special events, competitive game modes, and Premium Shop offers, is not impacted by this division and will be available to everyone.

Let us welcome both new and experienced commanders to our server and check the FAQ for additional information about the transfer procedure, the impact on existing and transferred EU players, and further details.

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