“World of Tanks: Roll Out!” Comic Book Issue #1 and Premium Tanks Release on August 31

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  World War II tanker story from Garth Ennis hits comic book stores and digital channels EMERYVILLE, Calif., (August 31, 2016) – Wargaming and Dark Horse Comics are proud to announce that the highly-anticipated first issue of the World of Tanks: Roll Out comic book series is now available in stores and across Dark Horse Digital. World of Tanks: Roll Out marks the first-ever comic book inspired by Wargaming's popular World of Tanks online game, and features a hard-hitting war story by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Punisher) skillfully illustrated of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog). In addition, with the release of World of Tanks: Roll Out, the World of Tanks Premium shops for Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PlayStation®4 will be offering limited-edition bundles featuring the “Snakebite” "hero" tank ripped straight from the comic. "Snakebite" is a signature tier VI British Cromwell light tank that also includes special Snakebite Crew Skill to enhance the tank's accuracy. World of Tanks: Roll Out comic issue #1 is available, in English, digitally at Dark Horse Digital and in comic book stores in North America, Australia, Western and Eastern Europe, and will be followed by four more issues of intense tank combat. ### About Wargaming Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped more than 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that will include the armored World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three intertwined titles will form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net. As part of its multiplatform line-up, the company has introduced World of Tanks on Xbox and World of Tanks Blitz on mobiles, tablets and Windows 10 PCs. Launched in 2014 and 2015, World of Tanks on Xbox introduced epic tank-on-tank battles to console gamers and offers the first cross-platform gaming experience between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. In 2016, Wargaming released World of Tanks for Sony’s PlayStation®4, continuing its console campaign. About Dark Horse Comics For thirty years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.