War Thunder might have began life as a pure World War 2 air fight sim, however builders Gaijin Entertainment don’t appear to be they’ll be glad till the free-to-play game encompasses your entire historical past of vehicular warfare. Next on the playing cards for the game: Helicopters, coming in patch 1.81 as announced at Gamescom. Naval fight has been in beta testing for a while now, however rotary-wing plane all the time appeared like a dream, solely teased in an earlier April Fools event. Turns out they have been simply hovering overhead. Check the debut trailer and a few streamed footage under.
War Thunder’s tech tree has lengthy since outgrown World War 2, in fact. Earlier this yr, Gaijin rolled out a slew of Cold War era technology, together with the M1 Abrams tank. Helicopters will likely be out there from know-how rank 5 upwards – Korean War period, roughly – and will likely be playable in mixed floor battles throughout all realism settings, with tentative plans for a pure helicopter vs helicopter mode sooner or later. While solely America and Russia could have helicopters at first (and on their very own choppers-only tech tree), they’ll possible broaden to different nations afterward.
You also can see Gaijin’s debut gameplay stream under, and some extra from visitor streamers listed on the official announcement page.
While most helicopters will likely be unlockable by way of common play, the identical as tanks, planes and (as soon as they depart beta testing) ships, there will likely be some premium-only choppers out there when model 1.81 launches. Gaijin have confirmed that the UH-1C XM30 and the Mi-24d (A Hind D?) will likely be premium solely, though the extra frequent variants of these plane must be playable for everybody, whatever the measurement of your pockets. Metal Gear Solid references value actual cash, apparently.
While there’s no launch date pinned down for for helicopters or public beta testing but, Gaijin say they are going to be making their public debut in “the next major update” for War Thunder. You can discover out a bit of extra of their in depth announcement FAQ here, and take a peek at dev-blogs on earlier and later generation fight choppers, together with the chunky Russian Mi-Four and the enduring AH-1F Cobra.
War Thunder is free-to-play, and is out there both direct via Gaijin or on Steam.
