War Thunder Refreshes Nuclear Escalation AI Models, Plans Carrier Groups
The completed refresh covers missile systems and transport vehicles, while U.S. and Chinese carrier groups will join the mode.
War Thunder’s Eagle’s Shadow major update refreshed the AI ground-vehicle models in Nuclear Escalation. The Steam announcement names the MIM-23 Hawk, MIM-104 Patriot, S-300 and 9K37M1 Buk-M1, as well as the 9A52-2 Smerch MLRS, M270 MLRS, 9K79 Tochka tactical missile system and M978 and M939 transport vehicles. Gaijin says their updated models now match the detail level of vehicles used by players. A day earlier, Eagle’s Shadow also added radar support and changed Nuclear Escalation’s upper-tier missile lineups, alongside other mode updates detailed in Eagle’s Shadow’s Nuclear Escalation changes.
The refresh puts concrete examples behind Gaijin’s August statement that it was upgrading almost all of Nuclear Escalation’s ground assets, including vehicles and air-defense systems.
Carrier battle groups are also headed to the mode. The U.S. group will include the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Nimitz aircraft carriers, escorted by the USS Oliver Hazard Perry frigate and USS Halsey destroyer. China’s group will feature the Fujian aircraft carrier, a Type 052D destroyer and a Type 054A missile frigate.
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War Thunder
Developed by Gaijin Entertainment
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
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