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In Update 12.6 we will resume testing Kitakami - a cruiser whose main armament consists of five quadruple-tube torpedo launchers on each side. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/449

We’re applying balance changes to Italian ships, German destroyers, Japanese cruisers, and a number of other ships, as well as to the Smoke Generator Modification 1 upgrade and the X-Ray Papa Unaone signal. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/448

Details about upcoming changes to the 20th season of Clan Battles. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/431

Update 12.2 will see the closed testing of unique upgrades for Petropavlovsk and Manfred von Richthofen. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/430

Based on testing results, we’re applying changes to Nebraska, Delaware, Louisiana, Sturdy, Thrasher, Renown'44, Sun Yat-Sen, Admiral Schröder and K-1. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/394

See what new restrictions we’re applying to the ongoing 19th Clan Battles Season. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/393

Commanders! Our game has taken an important step — submarines have appeared in Early Access. Since the beginning of their development, we have made significant progress and done a lot of work to bring the new class to its current state. With the release of submarines in Early Access, we also want to give answers to the most popular questions regarding the new ship type in our game. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/377

Captains! The distribution of Divisions between teams in the current session of Brawls (12 vs. 12 aboard battleships) is not working correctly. Therefore, we've decided to temporarily disable the ability to join Brawls as part of a Division. This will apply to all remaining Brawl sessions in Update 0.11.8. We will notify you as soon as the issue has been solved. We thank you for your feedback and extend our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

See what new restrictions we’re applying to the ongoing 18th Clan Battles Season. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/365

Commanders! Earlier, when we shared a list of different planned measures directed at improving World of Warships, we promised that we would publish all drop rates for all Containers and Random bundles over the course of 2022. Today we're ready to share some progress in this direction with you. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/229

Commanders! We want to follow up on our announcement regarding Submarines in Random Battles and share more details. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/228

We are happy to announce the second stage of collaboration with Hasbro within the Transformers franchise, dedicated to the 35-year anniversary of an animated film Transformers: The Movie. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/189

Testing the display of consumable camouflages on aircraft. Read more: https://blog.worldofwarships.com/blog/143

The characteristics of these ships are currently in the preliminary balancing stage. We will publish further details in the near future.

On the second stage of 0.9.2 Public test, we've changed the characteristics of several ships, having analyzed their combat performance and taken player feedback into account. Such changes were required in order to carefully adjust the balance of selected warships. We'll continue to introduce changes in the updates that will follow, if deemed necessary. American battleship Arkansas Beta, Tier IV: The possibility to mount the "Ship Consumables Modification 1" upgrade is added Soviet cruiser Aurora, Tier III: Turret traverse speed increased from 5.0 to 5.1 degrees per second. Soviet battleship Sinop, Tier VII: Sigma parameter reduced from 1.55 to 1.50 Soviet battleship Kremlin, Tier X: Sigma parameter reduced from 1.85 to 1.80 American cruiser Atlanta, Tier VII: Main battery reload time reduced from 5.0 to 4.9 s. American cruiser Flint, Tier VII: Main battery reload time reduced from 5.0 to 4.9 s. British destroyer Jutland, Tier IX: Main battery reload time increased from 4.0 to 4.1 s; Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 120 to 122 s. British destroyer Daring, Tier X: Main battery reload time increased from 2.5 to 2.6 s; Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 120 to 122 s. Japanese aircraft carrier Hakuryu, Tier X: Attack aircraft damage reduced from 3,350 to 3,250. American destroyer Gearing, Tier X: Researchable torpedo tubes reload time reduced from 118 to 116 s. British destroyer Valkyrie, Tier III: Main battery reload time increased from 5.0 to 5.2 s; Torpedo tubes reload time increased from 41 to 43 s. British battleship Orion, Tier IV: Base firing range reduced from 15.18 to 14.7 km. Pan-Asian destroyer Hsienyang, Tier VIII: Researchable torpedo tubes reload time reduced from 119 to 117 s. Pan-Asian destroyer Chung Mu, Tier IX: Torpedo tubes reload time reduced from 119 to 117 s. Pan-Asian destroyer Yueyang, Tier X: Torpedo tubes reload time reduced from 142 to 139 s. Aircraft: Spotting range of aircraft carrier squadrons, Patrol Fighters, Catapult Fighters, and Spotting Aircraft decreased from 19 to 18 km (This characteristic determines at what distance the aircraft is capable of spotting an enemy). The "Inertia fuse for HE shells" skill is changed as follows: With the skill, The boost to HE shell armor penetration will be reduced from 30% to 25% for Tier VIII - X ships Due to the fact that the rule of 1/5 of the caliber was applied when calculating HE shell armor penetration on Tier VIII - X ships with 152-155 mm caliber guns, cruisers with 152 mm guns could penetrate the 38mm plating with the 30% bonus applied, which was extremely powerful. With this change, cruisers with 152 mm guns will not be able to penetrate 38mm plating. The armor penetration of some Japanese ships' shells is changed as follows: Armor penetration of 100mm main caliber HE shells of Akizuki, Kitakaze, Harugumo, HSF Harekaze changed from 25 to 30 mm. Armor penetration of 100mm secondary armament HE shells of Ibuki, Zao, Yoshino, Azuma, Kii, Shikishima, Hakuryu changed from 25 to 30 mm. Now the armor penetration of these shells is aligned with the new HE shell penetration of Tier VIII - X ships with 152-155 mm caliber guns, the same as before the changes. The armor penetration of secondary armament shells of German ships: Armor penetration of HE shells from the 105mm secondary armament on Yorck, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst B, Gneisenau, Admiral Graf Spee, and HSF Admiral Graf Spee increased from 18 to 26 mm. The armor penetration of these shells became the same as that of other 105mm secondary armament shells on German ships. Please note that the information in the Development Blog is preliminary and subject to change.