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Battlestate Games announced ahead of GDC 2017 that there is a third playable faction in Escape From Tarkov: the Scavs. Whereas the two PMC factions, USEC and BEAR, are fighting each other directly, the Scavs will attempt to cause trouble for both factions. Battlestate Games COO and Project Lead Nikita Buyanov describes the Scavs as follows. Playing as a Scav is like [...]

Escape From Tarkov's Extended Alpha is here. More players are now allowed in, with those who pre-ordered at the "Prepare for Escape" tier being given a 75% chance of getting into the Extended Alpha, whereas those who pre-ordered at the "Left Behind" tier have a 50% chance of getting in. New content has been added, allowing players to explore a [...]

Other than the occasional addition to the slow bleed of information or a new set of screenshots, Battlestate Games has remained fairly quiet about Escape From Tarkov since the first Alpha began. However, we may get a large amount of information all at once very soon, as the "Extended Alpha" is set to begin in a few days alongside the [...]

Escape From Tarkov's development seems to be coming along nicely, at least by looking at the latest screenshots showing off optimized graphics. Along with the screens, Project Lead Nikita Buyanov wrote a message on Facebook to update the community. Thanks to our alpha testers, we are receiving a steady stream of info required for fixing the issues and improving the [...]

Battlestate Games has released another three minutes of footage from Escape From Tarkov's Closed Alpha. This time, we get a more extensive look at combat, including a montage of various guns, sights, and scopes that we will one day be using to stay alive and escape from Tarkov. There is some other footage included, but it is primarily focused on [...]

Battlestate Games has boasted about Escape From Tarkov's Weapon Modding system practically since the game was announced. The company has previously stated that there are "possibly millions of combinations of tactical weapon add-ons" that players can choose from. It sounds quite in-depth and previous footage has shown that modifications can significantly alter your gun's appearance in addition to is stats. Last [...]

Battlestate Games published a massive post about the upcoming Escape From Tarkov Technical Alpha Test yesterday, detailing available content, in addition to how invites to testing will work. It will still be early days for Escape From Tarkov when the Technical Alpha Test begins and "the purpose of Technical Alpha Testing infers fine-tuning basic gameplay mechanics under high load conditions, [...]

Are you excited to play Escape From Tarkov? You will be happy to learn that Battlestate Games announced today that the game will be entering Closed Alpha testing on August 4th. It's unclear at this time whether the Closed Alpha will be an Early Access product or if those who have signed up in the past will be given a [...]

Eager to see what it's like to play Escape From Tarkov? Battlestate Games has released a new video with 28 minutes of gameplay. In this video, we get a look at looting, shooting, weapon customization, and more as it would be in-game. This video isn't a simple feature demo. It appears to show off the game in a more less [...]

We've seen bits and pieces of Escape From Tarkov, but tomorrow, Battlestate Games will be hosting its first livestream in which we will get to see more of its upcoming MMOFPS. What you can expect to see during the stream is as follows. The stream will feature a comprehensive first look of live gameplay, weapon handling, character loadouts, new loot [...]