Overview
- Wargaming turned HEAT live on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, opening servers and starting a Launch Season that grants players free weekly content.
- The game replaces World of Tanks’ slower battles with Agents — role‑based characters tied to two customizable vehicles each — and ships at launch with eight Agents, 15 vehicles, eight maps, and four PvP modes.
- HEAT runs on a new in‑house engine and supports full cross‑platform play and shared progression on PC (Steam and Wargaming Game Center, Steam Deck verified), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and GeForce NOW.
- The title is free to play and features five free weekly Battle Passes during Launch Season, lets players start with three Agents and unlock the rest through progression, and grants Xbox Game Pass members a free launch pack with a unique Agent and skin.
- Early reports note technical problems on PC, including crashes and negative Steam reviews, and the release marks a strategic creative shift away from strict historical accuracy toward an alternate post‑WWII setting that lets Wargaming experiment with speculative vehicle design.