With Escape From Tarkov 1.0's first week in the books, its director lays out what's next for the extraction game
Escape From Tarkov 1.0 has now been here for a week, and it's gone about as I expected. It might have been one of the first FPS games to lock down what's now become the hyper-popular extraction shooter or 'PvPvE' format, but Tarkov in 2025 has a lot more competition. While sentiment around the actual content of the 1.0 update has largely been positive, it's been overshadowed by everything from crashes and server struggles to rivals like Arc Raiders and, yes, even the solo alternative that is Escape From Duckov. But Battlestate COO Nikita Buyanov isn't too worried, and he's already lining up what's next.Read the full story on PCGamesN: With Escape From Tarkov 1.0's first week in the books, its director lays out what's next for the extraction game