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Last year after long training and qualifying matches, 8 of the strongest teams earned the right to participate in the most prestigious tournament — Thunder CUP 2024! However, only one team will become the champion in 5x5 RB battles, but which one will it be? Cheer for your favorite team and receive prizes throughout the event!


Throughout the three weekends, a wide range of awesome prizes will be available during match broadcasts.



[h3]On February 17-18 and 24-25, and March 2-3 from 15:00 GMT![/h3]



[h3]Watch Thunder CUP 2024 and receive: [/h3]

• M1A2 SEP V2 Camouflage (up to 3 items)
  
• F-15J Camouflage
  
• Profile icon (up to 2 items)
  
• “Popcorn” decal (up to 3 items)
  
• Dragon Box (up to 2 items)
  
• Silver Lions Booster 50% for 10 battles (up to 3 items.)
  
• Research Points 50% Booster for 10 battles (up to 3 items)
  
• 1 Day of Premium Account (up to 3 items)
  
• Universal Backup x2
  

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“Popcorn” decal

Watch the tournament and get Twitch Drops only on the official English, German, French and Russian War Thunder Esport channels!

During the 3 weekends of Twitch drops, you’ll be able to receive up to 21 items. Missed one prize from the stream? No worries, as you’re able to receive it during the next weekend, but you’ll need more stream watch time to get it. If you receive the camouflage, player icon or decal multiple times, you’ll be able to exchange them for Warbonds.

Login to your Twitch account → link your Gaijin account → click “Allow” to be able to receive Twitch Drops!

To keep up with all the happenings in the world of Esports in War Thunder, join our community on Discord! Starting today, we’ll be giving away premium bundles there:

• M1A1 HC "Click-Bait" Pack
• Tornado IDS WTD 61
• K9 VIDAR
  
• HMS Iron Duke
• Saab J35XS
• AH-64A Apache

Just like last year, you’ll see exciting 5v5 (+2 spare) battles in realistic battle mode with markers! This time, it’ll be up to four victories and in the Advance to the Rhine mission. On the battlefields of War Thunder, you’re going to see incredible plays and unexpected comebacks at top tier ground and air battles.

Participating teams will use unique tactics in an effort to win Golden Eagles, part of the $5000 prize fund and compete for the “Thunder CUP 2024 Champion” title!


“Thunder CUP 2024” decal

[h2]Meet the updated “Snailonidas” pack[/h2]



Available on the Gaijin Store!

• "Hoplomachus Snail" decal
  
• "Snailonidas" title
  
• 300 Golden Eagles
  

Meet the cover of the “Blood Type” track used in the teaser for the “Drone Age” update, called Wish Me Luck, now on popular music streaming platforms!

Watch the trailer that featured this music

• Apple Music
• Spotify
• Deezer
• YouTube Music
• Amazon

The cover of the song “Blood Type” was recorded by the Baltic Symphony Orchestra and Choir at the Lendok studio exclusively for War Thunder in honor of the double anniversary: Viktor Tsoi celebrated his 60th birthday in 2022 and the Kino group its 40th. The vocalist Pyotr Salnikov is a musician, journalist and game designer.

The musical composition was first published in the trailer for the “Drone Age” update which received a large amount of views, and where the legendary Su-25 attack aircraft played an important role.

Many of you have asked for this track to be made available on streaming platforms, and now we’ve finally managed to do it!

Welcome to the 6th edition of the War Thunder Steam Community Spotlight!

The War Thunder Steam Community Management team have yet again spotted some cool screenshots and artwork created by the community and uploaded to the Steam Community Hub.

We’ve collected our favorites and wanted to share them with all of you. Check them out! Want more? Also check out our previous 5 editions for some more cool content.

• First edition
• Second edition
• Third edition
• Fourth edition
• Fifth edition

[h2]Let's begin![/h2]
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First up is this anime skin created by YouseiYukikaze for the Phantom FGR.2. They’ve created the skin themselves and then made this fantastic looking model with the same skin. We’re a fan of this one!

