The Offspring to play virtual show in World of Tanks

Move aside, Marshmello. Out of the way, Korn. Here come the Offspring, riding in on the turret of a virtual Mk IV Churchill

News By | 17 September 2019

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Following Marshmello’s show in Fortnite and Korn’s appearance in something called AdventureQuest, the Offspring will become the latest band to play a concert inside a video game, announcing a virtual show in online multiplayer war game World of Tanks.

The game, which has more than 110 million players, is a tank battle simulator featuring more than 400 armoured vehicles from Britain, the US, the USSR, China, Germany and more. For some reason, the Offspring, best known for 1998…

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