War Thunder
Released Aug 15, 2013
Rating 64/100
Metacritic 81
Playtime ~6h
Rated Teen
War Thunder is a free-to-play military action game spanning aircraft, tanks, and now infantry combat across multiple platforms. The long-running title has been expanding its ground-focused Infantry mode, which recently entered closed beta testing with support for 128-player matches on large-scale maps like Kiva, set in Central Africa. These expansions represent a significant scaling-up of the mode's player count and map design.
The game has faced recent controversy, however, with a former staff member making allegations of Steam review manipulation and data security issues at developer Gaijin Entertainment. Meanwhile, the studio has continued pushing forward with Infantry development while conducting anti-cheat enforcement, banning thousands of players caught cheating.
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via PCGamesN
War Thunder to put 128-player boots-on-the-ground battles in action in Infantry's "largest map" yet
War Thunder's next round of closed beta testing includes a Central Africa-based map, Kiva, which showcases 128-player Infantry battles in the MMO.
via Massively Overpowered
War Thunder readies its next infantry closed beta test and nukes thousands of cheaters from orbit
The closed beta testing for War Thunder’s mixed arms infantry mode is rumbling forward this month, and Gaijin Entertainment looks ready to ramp things up, as the third test of the mode is bringing another 128-player battle to the game. The next round will pit two teams of 64 play…
via Massively Overpowered
Former staffer accuses War Thunder studio of Steam review manipulation and data security lapses
It’s no secret that discoverability on the Steam platform is a cliff-like climb that might as well be concave, but encouraging positive reviews of a game or even instructing developers to post such reviews might be going a bit too far. Those are just a couple of the major accusat…