War Thunder, Gaijin Entertainment’s upcoming World War II air combat MMO, has entered open beta in Europe, North America, and South America.
Several weeks after open beta began in Russia, Gaijin’s Creative Director Kirill Yudintsev made this announcement: “After four years of working on War Thunder, we’re sincerely happy that we can finally present it to the gaming community all over the world.Every stage of the development, and every update, brings us closer to the goal we’ve established for War Thunder: a combat MMO so massive it’s sort of game that, until now, players could only dream about. With all of the new features recently added, we believe that War Thunder will exceed players’ expectations and that aerial combat fans and World War II buffs are in for a real treat.”
Since its closed beta test, over 600,000 players were involved in over 60 million matches recreating historically accurate World War II conflicts. Using the feedback from the millions of hours of gameplay, Gaijin has been tweaking and refining War Thunder via thousands of patches and updates. According to Gaijin, this has made the combat more realistic and exciting.
The open beta will be version 1.25 with the new version, 1.27 coming soon. The next update will include the following features:
– Updated Interface: All menus, hangar elements, planes, stats, and achievement screens will be changed and upgraded with additional data to be more informative and user-friendly.
– Communication Functions: General game chat will be added, as well as all necessary communication functions such as private channels, friend lists, and blacklists.
– Team Play: The long-awaited combat wings formations will now be available. Teaming up into groups of 2 or 4 pilots, players will be able to join regular battles together and use team play tactics to bring victory to their brothers in arms.
– Realistic Battles: This new third mode of War Thunder’s regular PvP battles will include cockpit view only, no markers on enemy ground targets, a simulator difficulty preset, and specifically designed levels and combat scenarios.
– New Flight Models: More than a hundred flight models will be completely reworked and fine-tuned. Gaijin will also introduce several new aircraft in the British and German beta technical trees, and will add a number of bomb, rocket, and fuel modifications for dozens of planes.
To enter the open beta, register an account at http://warthunder.com/en/registration and download the game client.
*Writer’s Opinion*
I’ve never played War Thunder, but I must say that this trailer makes the game look really intense! I think I’ll give the beta a shot to see if it lives up to what Gaijin is advertising. If any other einfogamers out there sign up, make sure to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments!
