NEWS 30 Jul 2024­ by L Coulsen

Crossout Stages a Walkout

Okay, that headline sounded less clickbaity in my head, so let's clear that up. The game's getting a new type of vehicle that walks, upright, on legs. Bipedal, specifically. Yeah, they literally 'walk out' onto the battlefield. That's pretty darn neat, actually. Though they look a bit goofy, still rather cool.
NEWS 24 Apr 2023­ by L Coulsen

Take to the Sky With Enlisted’s New Airborne Units

That's paratroopers, not new planes. Though they already have a lot of those, too. Now you can just jump out of them and float down to do the dakka. And yes, that does include the world-famous 101st Airborne, of Band of Brothers fame.
NEWS 03 Apr 2023­ by L Coulsen

Mobile Infantry Comes to War Thunder

Not the Startship Troopers kind, but...also kind of yes? Using massive exo-skeletons to jump around like robotic frogs on crack, the beta is now live and, shall we say, on the move. Yeah, I'll...show myself out. They kinda make me think of proto-wanzers. Now that would be a crossover!
NEWS 01 Nov 2022­ by L Coulsen

War Thunder Turns 10

Happy birthday to War Thunder. Turning 10 years old, they're doing a fortnight-long celebration and bringing a bunch of new content. See the press release below for full details. And well done. Here's to 10 more.
NEWS 20 Dec 2017­ by Lee Braden

War Thunder – Listen carefully, I shall say this only …

French tanks have arrived in War Thunder, and it’s all time for vehicles to go mad speeds forwards and have heavy armour, just not so much reversing (seriously, they have slower reverse speeds than a Churchill) The official title of this patch is "La Résistance" and the title of this news is a joke from…
NEWS 01 Dec 2017­ by Lee Braden

Honneur et Patrie – French Ground Forces Deploying To War …

French tanks are coming to War Thunder chaps, and it’s going to be a mix of heavy armour and autoloaders. Since there isn’t an official video, I chose one of the videos from the Tank Museum, Bovington where they talk about the Char B1, which is one of the starter packs listed for sale. While…
NEWS 01 Nov 2017­ by Lee Braden

War Thunder – Ils ne passeront pas!

The Armée de l'air or French Air Force has hit War Thunder today, and comes with some of the strangest designs seen in the game so far. Before I go in, I mention that the War Thunder 5th anniversary is live, and some great items including a challenge to get some vehicles, also certain packs…
NEWS 12 Oct 2017­ by Lee Braden

Viva La France! French Vehicles Coming To War Thunder

Not just content with sitting on the sidelines as Panzers run riot over the countryside, France joins War Thunder. A new nation to appear in 1.73 is the French Air Force, and those who study history knows that France was defeated quickly in the war, so as Kirill Yudinstev, the Creative Director of Gaijin Entertainment…
NEWS 18 Sep 2017­ by Lee Braden

Fighting Fire with Fire

Gaijin Entertainment pushes the boundaries with the new 1.71 update to War Thunder, adding in Explosive Reactive Armour. If you don’t want to watch the video, which does a very good and basic job of explaining E.R.A and Composite armour, the nutshell is “using explosions to disrupt HEAT shells” but soon enough you can test…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Sep 2017

War Thunder Battle Of Britain Event And Legends Video

It's been 77 years since the Battle of Britain, as of today. British and German air forces clashed as the RAF tried, and succeeded, in stopping the largest Luftwaffe bombing raid on the south-east of England. It's been immortalised in many movies and games and now War Thunder is commemorating the event with a weekend…
ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Aug 2017

War Thunder Heads For A New Era

Ground vehicles in War Thunder are mostly centred around World War 2 at the moment but that's all set to change with the addition of rank 6 ground vehicles. What does that mean? Here goes: On the most basic level, it means new vehicles from the 60's and 70's. Things like the T-64A, BMP1, and…
NEWS 28 Jul 2017­ by Lee Braden

Why Do Wars Always Start in Summer?

Not just in 1914 when War was declared, but here today in 2017, Gaijin has announced it’s 'Operation SUMMER' event this year, and 5 new Destroyers for when Naval hits later on. For the ships, we have the Royal Navy’s Tribal Class, the US Navy’s Fletcher Class, the Kriegsmarine’s Type1936, and the Japanese Yugumo Class, these…
ANNOUNCEMENT 18 Jul 2017

Crossout Major Update 0.7.2 Released

The popular "Mad Max-esque" vehicular action MMOG, Crossout, has just received its largest update today, bringing the post-apocalyptic carnage up to version 0.7.2 thanks to Targem Games continually hard work. Boasting two new game modes, improved visuals with NVIDIA's HBAO+ tech, a new map and the ability to rock your factions flag during battles like…
NEWS 14 Jul 2017­ by Lee Braden

War Thunder’s Italian Air Force Open to All

In time for the weekend, the Italian Plane lineup is ready for everyone in War Thunder. Now enough insane people have gone and tested every plane in the existing tree, it’s time for everyone to have their go at flying those strange planes. Though as with everything there will be balancing happening as more and more data…