War Thunder removes Steam from website as review bombs worsen

pcgamesn.com:

The War Thunder Steam situation continues, as developer Gaijin Entertainment removes mention of the Valve platform from the free-to-play naval, aerial, and tank game’s website. This comes after players went on a review bombing crusade following some potential in-game economic changes that they think would make War Thunder even harder to play without spending real-world money.

Gaijin has since said it will be reversing the economic changes following ongoing Steam review bombs from players. Still, the battleground continues to extend beyond the game itself as Gaijin has now mysteriously removed mention of Steam from the platforms on its own website, despite the fact you can still play the game for free on Steam.

In a recent message, Gaijin said “Review bombing does damage to the game in that new players simply won’t try it, while it doesn’t raise their awareness of the problems you’ve noticed. If your goal is not to hurt the game, please use other, less destructive ways.” However, it looks like the issue has gotten worse, as general reviews have now dropped to “mixed,” while of the recent 75,000 reviews, most are “overwhelmingly negative.”

The below image shows the War Thunder website both before these Steam review bombs (dated Tuesday, February 7, 2023 on the Wayback Machine) and what it looks like now.

Say what you will, but the negative Steam reviews have forced both us in the press and the developers at Gaijin to take notice, and many reviewers have hundreds, if not thousands, of hours in the game. They clearly care and want to keep playing but feel this is one of the only ways to make their voices heard – and, for better or worse, it’s working.

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