World of Tanks 8.0 to bring complete engine overhaul and map overhauls

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Tanks to the hard work of Wargaming, the World of Tanks 8.0 update brings a slew of new visual updates to the creaking graphics of the free-to-play MMO. The entire engine is receiving enhancements that will optimise the game for lower-spec PCs and ten levels are receiving complete overhauls to sparkle on the more powerful computer-boxes.



The firstlevels receiving a dash of paint are:
  • Himmelsdorf
  • Mines
  • Lakeville
  • Sand River
  • Cliffs
  • Fjords
  • Mountain Pass
  • Arctic Region
  • Westfield
  • Karelia

The rest of the maps will be receiving updates in time.

According to the preview video narrator, the visual update will
make the golden browns of Redshire “Scream Autumn”. I don’t know
what screaming Autumn is but it doesn’t sound like it would fit the
tone of John
Clare’s ‘To Autumn’
.

Along with the 8.0 update will be upgraded physics and a clutch of
new tanks. No firm word on a release date, yet.