UPDATE: War Thunder, which experienced a brief outage Sunday night, appears to be fully operational again. According to DownDetector, reports of issues stopped coming in shortly after 9 p.m. EDT, indicating the service had stabilized.
War Thunder is reportedly down. (UnSplash)
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Meanwhile, DownDetector also logged a spike in outage reports for Discord around 9:20 p.m. EDT, with most users reporting server-related issues. By 9:40 p.m., the site had recorded nearly 3,000 reports tied to the Discord disruption.
ORIGINAL STORY: War Thunder appears to be experiencing an outage affecting hundreds of users across the United States, with many players reporting difficulties joining battles.
According to DownDetector, reports of issues began around 8:15 p.m. EDT on Sunday, with the majority related to matchmaking (76%) and server connection problems (22%), along with a small number of game launch issues (2%). By 8:30 p.m., the site had logged nearly 3,000 user reports.
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Gaijin Entertainment had not publicly responded to the outage reports at the time of writing.
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Gaijin Entertainment had not publicly responded to the outage reports at the time of writing.
War Thunder is a free-to-play military vehicle combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and available on PC (Windows, macOS, Linux) and consoles including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, as well as VR platforms such as Oculus and Vive.
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