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World of Tanks patch to return Stalin-related assets

World of Tanks patch 8.8 will re-introduce historical imagery depicting controversial former Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin, Wargaming announced in a Russian-language post, as translated by Polygon. Assets associated with Stalin's name had previously been removed; although Wargaming has acknowledged the sensitivity of the issue, it said the community had requested the historically accurate references be returned. Some Russian fans have reacted with anger to the news.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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