War Robots celebrates 12 years with Martian Robotic Games event

War Robots is using its 12th anniversary to sell more than nostalgia. Update 12.0 brings Martian Robotic Games, a faction-based event built around battles and in-game rewards, alongside the new Vector robot and Kill Cam, a tool meant to help players break down fights and tighten their tactics.

The pitch is clear: this is not just a cosmetic birthday celebration. Players are asked to choose a faction, compete in combat, and chase major rewards tied to performance, which gives the event more progression weight than a simple login bonus. For anyone who drifted away, that matters. Anniversary events only pull people back when they offer something immediate, and here the draw is a mix of reward chasing, new hardware, and a feature that can actually help players improve match by match.

The wider anniversary rollout makes the push feel bigger than a single live-op beat. War Robots Live Show 2026 kicked off on April 14 and is set to run for six weeks, with community challenges, creator spotlights, developer announcements and surprises tied to the franchise’s next steps. That gives the celebration a second lane beyond the event itself, turning the 12-year mark into a longer window for attention and engagement.

The numbers behind the celebration are just as important. MY.GAMES says War Robots now has 325 million registered users worldwide, including China, up by about 20 million over the past year. The company says that works out to around 1.7 million new users a month, with hundreds of thousands of active players still in the mix. It also says cross-platform progression has been used about 90,000 times over the past year, underscoring that the move between mobile and PC is more than a marketing line.

That cross-platform story is part of why the anniversary has comeback potential. MY.GAMES rolled out full cross-platform play in November 2025 across Android, iOS, Steam and MY.GAMES Launcher, and the game also has an official APK for players who need an alternative access route. For lapsed users, that lowers friction right when the anniversary event is offering the most visible on-ramp back into the game.

The milestone also puts War Robots in sharper perspective as a live-service survivor. MY.GAMES says the game launched in 2014, and in 2024 it said War Robots had passed 270 million registered players and more than $900 million in revenue. Now the publisher says it has crossed 325 million users and entered the Billion Dollar Club. Twelve years in, the message is not subtle: War Robots is still growing, still updating and still trying to give returning players a reason to care.