The update also delivers four more HD tank models and other changes

Jul 31, 2014 09:54 GMT  ·  By

Wargaming has released Update 9.2 for its massively multiplayer online tank-battling game World of Tanks, available now worldwide, and introducing a bunch of new features, like the Strongholds game mode and other new content.

Strongholds is a completely new game mode that is designed specifically for members of Clan Wars. Clan Commanders are now able to create virtual bases for their clans and embark in Skirmishes alongside their clan members, earn Industrial Resources and develop their Strongholds and earn Orders.

Orders are new bonuses that tankers can use in order to gain temporary in-game boosts for all clan members, in all combat modes. As the level of the Stronghold increases, so do the bonuses received, as well as the frequency at which they are earned.

"We are very excited to introduce the first iteration of Strongholds to World Of Tanks. It is an extremely engaging game mode that combines tactics, strategy and action elements, bringing more depth to the World of Tanks metagame. Strongholds will evolve over time based on feedback from the World of Tanks community," says Anton Pankov, executive publishing producer at Wargaming.

Update 9.2 also introduces Fire Arc, a new version of the Prokhorovka battle arena, with enhanced visual effects, as well as four new HD tank models, the Soviet IS and SU-100, the German StuG III and the British Churchill I, as well as various improvements to eight maps, based on player feedback.