World of Tanks Metal Fest: How Motorhead’s Iconic Mascot Was Brought to Life By… A Puggle

World of Tanks Modern Armor: Metal Fest is back for 2024, with Motörhead and Rob Zombie as the main acts! New vehicles, Commanders, and more heavy-as-TOG-II content is ready to blast your eardrums as soon as you fire up World of Tanks Modern Armor.  

Here, you’ll get insight from the developers themselves on the creation process, followed by a preview of what’s to come throughout the Heavy Metal season. If you thought the game was loud before…

This edition of Metal Fest brings two legendary acts whose integration was as epic as their legacy. According to Art Director Andy Dorizas, the team followed the bands’ lore to the letter to ensure that everything was both unique and loyal to the source material.

Starting with the tanks, you have the Thunder Chief Object 452K (Motörhead) and the Dragula T-55AGM (Rob Zombie). These are two collector’s tanks with unlockable discounts (more on that below) that play their associated songs when on display in the garage ꟷ “Ace of Spades” for the Thunder Chief and “Dragula” for the Dragula T-55AGM. The same will also happen with the band-specific Skins that will be released in special Metal Fest bundles.

New Commanders

Metal Fest also brings three new 3D Commanders to the fray. Who wouldn’t want to have Warpig, Lemmy Kilmister, and Rob Zombie as 3D Hero Commanders by their side?

Yep, you read that right. World of Tanks Modern Armor worked directly with Motörhead to create a true-to-life version of the band’s legendary frontman. The band was thrilled to be involved in integrating the Lemmy’s legacy into a video game – something that he really enjoyed

Bringing Warpig to life has an even wackier story. Audio Director Brendan Blewett says that when working with Motörhead, the band contributed several ideas around the voice design for the Warpig 3D Commander, based on Motorhead’s iconic mascot of the same name. They wanted a character that was a cross between a wild, free-wheeling-no-rules biker, and an English bulldog.

This will be the first time that fans and players hear Warpig’s voice, so it needed to feel authentic to the character and the band. Following the directions of Motörhead, Blewett recorded hours of his sister in-law’s puggle (Ollie) snorting and grunting, and mixed them together with a British voice actor’s lines to bring the band’s mascot to life as an imposing 3D Hero Commander.

As for the Rob Zombie Commander, the man himself picked the in-game 3D model he liked the most, according to Dorizas.

New Tanks

Once your lineup’s ready, stage dive into Metal Fest’s community event and Earn Challenge!

For this event, choose between Team Rob Zombie or Team Motörhead and earn points with the community toward team-specific rewards and discounts for both the Thunder Chief Object 452K (pictured) and the Dragula T-55AGM. If you side with Rob Zombie, you’ll earn the HMH AMX Modèle 58 as your final reward, and if you pick Motörhead, you’ll receive the HMH Huntsman Centurion. Both vehicles belong to the game’s legendary Heavy Metal Heroes roster.

Metal Fest is set to rock your socks off! With it, you can also expect new tank contracts, returning Metal Fest content from last year, and more! It’s a great build-up for the upcoming World War II Soviet line and new light tank of Brazilian origin for World War II mode.

Get ready to rock on Xbox this summer – World of Tanks Modern Armor: Metal Fest kicks off on July 30.

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