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Watch Top Teams Battle it out in Thunder CUP 2025 and Get Yourself Awesome Twitch Drops!
2024 was an incredible year — we held several major Esports events that were high-intensity, with many teams taking part and coming out with success, victory and lots of emotion. Now it’s time to find out who will take home the Grand Champion title of 2024!
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  • 30 January 2025
Get the F-5A(G) in the Freedom Fighter Event!
In this next aviation event, we’re celebrating the Norwegian Air Force. Take part in air battles to get unique decals as well as this special version of the F-5A fighter, nicknamed the “Freedom Fighter”, designed for export to Norway!
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  • 31 January 2025
The BO 105 CB-2 Is Temporarily Available at a Discount for the BO 105’s First Flight!
The BO 105 multi-role helicopter, designed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, made history as the first light twin-engine helicopter and the first helicopter capable of aerobatic maneuvers. Its blades were reinforced with fiberglass and its advanced rotor design proved so reliable that in the six million operating hours accumulated on all BO 105 units produced, the rotor has never failed. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the BO 105’s first flight which occurred on February 16th 1967.
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  • 14 February 2025
Themed Decorations, a Decal and Tank for Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14th! Spread the love in War Thunder with a themed decal, decorations and the MK-IX “Valentine” tank that temporarily returns for the occasion.
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  • 14 February 2025
Discounts, a Decal and Rare Vehicles for National Foundation Day in Japan!
When Emperor Meiji regained real power, he decided to introduce a national holiday to honor the emperors. The occasion was the accession to the throne of Jimmu, the legendary first ruler of Japan. In 1872, this day was celebrated on the first day of the Lunar year, which then fell on January 29th, but the following year Japan switched to the Gregorian calendar, and February 11th was chosen as the date. In 1966, the date was again decided to be a holiday, but instead was given the different and less imperial name of National Foundation Day.
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  • 11 February 2025
Video Digest 10.02.2025
Here’s a selection of great videos we’ve published on our YouTube channel last week!
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  • 10 February 2025
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The Return of Monthly Historical Decals!
Hello everyone! Today we’re very happy to be able to present a new series of historical decals for you to unlock. We’ve been working on returning these decals for a while now, and this series will have a few changes compared to the previous run. This initial post will be a bit longer, bear with us!
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  • 7 February 2025
Freedom Fighter: F-5A(G)
Meet the protagonist in the Freedom Fighter event: the Norwegian F-5A(G) multi-role jet fighter!
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  • 6 February 2025
It’s fixed! №102
Today, we’ve rounded up and will be going over some of the bug fixes and improvements that we’ve made to the game today and over the past few weeks. If you’d like to catch up on every fixed bug, then be sure to check out the changelog section on our website.
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  • 5 February 2025
Meet the Auction!
The auction is a new way to distribute player-created content. In addition to trophies, we’ll now select a few more pieces of work from those not included in them and release them to the auction in limited edition.
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  • 3 February 2025
Announcing the Removal of the R2Y2 from Research
Today, we’d like to give you a heads up regarding the removal of the R2Y2 V1, V2 and V3 for research so that you can get them before they’re gone.
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  • 3 February 2025
Video Digest 03.02.2025
Don’t miss out: here’s a digest that includes all videos we’ve published last week!
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  • 3 February 2025
Pages of History (February): The Big Chief
In this month’s Pages of History, you’ll be at the center of events that took place in different theaters of war. The Philippines and Burma, the Strait of Dover and the Ruhr River: take part in battles with the vehicles corresponding to these historic battles and receive prizes. 
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  • 30 January 2025
Welcome to the Year of the Snake!
January 29th marks the Lunar New Year, and we at War Thunder have traditionally prepared a ton of activities and discounts for you to celebrate it properly!
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  • 29 January 2025
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The Snake Box
The New Lunar Year is coming! The wise snake has created a magic box containing ancient artifacts. What commanders fought for in the past, you can obtain with a handful of silver — may luck smile upon you!
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  • 29 January 2025
Fair Play: January 2025
We’re constantly working on removing cheaters from War Thunder. We rely on anti-cheat systems to check for prohibited software usage, as well as on reports from players that we carefully go through. You can use the replay service on our website to report players to us who have violated the Terms of Service and the License Agreement of the game.
  • 29 January 2025
Pages of History: RDF/LT: Outracing Progress
In the second half of the 20th century, the United States focused on developing its hallmark ability to deploy a large armed force to any part of the world in a very short time. And a large armed force can’t do much without armored vehicles...
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  • 26 January 2025
Moments of Valor: Australia
On January 26th, 1788, the British flag was raised for the first time on the coast of Australia, marking the establishment of the first colony on the continent. Each of the colonies celebrated its own foundation day throughout the 19th century, but at the beginning of the 20th century, Australia was united. In 1935, January 26th was chosen as the date of the main national holiday.
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  • 26 January 2025