Step one in surviving Tarkov? Accept pain. By the time you’re reading this in 2026, everyone else has already finished the early wipe rush. They’ve got their hideouts upgraded, their flea market ...

Battlestate Games has announced a new Twitch Drops campaign for the launch of Escape From Tarkov that will give out free loot to viewers, but some of the more useful items are locked behind a paywall.

It's a daunting task to get into Escape from Tarkov. Battlestate Games’ extraction shooter has one of the steepest learning curves in all of gaming. Part of that are its maps, small or large, all come ...

Tarkov continues to miss the mark. After what has to be one of the worst days for a game studio ever, Battlestate Games has finally released a statement to address the controversy regarding the new ...

Welcome to the Field Guide - a series of tutorial videos for Escape from Tarkov by Battlestate Games. In this series we will introduce newcomers to the mechanics and nuances of the game and supplement ...

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After nearly a decade of alpha and beta, Escape from Tarkov has entered its full release, 1.0 state. The major update doesn’t overhaul what made the game a smash success, nor does it take much into ...

Singularly unforgiving, dizzyingly complex, and like no other FPS out there: the extraction shooter's extraction shooter. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every ...

You are playing as a Private Military Contractor trapped in the fictional region known as Tarkov in Battlestate Games’ ...