[NA, EU] World of Warplanes Soars into Open Beta and 0.5 Update Notes

Wargaming announced today announced that the free-to-play flight combat game World of Warplanes has officially gone into open beta testing. Open beta goes live today in Russia and North America, and July 4th in Europe. In total, the closed beta saw more than 2.7 million applications from 194 different countries. Featuring planes from the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and Japan, players will be able to combat in 15 vs. 15 PvP matches. later in the Open Beta, World of Warplanes will see the official launch of the Unified Premium...

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[ASIA] [Results] [AU] 29th June Cybercafe FREE PLAY & Challenge

Congratulations to the following winners! 1st place — Jecklen_Hyde —Reward: 5,000+ 800 gold 2nd place — wobbly_penguin —Reward: 3,000+ 800 gold 3rd place — betterhalf2 —Reward: 2,000+ 800 gold These players have accumulated 4 kills in the Cybercafe Challenge with Tier 4 tanks and above and will be rewarded with 800 gold Saminskip eggsbaker TwistedOne SINN14 Tahl gniff34 armor_girl stasis nobody813 pnutz source: http://worldoftanks.asia/en/news/23/results-au-29th-jun-cybercafe-free-play-challenge-20...

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Fan-video contest «Vive la Liberté!» is running!

War Thunder in partnership with MSI present fan-video contest: «Vive la Liberté!» dedicated to the liberation of France! Make an unique War Thunder fan-video, that would reflect the essence of WWII air combat over France, struggling for freedom and glorious victory over tyranny. Create your video and share it with other players! The best of the best, most talented and creative movie directors amongst our pilots will be choosen, and given truly amazing prizes provided by MSI!  Creating your video, you may use any planes that took part in battles...

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New aircraft data sheets

Official War Thunder forums now have a section devoted to Aircraft Data Sheets, which will be updated with performance figures and graphs based on the actual WWII aircraft documents. You will find parameters such as climb rates, speed to altitude rates, and others. You could also find the exact sources we used to create War Thunder combat aircraft. Meet the legendary IL-2 and P-47 Thunderbolt, check their actual historically accurate characteristics by clicking the link below. http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/forum/312-aircraft-data-sh...

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Summer in War Thunder: Day Two

Day 2 — July 2nd from July 2nd 6 am GMT (July 1st 11 pm PDT) till July 3rd 6 am GMT (July 2nd 11 pm PDT) Achievement 1: 40 ground kills (10 000 Lions) Achievement 2: 150 ground kills (20 000 Lions) Achievement 3: 400 ground kills (40 000 Lions) Check your daily progress in the Logbook: «Achievements» — «Miscellaneous» For the Day 2 special discounts will help you to unlock achievements: 50% discount on I-16 type 28. +30% XP boost for Ki-49IIa, B-25J-20, Pe-2-21, IL-2M, Ju-88A-4, P-47D, F6F, Bf.109F-4, Yak-1B, LaGG-3-66 and A6M2 source:...

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[EU] Mid-week Medal Hunt: Defender

Weekly Medal Hunt returns this time goal is base defense.  Don’t let anyone capture your base. If you manage to reduce the amount of enemy capture points on a friendly base by 70 or more you will receive the Defender medal, and an additional 1,250 extra experience. This additional experience will be automatically credited to your account when you receive the medal. There is no need to register or take any special action to take part in the event. This event takes place from Wednesday 03rd July at 07:10 CEST (+2 GMT) until 04th July at 07:00...

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Summer in War Thunder!

War Thunder announces Summer Week! Special events, contest and amazing prizes every day! «Screenshot of the Week: Sunshine!» — traditional weekly contest goes special this time! Prizes: 1st Place: 5 000 Golden Eagles + A26 Invader + P-39N-0 Airacobra (SU) 2nd Place: 3 000 Golden Eagles + P-39N-0 Airacobra (SU) 3rd Place: 2 000 Golden Eagles Global achievements contest: Everyday from 6am GMT (11pm PDT) till 6am GMT (11pm PDT) next day TWO achievements are added  in War Thunder. Every player, who unlocks first achievement immediately gets...

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