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Air Duels: A Fair Fight

In War Thunder, you have the opportunity to set up friendly duels with friends and clanmates, to increase both individual aircraft experience as well as your skill as a pilot. Let's see how to do it and what's important to make it a fair fight!

Victory Day in War Thunder - Presentation of New Vehicles

Today, we will reveal the inside information to all and will show you two interesting new vehicles to be added with one of the incoming updates!

Ask your Questions: Q&A with the Developers

Got a question about War Thunder that you want to ask the developers? Here's your chance - in our very first Questions & Answer session where our developers will answer your questions directly on the website!

Victory Hour - Capture of Berlin PvE event

To celebrate Victory in Europe Day, we would like to invite you to join our cooperative PvE mission for ground forces - Victory Hour - where players are tasked with capturing the German capital of Berlin against fierce resistance.

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Victory Day Specials in War Thunder

Both the 8th and 9th of May are celebrated throughout the world as Victory Day; the day which saw the Nazi war machine defeated. Let's celebrate this historic day in War Thunder with events, specials, discounts and more! Hooray!

Victory in Europe Day

On the 8th of May in 1945, the Allies from World War II in the West celebrated “Victory in Europe Day”. Cities in most of the allied nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.

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Event Series: Chronicles of World War II - Day 28 (FAQ added)

This year, in the popular event series 'Chronicles of World War II', players will face new challenges and will also be able to win some superb rare and valuable prizes.

  • 7 May 2016
Oculus Rift in War Thunder

One of the major focuses since the very beginning of War Thunder has been player immersion. Detailed aircraft, cockpits with instrumentation as well as stunning visuals. All of this now comes even more to live, thanks to recent developments in Virtual Reality technology.

  • 5 May 2016
Thunder Show: No Wings, No Problem!

It's time for your weekly episode of the Thunder Show! Enjoy our selection of epic and humorous Community videos of the week and don't forget: If you want to send in your own video, then check out how below!

Map Review: White Rock Fortress

The riverside White Rock Fortress challenges players to a balancing act between long-rage engagements and close quarters combat. Tactics decide who will take the ruins - let's have a look!

War Thunder Competitions - April winners

After reviewing the entries of our last month's Community competitions, we are now happy to announce the winners that are sharing a total prize fund of 25 000 Golden Eagles! Interested in joining in yourself? Find out more here!

Like the LIVE!

As the month draws to a close, another batch of Community publications has been selected from the War Thunder Live site. Now, presenting to you, some of the interesting content for the month!

Capture yourself a Churchill - with Warbonds!

The Warbond Shop in May again presents a selection of five Premium vehicles to choose from, including the legendary Churchill infantry tank captured by the Germans, as well as new 3D decorators, boosters, decals and more! Check it out!

Vehicle Collision Physics in game - An explanation

Vehicles collision in the game environment is a common topic among players, Anton (Gaijin CEO and War Thunder Lead Developer) took some time out to try and explain exactly how our game interprets real world physics virtually.

  • 29 April 2016
Thunder Show: Courtesy

It's time for your weekly episode of the Thunder Show! Enjoy our selection of epic and humorous Community videos of the week and don't forget, you can also send us your own video!

All previous tasks "Chronicles of World War II" - in our in-game shop!

From the 29th of April 15:00 GMT to the 2nd of May 07:00 GMT, all previous tasks for the “Chronicles of WW II” will be available in the in-game shop!

World War, Battle Ratings & more, Pt. II

In the previous devblog, we talked about battle ratings. We now have an announcement - a new mode, which is eagerly awaited by many of our players.

Post-War Heat Shells

The most recent shell type introduced to War Thunder was the Fin-Stabilized High Explosive Anti Tank shell, or HEAT-FS in short. Developed as an improvement to the standard HEAT grenade, this post-war shell is capable of penetrating even the strongest armour.