For a long time it was quiet about the 64-player shooter, which had started as a big Battlefield competitor in 2018. Now the reboot is probably imminent.
64 players on large maps, tanks, class system, an endlessly customisable arsenal of weapons: World War 3 had big ambitions when it launched in Early Access in 2018 (and even conquered Steam’s best-seller list for a short time).
But while the shooter’s strengths were certainly apparent, massive tech glitches, bugs, and balance issues caused a quick shutdown. Finally, the purchase option was removed from Steam, since then the servers have been virtually empty and the title fell into oblivion.
But now World War 3 is apparently planning a big comeback: on Twitter and Facebook, the official account started a countdown counting down to 14 July. Apparently, the shooter is about to be reannounced:
— World War 3 (@ww3thegame) July 8, 2021
— World War 3 (@ww3thegame) July 9, 2021
— World War 3 (@ww3thegame) July 10, 2021
The relaunch of the game had already been announced in summer 2020. With the help of the new distribution partner My.Games (known for Armored Warfare, Skyforge, Conqueror’s Blade), a revision process began with engine changes, reworking of the movement and much more:
In the social media, fans of the game are also speculating about a conversion to Free2Play with microtransactions – a model for which My.Games is well known. It would then be questionable what buyers who had already spent 25 euros for the original World War 3 would receive as compensation.
In any case, the timing for a relaunch is a bold one: in just three months, a hotly anticipated AAA competitor with a very similar setting, Battlefield 2042, is coming up.
