The Art of PVP War From Your Back Pocket

Hi Imgur, we’re GREE! Specifically, the team within GREE that’s behind the kickass mobile game War of Nations. We make games for gamers, by gamers and we think that mobile is the perfect medium for getting your daily gaming fix while away from PC or console. (What else is one supposed to do during your commute when you’ve caught up on Imgur?)

First, A Little Bit About Us

Let's take a little step back in history. GREE began in 2004 as a personal project of Yoshikazu Tanaka, an entrepreneur from Tokyo, Japan. Tanaka wanted to start a company that created new communities and new ways of communicating. The result was GREE, a social network and gaming platform. The name GREE comes from the hypothesis Six DeGREEs of separation, that we are only 6 connections away from any person on earth (including Kevin Bacon).

Today, GREE is a mobile gaming-based social network that connects players worldwide. Our San Francisco office brings together hundreds of awesome and talented individuals passionate about gaming.

Meet Jatin and Andy, two of our awesome game developers

Jatin is descended from a Nigerian prince, loves long walks on the beach, and plays the harp. Actually, we made that up. In reality, he’s a diehard 49ers fan who loves playing games and has found his dream job making them. “I work with some amazingly creative and talented people. It’s a challenging and complex process, but at the end of the day, we’re here to create fun and rich worlds that gamers will want to experience.”

Just between the two of us, Jatin used to ride motorcycles and do death-defying stunts. (Do not share this with his mother).

Onto bachelor, um, designer number two! Like Jatin, Andy is a video game industry veteran and loves it. “I really enjoy building things and seeing how players interact and have fun with the features. It’s a creative puzzle that we’re constantly solving, everyday.” When he’s not devotedly playing War of Nations, he’s into League of Legends, Destiny, Super Smash Bros 64, and the Star Wars Battlefront. He can presently be found knee-deep in Fallout 4 and never leaves the house without a frisbee and perfectly groomed beard.

Onto War of Nations

Back to the game that occupies our working hours. War of Nations is a free-to-play military combat strategy MMO. Simply put, you are a sovereign nation and your mission is to build up your fortifications, train your military, and defend against enemy attacks.

Because War of Nations is an MMO, enemy attacks come in the form of other, real players invading your space. (If you think fighting an artificial intelligence is tough, exposing your defenses to crafty, clever, and unpredictable human players is a whole new challenge.) To keep from getting conquered, you can form alliances with other players or go on the offensive and lead your own armies in combat.

We’re always adding new and exciting features to the game; coming soon, you’ll find new PvE levels and a new feature that take the alliance and MMO gameplay to another level. So stay tuned!

Download War of Nations for free:
iTunes app store: https://app.adjust.com/xdbgyj
Google Play: https://app.adjust.com/n9h9s7

Some Tips For Getting Started

How does a new player get ahead in such a competitive game? We've got some tips for you.
- Follow the recommended quests and build your base up with enough resources being produced to sustain your army.
- Stronger resource tiles are located near the center of the map, so be sure to expand early and often.
- Commanders provide essential boosts to your army and can be obtained through quests and tournament events. The trick to a strong commander is quickly leveling up multiple commanders and fusing them.
- Don't forget to join an alliance for speedup boosts and entry into alliance-only events. It's dangerous to go alone!

Our Inspiration

So where did War of Nations come from? We wanted to make your traditional strategy game more dynamic by creating a complex combat system that uses commanders, units, and associated combinations.

At the same time, we saw the military theme (a long standing success on PC) not overly present on mobile. Add a fully MMO interactive map where players not only build their base but are able to take over resource nodes, and you have War of Nations!

That’s All, Folks!

Thanks for reading, Imgur! Whether you’re a fan of military strategy games or a total neophyte, we hope you’ll give War of Nations a try.

You can download War of Nations on the iTunes store for iOS devices or Google Play store for Android devices.