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The developers behindEscape from Tarkovhave revealed their plans for 2024. The newEscape from Tarkov: Arena, as well as the originalEscape from Tarkov, are both receiving plenty of promising additions next year.
Escape from Tarkov: Arenafully releasedon May 27, 2025, givingTarkovfans a more fast-paced, arena-style way to enjoy their favorite game. While fans have their fair share of issues with the new title, some users have enjoyed the lower-stakes version ofEscape from Tarkov’s usually intense feel. However, the new game still has plenty of missing features or problems that need addressing. Thankfully, its developers have robust plans for the near future, as well as interesting additions for the base game ofEscape from Tarkov.
As reported byInsider Gaming,Escape from Tarkov’s developers revealed during a Twitch stream that in 2024,Escape from Tarkov: Arenawill receive a redesigned matchmaking system, new ranked play system, three new modes, four new maps, balance changes, additional presents, a 1.5 million roubles bonus for all players who logged in before June 21, 2025, and the ability to linkTarkov: Arenaprofiles withEscape from Tarkovprofiles. As forEscape from Tarkovin 2024, the extraction shooter will receive weather-based seasons, an uncapped version of the Ground Zero map, a significant rework of the game’s visuals and vegetation, and a new endgame scenario where players can actually escape from Tarkov.
What’s Coming to Escape from Tarkov: Arena in 2024?
What’s Coming to Escape from Tarkov in 2024?
This roadmap probably comes as promising news to mostEscape from Tarkovplayers, followingEscape from Tarkov: Arena’s rocky launch. Thankfully, its developers seem to be highly motivated to help the new game reach a respectable state. This news comes afterEscape from Tarkov’s recent update, which also saw a rough launch. Once the patch worked as intended, the update introduced new guns, a reworked recoil system, new movement mechanics, the new Ground Zero map, and a new boss.
Escape from Tarkovtook a hardline stanceagainst data mining its game files this past summer, threatening legal action against any who do so. While this has become a common practice in many games' communities to learn about future content, someEscape from Tarkovplayers were using this method to learn about boss spawn percentages, ammo damage, and other details that gave them an unfair advantage over those who weren’t privy to this information. In the interest of maintaining a level playing field forEscape from Tarkov’s unique and competitive format, its developers took serious action.
Although arguments could be made for someother intriguing PvPvE games,Escape from Tarkovis one of the most unique and expansive extraction shooters on the market. The game is usually credited with kickstarting the extraction shooter genre, and with good reason.
Escape from Tarkov
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Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore and realistic online first-person action RPG/Simulator with MMO features and a story-driven walkthrough. With each passing day the situation in the Norvinsk region grows more and more complicated. Incessant warfare in Tarkov has sparked massive panic; the local population has fled the city, but those who stayed are looking to improve their fortunes at the expense of others. Having accepted the new reality, savage Tarkov locals - “Scavs” flocked into well-armed gangs and started the redivision of the city. Nowadays, Tarkov is separated by unseen borders, controlled by different groups. Gain-greedy gunmen would go to any length to have their way, including the murder of civilians and direct confrontation with the two private military companies. The players will have to experience living in the skin of one of the mercenaries who survived the initial stage of the Tarkov conflict. After choosing one of the sides – USEC or BEAR – the player’s character starts to make his way out of the city. Tarkov is sealed off by UN and Russian military, supply chains are cut, communication with operational command is lost, and in these conditions everyone has to make his own choices of what to do and how to get out of the chaos-ridden metropolis.
