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Memoirs of British Veterans: Bruce Vibert

War Thunder would like to continue publishing interviews and memoirs of WWII veterans. This time we would like to introduce interview with a Swordfish pilot Bruce Vibert.

  • 11 September 2013
Lavochkin's Birthday

On  the 11th of September year 1900  Semyon Lavochkin  -   Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer - was born. 

  • 10 September 2013
Stories of Soviet Warriors: Lieutenant Pshenko

Pilots! We are starting new section - Stories of Soviet Warriors by Artyom Drabkin, "I remember" project leader, author of  veterans memoirs and interviews collection.  We will start with memoirs of Lieutenant Pshenko, Commander of an IL-4 Torpedo Bomber.

  • 10 September 2013
Indian Summer in War Thunder

 We pesent special Indian Summer event for you! Until September 23rd 06:00 GMT you have unique opportunity to get exclusive gift planes  P-39N-0 Pokryshkin's Airacobra, A-26C-45 Invader, Fw.190D-13, Typhoon Mk.Ib and A6M5 Ko.

  • 9 September 2013
Tanker's Day!

Today in Russia, the second Sunday of September is Tanker's Day.  Therefore we would like to introduce you to a short Warthunder- groundforces gameplay video!

  • 7 September 2013
Indian Summer Planes: A-26C-45 Invader

Our devoted player eNTaK made a review of the A-26C-45 Invader - the plane you can get while just playing the game during the Indian Summer event.

  • 7 September 2013
End of World War II

World War II started on Septmber the 1st 1939 and ended on September the 2nd with act of unconditional surrender of Japan being signed.

  • 2 September 2013
Server technical problems 01.09.2013

We would like to tell you what technical problems we faced during "Golden Fights", that were arranged to celebrate our Gamescom 2013 award.

  • 2 September 2013
Server access problems are being solved
The amount of players willing to take part in Golden Fights proved to be huge, our login server was not able to let everyone in. Problems lasted for 35 minutes, from now all the issues have been resolved.
 

We are sorry for the inconvenience, and Golden Fights are prolonged for an extra hour – until 19.59 GMT
  • 1 September 2013
The Beginning of World War II

1st September 1939 the attack on Poland came without any declaration of war by Germany. The biggest  and most horrible War in human history began.

  • 1 September 2013
WAR THUNDER CELEBRATES “BEST SIMULATION” AWARD AT GAMESCOM 2013 WITH "GOLDEN FIGHTS"!

Gaijin Entertainment Flies Away with Coveted Gamescom 2013 Award after PlayStation 4-version Premiere and Showing Ground Forces for War Thunder.

  • 29 August 2013
"War Thunder Heroes" Trailer

Gaijin Entertainment is proud to present brand new CGI-trailer. 

  • 29 August 2013
Ace of the Month: Saburo Sakai

On a dark day in 1931, a solitary steam train came to a halt at Saga City Railway station, Japan. An angry, resentful teenaged boy, still bearing the bruises of recent fights, was one of the passengers to disembark. Having failed at his studies and brought shame upon himself with his fighting, Saburo Sakai had been sent back home in disgrace. As he paused to summon up the strength to complete his journey home, his eyes fell on a poster at the railway station. The colourful advertisement was calling for recruits for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

  • 25 August 2013
Server functionality is restored

 

 

Yesterday our data-center (Oversun-Mercury) suffered a DDoS attack. All the servers have been moved to another data center and game functionality is fully restored

  • 24 August 2013
Exclusive ground forces screenshots

While Gamescom is still running we have prepared some exclusive screens for you

  • 24 August 2013
War Thunder takes flight on Playstation 4 as one of the launch titles

Developer and Publisher Gaijin Entertainment announced that their hit franchise and military MMOgame War Thunder will be a PlayStation 4 launch title. War Thunder is a state-of-the-art next generation MMO combat game that combines unparalleled online gameplay experiences that places PS4™ fans into action filled, highly explosive World War II aerial battles or mobilized over terrain using ground forces. 

  • 20 August 2013
War Thunder at Gamescom 2013!

Visit the Gaijin Entertainment’s Booth at Gamescom 2013 to Participate in Contests to Win Prizes and Get Hands-On With the ‘Best Sim’ Gamescom Award Nominee!

  • 19 August 2013
Sky Duels #5: "The Hardest Day"

War Thunder continues our  weekend special:  “Sky Duels”– join and win awesome prizes!

  • 16 August 2013