Developer Battlestate Games has released a statement apologising for the poor state of Escape From Tarkov on its 1.0 release. In a statement on social media platform X, game director Nikita Buyanov wrote about how the studio plans to cut down on technical issues by bringing in more servers to meet the demand. Along with this, he has also noted that the studio is working on updates that will fix some of the technical issues.
“Servers get full really fast so we[‘re] adding more and more servers worldwide to cut matching times more,” wrote Buyanov on X. “We are also fixing all of the incoming bugs, and as I said, we will continue to improve and fix the game for the next months.”
Along with this, Buyanov also thanked players for the interest and support they have shown in Escape From Tarkov, while also acknowledging that the extraction shooter still has legacy bugs from its alpha days that have still made it through to the 1.0 release.
“The release was rough for sure, sorry for that. But we are willing to continue fighting for everything good against bad. We will continue to provide to you, actual fans of the game, things that you will enjoy. We need to finally crack this performance problems, outdated stuff and legacy bugs which [are] left. Yes, a lot of things were fixed in release version, but it’s not enough.”
The studio itself has also posted an official statement on Steam, confirming that it is indeed working on technical updates that will fix a few core issues with Escape From Tarkov. The update will target issues when downloading Escape From Tarkov and EFT: Arena through Steam and the studio’s own BSG launcher, instances of error 228 when interacting with traders, and issues with incorrect lighting when interacting with traders.
In the meantime, the studio has asked players making use of Nvidia Smooth Motion to disable the setting, since players have been experiencing issues with starting Escape From Tarkov up with the setting enabled. A compensatory reward has also been promised to players in the “near future” – a Bear Classic and USEC Night Patrol set. Players that already own these items will get the equivalent amount of in-game credits.
“We understand that this might not be the complete list of the issues that players are facing and the problems that are not included in the list will also be addressed with the upcoming patches,” wrote the developer.
Escape From Tarkov’s 1.0 release was also met with the title’s official release on Steam. However, reception has been quite critical, with many players complaining about the myriad of technical issues plaguing the PvPvE extraction shooter. At the time of writing the user reviews for the title on Steam are currently sitting at an aggregate of “Mixed”, with only 46 percent of the English user reviews being positive.
Buyanov has also previously stated that the studio might be looking at bringing Escape From Tarkov to consoles. While details haven’t yet been confirmed, the developer is likely looking at efficient ways to translate the shooter’s more complex UI/UX to become more controller-friendly.
