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Our ships are reliably protected—Transformers return to World of Warships!

Choose your side and join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons! During the event, new Commanders with recognizable voiceovers, themed permanent camouflages, containers, combat missions, and much more will be added to the game for a limited time only.

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Commanders and Permanent Camouflages[/h2] The bundles will be available for purchase until: Fri. 15 Oct. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Visit the Armory and Premium Shop to find all the Transformers Commanders, each with 10 skill points, in a special bundle that also includes permanent camouflages for the corresponding ships.


New Commanders Soundwave, Hot Rod, Grimlock, and Starscream, each with 10 skill points, plus permanent camouflages Lord of the Seekers for X Manfred von Richthofen, Superior for X Venezia, King of Primitives for X République, and Hot Racer for X Minotaur are available in a separate bundle.


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A bundle with both already familiar and new Transformers Commanders, as well as Autobot Ark and Decepticon Disguise camouflages, also awaits you.

All Transformers Commanders have unique voiceovers. You can have an unlimited number of identical Transformers Commanders simultaneously.

You can also purchase any themed permanent camouflage of your choice in the Armory and Premium Shop.


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Transformers Challenges: Combat Missions[/h2] Start: Fri. 24 Sep. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2) End: Mon. 11 Oct. 07:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Two combat mission chains await you. Complete them to earn event containers and Commanders, commemorative patches and flags, and other rewards.

Earn Base XP; get "Destroyed," "Captured," "Assisted in capture," and "Target hits" ribbons; deal damage; score potential damage; and ensure damage upon your spotting to earn "The Transformers: The Movie 35th Anniversary" and Cybertronian containers, Transformers patches, and a commemorative flag.

To obtain Bumblebee or Rumble with 3 skill points, as well as the Autobot Ark and Decepticon Disguise camouflages, you only need to earn Base XP.

[h3][h3]Bonuses provided by the Decepticon Disguise and Autobot Ark camouflages[/h3][/h3]

• −3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
  
• +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by enemies at your ship
  
• +100% XP per battle
  
• +100% Commander XP per battle

You can complete the combat mission chains playing Tier V–X ships in Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles, as well as in the Convoy mode.

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About Hasbro[/h2]
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global play and entertainment company committed to Creating the World's Best Play and Entertainment Experiences. From toys, games and consumer products to television, movies, digital gaming, live action, music, and virtual reality experiences, Hasbro connects to global audiences by bringing to life great innovations, stories and brands across established and inventive platforms. Hasbro’s iconic brands include NERF, MAGIC THE GATHERING, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, BABY ALIVE, POWER RANGERS, PEPPA PIG and PJ MASKS, as well as premier partner brands. Through its global entertainment studio eOne, as well as its entertainment labels, Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation, Hasbro is building its brands globally through great storytelling and content on all screens. Hasbro is committed to making the world a better place for children and their families through corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. Hasbro ranked No. 13 on the 2019 100 Best Corporate Citizens list by CR Magazine, and has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere Institute for the past eight years. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow them on Twitter (@Hasbro) and Instagram (@Hasbro).

[h3]TRANSFORMERS and its associated characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. © 2021 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.[/h3]

Captains!

As you already know, Update 0.10.8 went live with several bugs, and the most annoying of them was the torpedo bug that appeared as a result of fixing an error that caused torpedoes to change trajectory if a ship was moving in a circle while launching torpedoes. You can read more about the situation here.

We apologize for these issues. Fortunately, our team has already found solutions to these problems. The full details are available on our Development Blog. Thank you for your constructive feedback—it allowed us to quickly identify the existing problems and start to solve them.

We are giving all players 3 days of Warships Premium Account, and we hope you have a good time in the game!

Please claim your gift on your region’s World of Warships portal before October 5th 13:00 (UTC). If you are not sure what region you are playing on, press ESC in your Port and check the upper left corner.

• EU
• CIS
• NA
• SEA

Wargaming authentication is required.

If you do not have a WG account yet, please complete your registration in-game. More on this:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552990/announcements/detail/4174225702959905780
For the registration you will receive:

• 3x Steam containers
  
• 250 doubloons
  
• 1 day of Warships Premium Account
  

With a registered account you can also use all of the website features (bonus codes, gifts, coupons, etc.), and also link your account to Twitch to receive Twitch drops.

Action stations!

If you like reading our news on Steam, it’s likely that you’ve already subscribed. But if you haven’t yet — there’s an even more pleasant reason to do so now!

