The crew of the International Space Station beam a special message back to Earth

To celebrate the launch of World of Tanks 1.0, the game shot for the stars aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft carrying astronauts Drew Feustel, Ricky Arnold, and Oleg Artemyev, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). To mark this momentous occasion, the ISS and its crew have launched an out-of-this-world Stellar Bonus in-game event starting April 12 for just one (Earth) day.

The newly arrived space-farers on the ISS have not only insured that World of Tanks passed all its astronaut training, but have even recorded a special video to celebrate the launch of World of Tanks 1.0 and its Stellar Bonus event.

Created in cooperation with Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, players simply log-in to their World of Tanks account and play one battle to claim their Stellar Bonus of valuable in-game boosters.

Event Start – April 12 at 11:20 AM UTC (4:20 AM Pacific Time)

Event End – April 13 at 11:20 AM UTC (4:20 AM Pacific Time)

What the Stellar Bonus nets you:

+100% combat XP personal reserve (1 hour)
+300% crew XP personal reserve (1 hour)
+300% free XP personal reserve (1 hour)
+50% credits personal reserve (1 hour)