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Image credit:Gaijin Entertainment
Image credit:Gaijin Entertainment
The developers of multiplayer aerial combat simWar Thunderhave apologised after a picture of the real-life Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which killed seven crew members when it exploded just 73 seconds after launch in 1986, was used in artwork promoting the game’s recent Seek & Destroy update.
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“We’ll be altering this artwork as soon as we can and will take measures to ensure that this doesn’t repeat again in the future,” they added.
“Things like this shouldn’t happen and we’ll make sure it doesn’t repeat,” another community manager, Oxy,posted on Redditwhile repeating the claim that the use was due to the accidental use of the explosion reference pack. They stated that that the artwork would be revised today, Monday June 24th. At the time of writing, the distinctive explosion can still be seen in a thumbnail forthe update’s rundown videoand adownloadable wallpaper of the art.
This isn’t the first time that War Thunder has made headlines due to its controversial connections to real life, though usually it’s a little more humourous than re-using imagery of a tragic disaster. Dedicated players have taken toposting classified documents to prove the inaccuracy of some of its vehiclesin the past, with the not-irregular leaking of secretive military intel on its forums to one-up rival players and argue about how closely it simulates actual hardware becoming somewhat of a running joke at this point.