Each month our subscribers will get some goodies, and they might be different each time! We’re going to send out a Steam container today(for those already subscribed) and at the end of the month too, which contains:

1. In the first slot:
   
   • 5x Steam camouflage patterns:
     
     • +75% ship XP per battle
       
     • +75% Commander XP per battle
       
     • +75% Free XP per battle
       
     • –3% to the ship's detectability range by sea
       
     • +4% to the dispersion of shells fired by the enemy at your ship
   • or 10,000 Free XP
     
   • or 1 day of Warships Premium Account
     
   • or 250 doubloons
2. In the second slot: 5x signal flags (Zulu, Zulu Hotel, or Papa Papa)
   
3. In the third slot: 5x signal flags (Juliet Charlie or November Foxtrot)

To subscribe, click the "Follow" button

• either on the store page
• or the community hub

If you wish, you can also:

• Follow the Wargaming publisher page if you want to know when new games are released.
  
• Join the official Steam group chat to find some good company.

Commanders!

You'll be happy to hear that we've made it much simpler to participate in the Public Test—you can now log in using your main account. To do so, select Public Test in the Game Instance section of Wargaming Game Center.

The epic "German Battleships: Part 1" event, challenging Asymmetric Battles, spooky Twilight Hunt, and other new features await you! Take a look at the Developer Bulletin, and welcome to the Test! See you on the Public Test Server!

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[h2]Round 2 Schedule[/h2] Starts: Thu. 23 Sep. 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Ends: Tue. 28 Sep. 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Сommanders, thank you for participating in the Public Test for Update 0.10.9! Your feedback helps us to improve the version and to fix errors. Check out the changelog and join the second session of the Public Test!

[h3]Changelog[/h3]

• Added the Depth Charge Airstrike armament for most Tier V-X cruisers and battleships that had no ASW armament. Balance changes were also made to submarines. More details are available in our Development Blog.
  
• Balance changes to german battleships, VI Béarn, and other test ships were made. More details you can find here.
  
• Updated the recommended commander skills for several ships.
  
• Added an option in the game settings to always display timers of fires, floodings and other modificators when choosing an alternate or full battle interface mode.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused IX Missouri's shell ballistics to be counted incorrectly in some cases.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused mouse input to be working incorrectly in some cases.
  
• Fixed several issues with ships and bots in Twilight Hunt and festive Operations.
  
• Fixed several interface issues with Asymmetric battles.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the penetration of the Airstrike bombs of X Gouden Leeuw to be displayed incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused some elements of superstructures or armament not displayed on the models of several ships.
  
• Fixed several other issues.

[h2]Special Features of the Test[/h2]
Asymmetric Battles and Twilight Hunt will be available on the Public Test Server between the following dates:

[h3]Asymmetric Battles[/h3] Start: Thu. 23 Sep. 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) End: Sat. 25 Sep. 12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

[h3]Twilight Hunt[/h3] Start: Sat. 25 Sep. 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) End: Tue. 28 Sep. 07:30 CEST (UTC+2)

[h2]Combat Missions and Rewards[/h2]

• The rewards for activities on the Public Test Server may differ from those on the Live Server.
  
• The rewards are automatically credited to your account within a few days of the release of a new version.

You can earn Community Tokens for completing combat missions on the Public Test Server.

Each Wargaming container drops 1 day of Warships Premium Account, 3x Papa Papa signals, and 3x Juliet Charlie signals.

[h2]Starting Bonuses[/h2]

• The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
  
• Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.

If you're joining the Public Test for the first time, then, starting with Update 0.10.7, the following bonuses will be additionally credited to your account:

• At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VI and VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 19 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
  
• 500,000,000 Credits; 30,000 Doubloons; 250,000 Coal, and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
  
• 50 signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.

[h2]Want to know how to participate?[/h2]
All information on how to join the Public Test and obtain its rewards is available in our instructions.

Public Test: Instructions

The sailors of different navies have different line-crossing ceremonies. Together with the U.S. Naval Institute, we've prepared a selection of photos depicting crew rituals that have taken place when crossing the zero-degree latitude.



The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in various navies that commemorates a sailor's first crossing of the Equator. The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are nicknamed Shellbacks, Trusty Shellbacks, Honorable Shellbacks, or Sons of Neptune. Those who have not crossed are nicknamed Pollywogs, or Slimy Pollywogs.


World cruise of the US Navy, 1907–09. Crossing the Equator. Sailors wading in water aboard a ship.


The "Royal Court" passes judgement during Shellback initiation as USS Rochester (CA-124) crossed the Equator.


Neptune party aboard destroyer tender USS Black Hawk (AD-9) when crossing the Equator en route to the Dutch East Indies.


A Marine Corps officer undergoes the electric treatment during "Shellback" initiation ceremonies for "Pollywogs" as a transport bearing Marines to the South Pacific crosses the Equator.


Murray Wiener, Asst. Physician, crosses the Equator, but not before submitting to having the "Southern Cross" clipped across his chest, a ducking and other "tortures"; Ship's baker, Jack Gambole, washes the victim's mouth under Dr. Alfred B. Geyer's guidance.


Crew members of USS Libra (AKA-12) perform a line-crossing ceremony.

All photos are courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive. Looking for more thrilling shots related to naval history? Check the photo archive online here.