Battleline: Steel Warfare Revealed

A free-to-play online tank warfare game coming to PC later this year.

Bandai Namco has announced Battleline: Steel Warfare, a new free-to-play real-time tank strategy game due out on PC later this year.

"Battleline: Steel Warfare throws players into the belly of both classic and modern tanks with a new spin on tank strategy gaming," Namco says about the new game, which not only allows players to fight against one another online, but tacks on a meta-game in which you can conquer nations.

"Strategy is key in Battleline: Steel Warfare, and each victory contributes to a team’s dominance in the international theater of war," Namco adds. The game's main mode, players will battle each other in order to take objectives. Players will be able to build Divisions, which is a way of saying guilds will be supported.

Players will be able to choose tanks from World War I through the modern era, customizing by upgrading attributes, weapons, and gear as they gain levels. Players will also receive bonuses for building and capturing bases within conquered territories.

Namco did not reveal a release date, but players can sign up for the closed beta scheduled to begin in November 2014.