Wargaming is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Wargaming is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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How Wargaming survived 25 years — and dealt with the Ukraine War | Victor Kislyi interview

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Wargaming has crossed its 25th anniversary this year, prompting CEO Victor Kislyi to talk about the company’s history in an interview with GamesBeat.

We talked about a lot of things with the maker of World of Tanks, including the Cyprus-based company’s most difficult moments after war broke out (anew) in Ukraine with the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. When the real tanks started rolling, Wargaming was split among the countries at war.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.