A closed beta test began in early 2013 , and E3 2013 attendees were invited to the beta after the game 's announcement . The game was working on retail Xbox 360s by mid-May 2013 . In late May 2013 , Wargaming announced that they would be showing its first console game at E3 2013 . The game was officially announced during Microsoft 's E3 2013 press event . An open beta with 40 American and German tanks was scheduled to begin the weekend after E3 2013 . The beta was for stress testing the servers and multiplayer matchmaking . Players could not buy gold in the open beta , but Wargaming provided free in-game gold to test the store , though this reset with the official release . British tanks were also available within the beta . About 60 total tanks were expected to be included in the full version . The open beta was released on 7 August 2013 . The beta closed on 28 January 2014 . All stats on all of the players who participated were reset . The people who participated in the beta got the game first when the full version came out on 12 February 2014
E3 2013
E3 2013
World of Tanks