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: Xoom; Game Servers; 19 May 2022; Hits: 2248

5/21/22: Configuring East Coast Server

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As a reminder this Saturday (5/21/22 at 12PM Pacific, 2PM Central, 3PM Eastern, 7PM GMT) we are transitioning the WWII Online campaign server from Oregon --> New Jersey (all other colocation services will remain in Oregon). This means game services will be offline for several hours, and a lot of advanced work has gone into this to reduce that downtime. This change represents the very first time WWII Online has EVER been on the East Coast of the USA, and it also marks a monumental move forward in our ability to deploy services as needed throughout the world.

All of our preliminary testing (including three stress tests with players) showed better connectivity, less lag / random ping spikes. This will act as a critical middle-ground for up to 90% of our players between North America and Europe. We anticipate European customers to have the very best connection they've ever had to our servers, and we've seen ping times drop quite a bit comparatively. From a gaming perspective, this will reduce players warping / rubber banding between these two continents because the time to travel to the server and for your client to receive updates are much more reasonable. This is a big deal! Please pass the word to fellow community members about what CRS is doing to improve your gaming experience. Thank you!

Matt "XOOM" Callahan

President and CEO

Playnet, Inc. / CRS

: Xoom; Accounts & Billing; 01 July 2021; Hits: 2318

Original Pricing Unlocked - $9.99/mo

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Happy July 1st everyone! As we announced in our, "The Future of WWII Online", article/videos (which places all the plans on the table) - we have now completed all elements of our transition with consolidating our subscriptions (removing Starter, All Infantry, All Air Force and All Ground Forces - all of which are being converted over to premium as we speak) and we're back to having a "Premium" subscription only. With that, we've unlocked the games original pricing of $9.99/mo (USD), this is the first time it has been at this retail rate in over 15 years. As we said in our original announcement unveiling this plan, this is a big risk for us to take and in order for us to keep it at this rate, we're going to need existing players to hold onto their current subscriptions AND see a growth with this new rate (free players or returning players subscribing). We've done it to meet customer requests and remove as much entry barrier as possible, we can't go any lower than this. We do reserve the right to roll this back if required, as we have briefed everyone upfront.

This isn't just about keeping the lights on, or focusing strictly on what content and features you get... it's much bigger than that. It's about the FUTURE of the game. I want you all to think of this like an internal funding campaign ~ because it really is. Help us innovate and bring the next 20 years of WWII Online to the masses. We need 100% of your support - right now. Spread the word about this exciting and big news and help us get everyone involved, let's go!

Subscribe at http://wwiionline.com/account.

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: Xoom; Job Posting; 15 January 2021; Hits: 1926

Game Testers Needed

User Rating: 5 / 5

Our Quality Assurance team at Cornered Rat Software is looking for new Alpha Testers. If you want to be on the frontlines of WWII Online development this is the place to be! You'll be helping to test game updates before they reach our players, you'll dive deep into investigating reported issues and replicating them. You should understand WWII Online's gameplay extremely well and have at least 10 hours per week to contribute. You should have played the game for at least 1 year. You will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement and maintain confidentiality. If you're interested please click below and send it into RAT HQ for consideration.

Apply to become a volunteer Quality Assurance tester here

: Xoom; Staff Profiles; 01 May 2021; Hits: 1860

Welcome aboard, Kempi!

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As we aim to refine and improve our release process, I am happy to announce that I've appointed "KEMPI" as our newest RAT and Quality Assurance team lead. The QA team provides a critical function for CRS as it tests all changes made that our Development and Production team is making, and ensures that the final end product is the best as possible. Kempi has been a long time player of our game and knows it inside and out, both as a player and a High Command officer. We are very lucky to have him onboard.

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: Xoom; Promos & Trials; 23 March 2020; Hits: 3452

WBS Extension & Call to Action

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XOOM

S! Soldiers, Airman and Sailors of WWII Online. Yesterday we had our greatest online presence of users since our original Steam release, with over 2.5x the normal population and we got up to 6 Attack Objectives ~ which is seriously awesome! I have seen many great friends of our community come back, a wave of enthusiasm from our players who are here, and a request from many to continue WBS. Therefore I'm announcing today a free 72 hour extension to "Welcome Back Soldier," which will push the end date from March 24th (Tuesday) to March 27th (Friday). I am also announcing, that all Free Players will receive ALL INFANTRY access with immediate effect, until March 27th as well.

We know that times are hard and we're happy to be one of the online services in a position to help ease the current burdens being placed on friends all over the globe. As WWII Online has a world-wide fanbase, we take this entertainment option quite a bit more seriously. I think it's also important to say that WWII Online has had a hard time in Q4-2019 and we're still coming out of recovery. So we hope that we've been able to show our willingness, in mutual tough circumstances, to provide the free service that we can to the extent that we can. I am also hopeful, along with all of my colleagues at CRS that we see many of you stay, and subscribe come this weekend. Veteran players... be on the look out for a special offer e-mail sent to you, we will do everything we can to accommodate these difficult times.

This past weekend demonstrated that while WWII Online has been around awhile, when we have our players packed into the server, it's unlike anything else in the gaming industry. It was truly exceptional and I'd like to thank everyone for their participation over this weekend, we hope you stay with us for more!

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