April Fools' Day Event / Worm Thunder

From April 1st till April 25th engage in the battle for resources on the desert planet! Fantastic combat machines of the future, bright new location and awesome prizes will make your eyes glow!

#WarThunder

[APotatoWT]

Although devs make questionable decisions, they do brilliant job at making April Fool events.

[Malaveldt]

Looks like they're testing improved large scale particle effects and ground deformation. Interesting! Kudos to the art department yet again.

[kaiserinmargot]

This year's april fools is way beyond expectations, like usual. I'm outraged not being home until this evening

[Niitroxyde]

For everyone, April Fools is supposed to be a joke. But for Gaijin, that's when they're the most serious.

[yahaaa]

Touching tribute to Dune2 in the units design, it brings back good memmories.
Thanks.

[ColonelFrontline]

*"He who controls the spice, controls the universe."*

Edit: OMG it's a *DUNE* reference, how could you guys not recognise the quote?!.

[evill]

Isn't it weird how the best update of the year releases on the same day every year

[sandwiched]

"I must not get hit.
APFSDS is the tank-killer.
APFSDS is the little-round that brings total obliteration.
I will face my armor towards the APFSDS.
I will permit it to pass over me or through me (no armor is best armor).
And when it has gone past, I will scout to see where it came from.
Where the round has come from, there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

[ThreeMafia]

Looks like a lot of original Dune 2-inspired designs. Quads, Devastator tanks, Atreides having ornithopters and Sound Tank. The Harvester-looking vehicle at 0:11 is very much like the Dune 2 harvester.

[TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I'm getting Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars vibes from the vehicle designs
I don't know how Gaijin out does themselves every every April fools.



(I know it's a Dune theme :) )

[ExplorersCompass]

This takes Duke Atreides’s “I wanted to be a pilot” to another level

[czyqkvq]

gaijin really be putting more work into april fools events than the actual game

[rodeanalfanteforcadela]

Despite being an April Fools' event, this can be a stand-alone game. Overall, can't wait for what you folks are making afterwards

[Vulkanprimarch]

Mad respect for the effort that went into this. Maybe one day War Thunder will give us Space Marines and other Warhammer 40K stuff. Prove they can do it better than World of Tanks.

[RIP_Greedo]

A Homeworld Deserts of Kharak themed game played like WT would be so sick.

[Federico]

I thing you guys should make your April fools playable through the year, every year they get better and better and I miss playing them.

[JumpyWizardz]

If this was a separate game I'd definitely play it. Love sci fi stuff.

Mammoth rolling out.

[nicksober]

Arachis literally means "Peanut"
Jokes aside this looks sick and hella fun!

[mark_themaster]

This desert takes the weak. My Desert, my Arachis, my Dune.

[sandwiched]

The slow-velocity round penetrates the Active Protection System.