Publisher Wargaming.net has revealed that its MMO World of Tanks has more than 24 million registered players.

A recent expansion into the Asia Pacific area has been credited with boosting participation levels, as servers in China as well as those in North America, Europe and Russia have logged more than 350 million battles.

A clearly exuberant Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net, states: "Our growth over the last year has been nothing short of amazing.

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It's particularly considerate of the Wargaming.net chaps to let us take a look at their closed beta for World of Tanks. Doubly so, when you consider that for is a Russian-only closed beta, there is a surprisingly large amount of English to be found. That is to say, there was. Until this morning, when they patched it, and removed every last bit of English in the game.

Much like last Saturday night, therefore, this article will rely solely on scattered memories and eyewitness testimonial.

Wargaming.net is a London based studio previously responsible for the Massive Assault franchise, along with the otherwise forgettable Order of War from last year. Interestingly, Square Enix took some time out from dealing with slow gameplay, spiked hair and saucer-sized eyes to publish that particular foray into the depths of mediocrity, however it doesn't appear that they've managed to get their hands on World of Tanks yet.