World of Battleships MMOG anchoring soon

Wargaming.net, the team behind the team-based massively multiplayer online game World of Tanks, has announced the final game in its "World of" trilogy, which will focus on naval warfare.

World of Battleships will be a free-to-play naval MMO game based on sea battles throughout the 20th century, offering a variety of warships to provide various tactical opportunities based on individual combinations of firepower, speed, armor, and endurance. The game will also feature naval maps with changing weather conditions and an economic system that will let players distribute resources between each of the "World of" games.

Wargaming.net is a publisher and developer based in Minsk, Belarus. It is responsible for 2004's Massive Assault series, the Square Enix-published Order of War, and three add-ons for Blitzkrieg II.

For more on the series, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.