AVReS won the 2026 War Thunder Championship Series Pro League Grand Finals with 332 points, finishing 78 ahead of runner-up VOYAGER. The nine-day finals covered Air, Ground and Mixed competition, with eight teams competing for €15,000 in prize money, according to Gaijin’s Steam recap.
VOYAGER followed its Major III victory with a second-place finish for the second year in a row, scoring 254 points. JinX placed third with 233 in its first WTCS season.
Invictus edged DODEC for fourth place, 212 points to 211. FiveSticks finished sixth with 155 points, followed by MRCLS at 65 and LEET at 38.
Tonyolo takes both MVP honors
AVReS’s Tonyolo was named Grand Finals MVP, with teammates Shimada and RasTafaRaY placing second and third. Tonyolo also topped the full-season MVP rankings and received €1,500. DODEC’s Nyffer finished second in the season standings with €650, while Invictus’s Leozander took third and €350.
The WTCS Challenger League Grand Finals will begin November 13 with Air competition, followed by Ground from November 20-22 and Mixed from November 27-29. The three-weekend Challenger League schedule brings another title race to the WTCS calendar.
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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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