In update 1.55 “Royal Armour” we introduced new game mechanics - Battle tasks, these individual tasks bring variety into the gameplay and prevent situations when all the players in a battle try to complete one certain tasks ignoring mission objectives needed for a victory.

The most magic holiday of the year is coming! While many of you have already received their first gift, let's find out what we have prepared for you this year!

In the arsenals of War Thunder, there are plenty of different attackers of different nations, often designed with very different goals and perceptions in mind. Some of them are truly excellent, let's have a look!

The infrastructure of the servers has been moved to another data centre, the server stability has been resotored. Active premium accounts will automatically be compensated for the duration of the downtime. In addition, we have added an additional 12 hours to any premium account time.

Flying at night is inherently dangerous, but in the face of strong defences the benefits can outweigh the risks. Read more about it in the article.

Join the British Ground Forces CBT - It's easy, just play the game or buy the packs - Details within.

What makes a great skin? Working on it nearly every day for almost ten months, compiling every scrap of information about the aircraft, pilot, squadron, and the environment in which it flew? Meticulously rendering every scratch, dent, broken screw, epoxied patch, and stain from an errantly placed paint can?

In a game with more than 600 vehicles, some of them are less visible than others. In today's video, we take a look at some aircraft that are not the most common sight above the battlefields of War Thunder.

Win a sweet British Premium Tank, a famous piece of "Royal Armour"! Have a great Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

An evolutionary step in British armour design, it achieved its goals but had serious shortcomings; however it set a design path eventually leading to one of the best tanks ever built.

Besides guns, tracks and armour, the ground vehicles in War Thunder have access to a variety of gadgets to help keep them fighting. In this video, we'll see what these are in detail!

The British are coming! Rumbling over the ridge - but they are definitely not dressed in red, olive drab is the duty colour for the incoming 1.55 "Royal Armour" update.

The British are coming! Rumbling over the ridge - but they are definitely not dressed in red, olive drab is the duty colour for the incoming 1.55 "Royal Armour" update.

The second map that we plan to release very soon, along with El Alamein, Tunisia will allow our players to experience the new British vehicles in some of the locations they were best known for as Monty’s troops fought ferociously against Rommel’s finest. Some of the most iconic moments took place in the locations we are featuring. We hope you enjoy them.

Prepare to get sand between your toes, North Africa makes its much anticipated appearance in War Thunder, we hope you enjoy battling it out in the new maps as much as we did in designing them for you - and don’t forget, keep your hat on, only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun!

Christmas is nearly upon us, so let’s kick off the festivities with a little discount on GE purchases in preparation for the upcoming holiday. We are sure you can put them to good use over the forthcoming weeks.

In our last video, we've shared a bit of an insight into the Simulator mode for Ground Forces in War Thunder. Today, we'll take it to the skies and teach you a few tips and tricks on how to get started with aircraft in Simulator.

Some British love for the defence from airborne attacks against your tea drinking colleagues on the ground. These two Crusader variants will have you downing the enemy and giving some ground based foes some grief.