Initially, Gaijin claimed after the game was announced that it was an April Fools joke before confirming its existence in June that same year.

A spinoff game called War Thunder Mobile (also known as War Thunder Edge ) was released in May 2023 for Android, with an iOS version planned to release in the near-future.ĭeveloped 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. It has a cross-platform format for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Oculus, and Vive. 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 2016.

War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment.

Action, vehicular combat, combat flight simulator