{"id":1403311,"date":"2025-11-24T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WnJbR3YHK7kgz9gjdXkWtU"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:01:27","slug":"escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape from Tarkov director says the launch week&#8217;s wobbles were &#8216;actual stress testing not only of our servers but also our mind and nerves&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Escape From Tarkov released on Steam on November 15, taking the excellent extraction shooter out of beta after a mere eight years, and almost immediately had a bit of a wobble. Players found themselves unable to log in, with demand being such that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/escape-from-tarkov-shoots-to-the-top-of-downdetector-debuts-on-steam-to-mixed-reviews-as-players-struggle-to-log-in-best-extraction-shooter-that-you-cant-play\/\" target=\"_blank\">developer Battlestate Games acknowledged severe server woes<\/a>, and then came the inevitable review bombing from those who couldn&#8217;t play. Welcome to Steam, comrade!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a week,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikgeneburn\/status\/1992130555950100569\" target=\"_blank\">wrote director and Battlestate COO Nikita Buyanov on X<\/a>. &#8220;This week was actual stress testing not only of our servers but also our mind and nerves for sure. But seeing you enjoy the game makes us feel better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stuff like server issues and bugs can be fixed, of course, though people also have issues with Tarkov&#8217;s full release that aren&#8217;t going away: primarily, existing owners having to re-buy the game on Steam. That&#8217;s not going to change, though presumably the disquiet will die down over time (and while it would&#8217;ve been nice, existing owners can of course still play through the Battlestate launcher).<\/p>\n<p>Buyanov went on to discuss the near future for the game in the runup to the new year, though stopped short of offering any details on the long-teased Scav Life DLC, which will focus on the game&#8217;s unloved third faction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.28%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"YEVFSytADYQwA5HuVuQT5S\" name=\"e6ee29e1f757fbb4b09c45b815b31622.jpg\" alt=\"Escape From Tarkov screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2161\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Battlestate Games)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We plan to use this couple of months to prioritize and get more and more fixes and improvements into the game,&#8221; says Buyanov. &#8220;Also there will be winter in Tarkov, new storyline quests, new events. Sometime after there will be the introduction of seasonal characters with the whole new seasons system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tarkov traditionally has weather events, with the landscape typically covered in snow from late November until spring: it makes everything prettier, and crunches underfoot so it&#8217;s even easier for other players to hear and headshot you.<\/p>\n<p>Buyanov signs off by announcing the &#8220;traditional New Year TarkovTV in December&#8221; with &#8220;all of the additional info&#8221;, and has put up two time-limited codes for some in-game goodies: &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikgeneburn\/status\/1992202109031477699\" target=\"_blank\">SCAVYBOI<\/a>&#8221; and, for a free drill, &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikgeneburn\/status\/1992919123685470434\" target=\"_blank\">ITSADRILL<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"128dbb75-5448-4fc1-bca6-f4ce1e9aa976\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"128dbb75-5448-4fc1-bca6-f4ce1e9aa976\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escape From Tarkov released on Steam on November 15, taking the excellent extraction shooter out of beta after a mere eight years, and almost immediately had a bit of a wobble. Players found themselves unable to log in, with demand being such that developer Battlestate Games acknowledged severe server woes, and then came the inevitable review bombing from those who couldn&#8217;t play. Welcome to Steam, comrade! &#8220;What a week,&#8221; wrote director and Battlestate COO Nikita Buyanov on X. &#8220;This week was actual stress testing not only of our servers but also our mind and nerves for sure. But seeing you enjoy the game makes us feel better.&#8221; Stuff like server issues and bugs can be fixed, of course, though people also have issues with Tarkov&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/escape-from-tarkov-director-says-the-launch-weeks-wobbles-were-actual-stress-testing-not-only-of-our-servers-but-also-our-mind-and-nerves\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1403312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1403311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Escape from Tarkov director says the launch 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