War Thunder developer apologizes for images of Space Shuttle Challenger disaster appearing in artwork

War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment has apologised after accidentally including images of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in a key artwork.

The error was quickly noticed by members of the War Thunder community, who shared the image on the game’s forum. reddit To show how the artwork matches up with images from the 1986 disaster. This real-world event resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members aboard the spacecraft.

“This may have been an accident on the artist’s part, but it does seem in incredibly poor taste,” wrote one poster on the War Thunder forum.

Gaijin Entertainment has now acknowledged the mistake. “Please accept our sincere apologies for this, this photo was part of an air blast reference pack used by our artists and the reference was lost,” community manager Magazine2 Written on the forum.

“We will replace the artwork as soon as possible and take steps to ensure this does not happen again in the future.”

A similar statement was also shared by Oxy, War Thunder’s international community manager, on Reddit. Oxy He said the artwork would be replaced today (Monday), adding: “Sorry to everyone, things like this shouldn’t happen.”

War Thunder has previously made headlines for players leaking confidential military documents on the game’s forums.

This includes a flight Manual for the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, DTC10-125 Chinese anti-tank missile documents and documents F-16 Fighter AircraftWhich were shared by a player in an attempt to win an argument with another member of the gaming community.