World of Warships yanks lackluster Graf Zeppelin, offers apology and refunds

In its effort to rush a new aircraft carrier to the game in time for this past week’s Gamescom, Wargaming might have done World of Warships a grave disservice with its launch of the Graf Zeppelin. Players called it an “unplayable” and “unfinished” ship, an assessment that the studio admitted was true. As such, the premium vessel is being recalled for further testing and a full refund offered.

“We admit that the decision to release this ship in the current condition was wrong,” Wargaming posted. “We should have spent more time working on it and we need to take responsibility for this mistake, as well as provide our apologies to the community.”

Part of the controversy stemmed from the fact that the ship was priced at $60, a price point that definitely carried with it weightier expectations. The studio also apologized for coming down hard on one of its community contributors who offered strongly worded criticism of the Graf Zeppelin.