World of Tanks Metallic Fest: How Motorhead’s Iconic Mascot Was Delivered to Life By… A Puggle

World of Tanks Trendy Armor: Metallic Fest is again for 2024, with Motörhead and Rob Zombie as the principle acts! New automobiles, Commanders, and extra heavy-as-TOG-II content material is able to blast your eardrums as quickly as you hearth up World of Tanks Trendy Armor.  

Right here, you’ll get perception from the builders themselves on the creation course of, adopted by a preview of what’s to come back all through the Heavy Metallic season. Should you thought the sport was loud earlier than…

This version of Metallic Fest brings two legendary acts whose integration was as epic as their legacy. In response to Artwork Director Andy Dorizas, the crew adopted the bands’ lore to the letter to make sure that all the things was each distinctive and constant to the supply materials.

Beginning with the tanks, you’ve the Thunder Chief Object 452K (Motörhead) and the Dragula T-55AGM (Rob Zombie). These are two collector’s tanks with unlockable reductions (extra on that beneath) that play their related songs when on show within the storage ꟷ “Ace of Spades” for the Thunder Chief and “Dragula” for the Dragula T-55AGM. The identical can even occur with the band-specific Skins that shall be launched in particular Metallic Fest bundles.

New Commanders

Metallic Fest additionally brings three new 3D Commanders to the fray. Who wouldn’t wish to have Warpig, Lemmy Kilmister, and Rob Zombie as 3D Hero Commanders by their facet?

Yep, you learn that proper. World of Tanks Trendy Armor labored immediately with Motörhead to create a true-to-life model of the band’s legendary frontman. The band was thrilled to be concerned in integrating the Lemmy’s legacy right into a online game – one thing that he actually loved

Bringing Warpig to life has an excellent wackier story. Audio Director Brendan Blewett says that when working with Motörhead, the band contributed a number of concepts across the voice design for the Warpig 3D Commander, primarily based on Motorhead’s iconic mascot of the identical title. They wished a personality that was a cross between a wild, free-wheeling-no-rules biker, and an English bulldog.

This would be the first time that followers and gamers hear Warpig’s voice, so it wanted to really feel genuine to the character and the band. Following the instructions of Motörhead, Blewett recorded hours of his sister in-law’s puggle (Ollie) snorting and grunting, and combined them along with a British voice actor’s strains to carry the band’s mascot to life as an imposing 3D Hero Commander.

As for the Rob Zombie Commander, the person himself picked the in-game 3D mannequin he favored probably the most, in line with Dorizas.

New Tanks

As soon as your lineup’s prepared, stage dive into Metallic Fest’s group occasion and Earn Problem!

For this occasion, select between Group Rob Zombie or Group Motörhead and earn factors with the group towards team-specific rewards and reductions for each the Thunder Chief Object 452K (pictured) and the Dragula T-55AGM. Should you facet with Rob Zombie, you’ll earn the HMH AMX Modèle 58 as your remaining reward, and should you choose Motörhead, you’ll obtain the HMH Huntsman Centurion. Each automobiles belong to the sport’s legendary Heavy Metallic Heroes roster.

Metallic Fest is ready to rock your socks off! With it, it’s also possible to anticipate new tank contracts, returning Metallic Fest content material from final yr, and extra! It’s an important build-up for the upcoming World Warfare II Soviet line and new mild tank of Brazilian origin for World Warfare II mode.

Get able to rock on Xbox this summer season – World of Tanks Trendy Armor: Metallic Fest kicks off on July 30.