According to the game's creative director Kirill Yudintsev, it is the only game that encompasses all three of these experiences in one gameplay session.
War Thunder is based around combined arms battles on air, land, and sea. In 2019, War Thunder was among the most played games on Steam with over 25,000 concurrent players. War Thunder won several awards following its release, winning Best Simulation Game at the Gamescom 2013 Awards as well as winning Best Game, Best Developer, Best Technology and Best Sound at the KRI 2013 Awards.
Initially, Gaijin claimed after the game was announced that it was an April Fools joke before confirming its existence in June that same year. It has a cross-platform format for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Shield Android TV.ĭeveloped as a ' flying simulation game', it was previously named World of Planes but due to its similarity with Wargaming's “World of Warplanes” it was changed to its present name in 2012. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013 it had its official release on 21 December 2017. War Thunder is a vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Action, vehicular combat, combat flight simulator
