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The Escape from Tarkov paid PvE mode debacle continues as BattleState Games makes another controversial decision regarding its insanely overpriced Unheard Edition. The studio unveiled the DLC last month along with the announcement that players will need to purchase it to access the extraction shooter’s upcoming PvE mode. Naturally, the announcement caused a huge uproar in the community, particularly those [...]

Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate Games has come under fire from the extraction shooter’s community after it announced plans to lock its upcoming PvE mode behind a very expensive paywall. For context, most AAA games are currently priced at around the $65 to $75 range. Battlestate, however, is planning to sell access to the PvE mode as part of its [...]

Escape from Tarkov rolled out Beta Patch 0.14 last week which might just be its biggest updates since its closed beta launch in 2017. The massive update brought a whole host of new content to the extraction shooter, the highlight of which is a new beginner downtown urban zone called Ground Zero. Ground Zero features towering skyscrapers, restaurants, cafes, stores, [...]

The mighty banhammer has fallen on thousands of cheaters in Escape from Tarkov over the weekend and their names have been posted for all of the internet to see. Battlestate Games reports that it’s banned over 4,000 cheaters (although TechCrunch says it’s actually closer to 6700) with the help of its anti-cheat software and released a spreadsheet publicly listing all [...]

Multiplayer first-person shooter Escape from Tarkov is getting a new standalone multiplayer arena spinoff called Escape from Tarkov Arena. The upcoming game will feature a more action-packed and condensed deathmatch-style format as opposed to the prolonged looting, shooting, and extraction mechanics of the original game. “Escape from Tarkov Arena is a standalone game project - a session-based multiplayer first-person shooter [...]

If you’re an avid part of the Escape From Tarkov community, you’ve probably been expecting Battlestate Games to release their annual video report for quite some time now. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. The team explains in a recent dev blog: “We know that you have been expecting the 2017 annual report from us, since we promised it. Unfortunately [...]

Battlestate Games announced today that Escape from Tarkov will be receiving a new zone in the near future: the Shoreline. The Shoreline is a new, large zone near the Tarkov evacuation point. It features "a partially abandoned village, modern private housing, fields, a marina, gas station, weather station, cellular base station, and more." There's also a health resort called "Azure [...]

Battlestate Games announced today that it will be lifting the NDA on its MMOFPS, Escape From Tarkov, on March 24th. At that time, players will be able to freely publish images and videos from the game, as well as livestream it. Battlestate Games Studio Lead Nikita Buyanov had the following to say about the announcement. We have refrained from lifting [...]