As World of Tanks celebrates its first year anniversary, its developers claim that five million users have signed up for the game worldwide.

Wargaming.net also points out the Guinness World Record set on 23 January, 2011, when the peak number of concurrent users reached 91,311. However, the PCCU number has been steadily growing since the record day and is now topping 172,000. World of Tanks is also entering the world of cybersports, becoming one of the games played in the popular international Electronic Sports League (ESL).

“We didn't expect World of Tanks would become this popular,” said Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi. “The game's success has given us confidence we needed to continue our expansion into the world of online wargames.”

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