War Thunder 2.59.0.72 Adds a Southeastern City Mission to Nuclear Escalation

Gaijin adjusted mission object placement using event-test results and fixed brief aircraft-positioning jumps tied to tank columns.

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Aerial view of Southeastern City’s rebuilt terrain, with forested mountains, lakes, and villages.

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.72 adds a mission on Southeastern City to Nuclear Escalation’s random battles. The Steam patch notes for Update 2.59.0.72 also detail object-placement adjustments and a fix for brief aircraft-positioning jumps when tank columns appeared.

Southeastern City’s earlier Nuclear Escalation test ran from October 7 at 11:00 GMT through October 9 at 11:00 GMT, covering Battle Ratings 8.7 to 14.7. The new mission brings the map into the sub-mode’s random battles beyond that event test.

War Thunder Update 2.59.0.72 Patch Notes

Nuclear Escalation

A mission set on the Southeastern City map has been added to the sub-mode’s random battles.
The placement of certain objects in the mission has been adjusted based on the results of testing during events.
Brief jumps in aircraft positioning that occurred when tank columns appeared have been fixed.

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War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat MMO featuring aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval craft spanning from the early 20th century to the modern era. Players progress through technology trees across multiple nations, unlocking increasingly advanced military vehicles. The game offers three realism tiers for each vehicle type: arcade, realistic, and simulator modes. Originally developed as a flight simulator under the name "World of Planes," the game expanded to include tanks in 2014 and naval forces later, becoming a combined-arms experience. A mobile version was released in 2023.

Genre Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Perspective First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Release January 28, 2013
Publisher Gaijin Entertainment
Age Rating