Free-to-play PC game is a Xbox console exclusive

An Xbox 360 version of the hugely popular PC game World of Tanks will launch in the summer of 2013, the manufacturer has announced.

This marks one of the first major free-to-play games to launch on Xbox 360 - and is a console exclusive for Microsoft.

Xbox Live has grown to a 48 million member community, it was announced at Microsoft's E3 press conference.

World of Tanks, a breakthrough free-to-play title, features 15-on-15 player armoured warfare. In 2012, the game's developer Wargaming said its revenue stood at 217.9 million euros for the year - an indication of the popularity of the franchise.