Earlier this month, Gaijin Entertainment unveiled a brand new structure for its 2025 War Thunder Championship Series. Today, they revealed that the first set of open qualifiers in this year-round circuit will take place over the next two weeks.
The first Open Qualifier will take place from April 19-20 at 15:00 GMT, and the second will happen the weekend after on April 26-27 at 15:00 GMT. The four best teams from each will land a spot in the Play-Offs, which will take place May 3-4 and May 10-11 at 15:00 GMT.
The line-up pool and map selection for each will be the same, with maps including Advance to the Rhine, Sinai, Huban, Normandy, and Vietnam. You can see the full line-up and prize pool listed below:
Fans can also follow the competition along via Twitch and have the chance to claim their own War Thunder Drops, netting you boosters and premium account time as a result.
The War Thunder Championship Series will be split into four separate Majors:
- Major I: Titan 5v5 [Bo5]
- Major II: Armored Apex 4v4 [Bo5]
- Major III: Air Superiority 4v4 [Bo7]
- Grand Final: Thunder Cup
The Grand Final: Thunder Cup features all the major formats in a single competition, meaning players will compete in tanks, planes, and mixed to determine which team is truly the best in the new first season of the WTCS. Anyone interested in signing up for the Open Qualifiers can do so by heading over to this link.
War Thunder is available now as a free-to-play title on PC. For more information on the WTCS and the game’s constant updates, be sure to check back to Simulation Daily.
