Wargaming will launch World of Tanks: HEAT next week

Wargaming has announced that World of Tanks: HEAT will launch in a week (on Steam, consoles, and elsehwere). It’s a new spinoff of the long-running World of Tanks, and the studio is pitching it as a hero-based tank action game rather than a straight extension of the main MMO.

That makes HEAT a notable shift for the series. World of Tanks has been around for years as a more traditional online armored combat game, while HEAT appears to be built around hero-style play, with tanks and crews taking on more distinct roles. The source announcement doesn’t include much else here beyond the launch timing and the basic framing, so details on modes, platforms, or pricing are still unclear.

For players already in Wargaming’s orbit, the big takeaway is simple: this is a separate release, not just another update for World of Tanks, and it’s arriving very soon. If Wargaming shares more on how progression, matchmaking, or monetization will work, that’ll likely do more to show whether HEAT is aimed at existing tank MMO players, a broader action audience, or both.

For now, the confirmed news is the launch window: World of Tanks: HEAT is set to go live next week.