Abstract
- Battlestate Video games COO Nikita Buyanov prompt that Escape from Tarkov will not come to consoles.
- The 1.0 launch of the hit extraction shooter is deliberate for late 2025, greater than eight years following its beta launch.
A senior Battlestate Video games official mentioned that Escape from Tarkov is slated to launch on house consoles, however not earlier than it involves the Recreation Boy. That’s to say: Escape from Tarkov will not be coming to consoles.
July 27 will mark the eighth anniversary of Escape from Tarkov launching in beta. Following years of content material additions and general enhancements, the sport is these days nearing its full-fledged launch, which is at present deliberate for late 2025.
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With Escape from Tarkov model 1.0 being on the horizon, some followers have been speculating that Battlestate Video games may quickly have the assets to pursue a console port of its hit extraction shooter. Nonetheless, no such undertaking is deliberate, based on Battlestate’s chief working officer, Nikita Buyanov. Talking throughout the newest episode of the Tarkov TV broadcast sequence, Buyanov fielded a fan query a few potential console model of Escape from Tarkov, replying that it’ll occur “sometime, however earlier than, we are going to launch on [the] Recreation Boy.”
Battlestate Wasn’t All the time Dismissive of an Escape from Tarkov Console Port
The chief’s comment was ostensibly only a tongue-in-cheek method of indicating a console port of the favored extraction shooter is not within the works. The remark marks a notable departure from Battlestate’s earlier messaging, as the corporate wasn’t all the time so dismissive in regards to the thought of porting its flagship title to consoles. For instance, in a 2020 interview, former Battlestate developer Pavel Dyatlov mentioned {that a} console model of Escape from Tarkov was a risk, however not earlier than the sport launches on Steam. 5 years later, the extraction shooter nonetheless hasn’t made its option to Valve’s storefront, which Buyanov beforehand prompt will not occur till the 1.0 model is out.
Whereas a console port of the hit sport now not appears to be on the desk, its 1.0 launch is lastly drawing close to. That is based on a not too long ago shared Escape from Tarkov roadmap masking the rest of 2025. The content material agenda states that the sport will depart beta earlier than the top of the yr, however after the 0.16.9.0 patch, which is deliberate to roll out someday in August 2025. That acknowledged timeline means that the 1.0 launch will presumably materialize within the fourth quarter of the yr.
Within the meantime, Escape from Tarkov‘s subsequent patch is scheduled for Could 2025. Recognized by model quantity 0.16.6.0, the upcoming replace guarantees AI habits changes, balancing adjustments, and optimizations for the Lighthouse map. Shoreline map audio enhancements may even be a part of the bundle, along with a brand new in-game occasion.
Escape from Tarkov
- Launched
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July 27, 2017
- ESRB
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m
- Engine
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Unity
- Multiplayer
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On-line Multiplayer
