War Thunder

Also known as World of Planes, WT

2012 vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed by Gaijin Entertainment

Game data

Metacritic 81

Released: 2013-08-15
User rating: 3.19 / 5
Genres: Shooter, Massively Multiplayer, Action
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS, Linux
ESRB: Teen

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Key facts

Developer: Gaijin Entertainment
Publisher: Gaijin Entertainment
Composers: Georgy Zheryakov Alexander Chorni Zahar Antonov Jeremy Soule
Platforms: Microsoft Windows macOS Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
Release: August 15, 2013 Windows WW : August 15, 2013 PlayStation 4 EU : November 29, 2013 NA : June 3, 2014 OS X WW : April 17, 2014 Linux WW : November 6, 2014 Android WW : June 2, 2015 Official release WW : December 21, 2016 Xbox One WW : June 19, 2018 PlayStation 5 WW : November 17, 2020

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War Thunder is a 2013 free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game produced by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Oculus, and Vive. It was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; it had its official release on December 21, 2016. A spinoff game called War Thunder Mobile (also known as War Thunder Edge) was released in 2023 for Android and iOS.

Developed as a "flying simulation game", it was previously named War Thunder: World of Planes, but due to its similarity with Wargaming's World of Warplanes, it was changed to its present name in 2012. Initially, Gaijin claimed after the game was announced that it was an April Fools joke before confirming its existence in June that same year.