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Thunder Show: Rain of Fire
Welcome to Thunder Show and the most festive moments of the past week. “Festive” because they make your heart happy... And because the New Year is at our doorstep! Hope you had the chance to decorate your hangars and houses. Meanwhile, let’s get started!
  • 30 December 2022
New Year tournaments
We invite you to take part in holiday competitions on the tss.warthunder.com portal. We have prepared 14 tournaments for you with a total prize pool of 192,000 Golden Eagles!
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  • 29 December 2022
War Thunder winter Sale!
A second wave of discounts is here!
  • 29 December 2022
Winter Vistas 2022
The holiday season is finally here, and today we’re going to tell you about the best spots all across War Thunder to celebrate Christmas and New Year with your loved ones. Get that turkey going, put a batch of cut-out cookies into the oven... and let’s go!
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  • 28 December 2022
It’s fixed! №69
In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder in the website special section.
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  • 28 December 2022
Pages of History (January)
For the whole month, you will have 8 tasks available to you one by one. Completion of each task will award you with a trophy containing a reward, while completing all tasks will award you with a unique in-game player icon
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  • 26 December 2022
The Shooting Range #334
You are watching The Shooting Range – a weekly show for all tankers, airmen and Captains in War Thunder.
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  • 24 December 2022
Happy Holidays from the War Thunder team!
Dear players, thank you so much for playing War Thunder and being our family. We wish you happy holidays!
  • 24 December 2022
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023!
The Gaijin team wishes you a merry Christmas and the happiest New Year ever!
  • 23 December 2022
Thunder Show: OOPS!
Welcome to Thunder Show and the most impressive moments of the past week. Today’s episode is more than just spectacular: it’s also educational, with some secret knowledge and tips. Some of them might be deemed harmful, though, but that’s trivial. Let’s get started!
  • 23 December 2022
Trophies with user-created “Apex Predators” camouflages
We're happy to present the new "Apex Predators" trophy that contains 40 new camouflages created by talented authors on the Live.WT portal!
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  • 23 December 2022
Special
New Year with War Thunder!
Christmas frost outside - it is time to decorate the Christmas tree and happily wait for the New Year. These winter days are the time of Christmas miracles, fun and gifts. Miracles we will leave to Santa but the fun and gifts will be provided by us!
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  • 22 December 2022
Char 2bis: the Beast of Champagne
Char 2C is a superheavy French interwar tank, equipped with 155-mm howitzer. The apex predator of the low ranks!
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  • 22 December 2022
VTOL Aircraft
The advent of the jet era presented a new set of problems to the designers and manufacturers of naval aircraft. As jets needed longer runways, engineers were forced to outfit carriers with complicated and expensive systems for assisted take-off and landing. Even in the late 1950s, contemporary aircraft catapults still left much to be desired – and that’s why major powers of the world started developing VTOL tech – or aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.
  • 21 December 2022
Winter event vehicles: Laté 298
A French Premium Hydroplane with a deadly torpedo is one of the prize in the upcoming winter special event in War Thunder.
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  • 21 December 2022
Meet Major Update “Apex Predators”!
Brand new Rank VIII 4th generation aircraft with the iconic trio of the F-16, the MiG-29 and the Tornado! A selection of over 40 new and updated models of aircraft, ground vehicles and naval vessels. New models for naval crews with reworked voice overs for naval events, drop-tank mechanics, two new locations and as always, a long list of bug fixes and smaller updates and changes! Prepare yourself, Apex Predators have arrived in War Thunder!
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  • 20 December 2022
Squadron vehicles: Sea Harrier FRS.1
The Sea Harrier is a later modification of the British V/STOL Harrier jet fighter that entered service with the Royal Navy in the late 1960s. Soon, the Sea Harrier FRS.1 will come to War Thunder as a new squadron vehicle, available with the release of the “Apex Predators” major update.
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  • 19 December 2022
News for the sea!
Post-war uniforms, a total rehashing of crew voice-overs, as well as a new pack of WWII AI aircraft carriers for air battle modes! Only good news is coming from the sea in the Apex Predators update!
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  • 19 December 2022