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There could be more Tarkov coming our way. A new Escape From Tarkov game could soon be in the works if a tease from the head of developer Battlestate Games, Nikita Buyanov, is to be believed. Posting ...

Battlestate Games releases an Escape From Tarkov content roadmap for the first half of 2026, revealing some big and unexpected future updates.

Escape from Tarkov was never supposed to be this big. Hardcore and unforgiving, its designers assumed it'd be a niche video game for real masochists. The game entered its extended alpha testing phase ...

Following news that Escape from Tarkov is escaping its perpetual beta, the pioneering extraction shooter is also about to make its debut on Steam. Nikita Buyanov, head of the Battlestate Games studio ...

Reaching the end of a game is always a special moment, but Escape From Tarkov director Nikita Buyanov says triumphing in Battlestate's genre-defining extraction shooter should be considered even more ...

Escape from Tarkov players may finally get the chance to escape from the fictional war-torn city in northwest Russia, but it won't be easy. During a live Q&A at Tokyo Game Show, Nikita Buyanov, the ...

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...

Escape From Tarkov game director Nikita Buyanov has always been a divisive presence, unafraid to speak his mind and ready to give much as he gets from the extraction shooter's hardcore community. He's ...

One day after its 1.0 and Steam release, Escape From Tarkov is already being review-bombed. However, despite Escape From Tarkov's Steam review rating tanking right now, it doesn't seem to have all ...