From Babel UA: "With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the aggressor also affected the video game industry. The largest game publishers — Ubisoft, EA Games, Rockstar — have limited sales of their products in Russia and Belarus. And Steam, GOG and Epic Games stores have stopped accepting payments in rubles. But Russian players have already learned to circumvent the bans of publishers and shops — there are many instructions about how to do this on the Internet. The situation with the game developers of the aggressor countries is even more complicated. Many of them are not officially Russian or Belarusian, but have long opened offices in Europe and work from Britain, Hungary, and other countries. Russian developers usually donʼt comment on Russiaʼs aggression against Ukraine, continue to cooperate with Western companies and sell their games to Western players. Babel tells about the games Escape from Tarkov, World of Tanks, and War Thunder, which are popular in Europe and the United States, and about the behavior of their developers, who deliberately do not publicly state their position on the war or order advertising from outspoken supporters of the Putin regime."
Battlestate Games has announced that Escape from Tarkov 1.0 will be launching sometime this year, and a Steam version has also been confirmed.
Battlestate Games has released the Season 0 Battle Pass, a landmark feature in Tarkov: Arena. Get the full lowdown on what it includes here.
The rewards are surprisingly decent and still fall in line with what I’d expect in the tarkov universe, unlike some other games that would sacrifice its identity for a payday.
War Thunder is making the jump from your screen to your shelf, with a range of plastic model kits sold in collaboration with Italeri.