By YouseiYukikaze



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The ZTZ99A is a cool looking tank, and Mr.milk has drawn a perfectly accurate picture of it! Keep up the fantastic work.

By Mr.milk



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Another one! A neatly drawn picture of the WZ1001(E) LCT. It looks really good, fantastic work here too.

By kllmrqttzz



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A Leopard 2A4 drawing by C0orav! They said that they drew this one in their architecture class at university but recommend you to not do the same!

By C0orav



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A super detailed Sherman Firefly by Gybby3 on some maths paper. Excellently detailed and great highlighting, well done here!

By Gybby3



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What happens when the smallest tank in the game takes out the biggest tank in the game? You get a funny screenshot. These tiny L3/33 CC boys have done a good job here. Overgrown Maus destroyed!

By Ibuki



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The Leopard 2A6 is one of the most popular top-tier MBTs in War Thunder. This model looks almost exactly like the tank we’ve got in the game. Great contrast!

By ALB 23



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FULZY has been featured before for good reason — they create awesome wallpaper art for many jet aircraft. Check out this MiG 29 G!

By FULZY



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Ever had that moment when you’re about to take a shot on an enemy and then your cat jumps onto your desk for a nap? That’s what happened here, this cute cat has made a wild appearance!

By DonaldTR1P



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This one’s funky, an Ostwind II drawn on a whiteboard using marker pens. A formidable sight to behold. Nice work!

By DonaldTR1P



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The Spitfire Mk.22 is a beast of an aircraft, and so is this drawing of it. The shadows, details and setting really spike up our imagination. Nice work!

By The past is like smoke



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An awesome coloring of the AMX-30B2, which is LawrenceXVIII’s favorite tank. We love the details and colors used, especially the dirt on the front.

By LawrenceXVIII



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A brush painted Pzkpfw II at 1/35 scale. Looks clean and tidy, we love the colors chosen and paint work.

By Free^kill-74



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We featured a cat, now we’ve got a Pan Więcek’s dog scouting using a Puma! Looks cute!

By Pan Więcek



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In the last major update, we added Volcano Valley and some volcanoes. This is one of the coolest screenshots that we’ve seen featuring an F-15A.

By 芙兰朵露撕卡雷忒



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VARK VARK VARK! The Aardvark has the biggest bomb load in the game and this screenshot really showcases that. Awesomely detailed!

By FULZY



[h3]That's all for now![/h3]

The wonderful work created by our community that we have shared has been posted to the War Thunder Community Hub — make sure you check it out and even share your own creations that we may feature here in the Community Spotlight! We look forward to seeing you next time!

[h2]Click here to view the Community Hub[/h2]

Dear players.

Technical problems on the server side have been resolved.
Active premium accounts have been extended for 6 hours.
Time for task no.6 for "Call of the Dragon" event will be extended tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding.

We loved seeing your screenshots last week! How do you feel about missiles and rockets? Confident in sending just one? Two, just to be sure? Or all of them, because who doesn’t love explosions? The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

[h2]Let’s begin the 106th edition of our competition![/h2]

Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen106. You have time until the 16th of February to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.

[h3]Terms:[/h3]

Your screenshot must include a player vehicle from the Chinese tech tree.
You must add the #WTscreen106 tag (title cannot have any other text in it).
Artists may only win by popular vote once per four screenshot competitions.
• Screenshots need to be compliant with the War Thunder rules.
  
• You need to be the author of the screenshot.
  
• Screenshot needs to be new. You cannot use those which have previously been published or used in other competitions.
  
• We will only accept raw screenshots from the game. You cannot use any editing software nor any other visual enhancements (like Nvidia Ansel filters).
  
• You can use filters and settings built into War Thunder.
  
• You can use the replay functionality built into War Thunder.
  
• Rewards will be delivered to the author's account within 14 working days.
  

[h2]And now, time for the winners of the competition’s 105th edition - Shooting Stars![/h2]

[h3]Winners selected via community votes:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153404815
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3154650964
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152889903

[h3]Winners selected by our judges:[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3154405261
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3153566423
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3155945905

Each winner will get 300GE! Congratulations and see you next week!