Escape from Tarkov and Fragmentary Order are linked; that much has been confirmed by Battlestate Games’ Nikita Buyanov. But I recently sat down with the head of the studio to discuss exactly how they’re linked. While chatting, Nikita mentioned something that any Escape from Tarkov fan should find extremely exciting.
There’s the potential for us to revisit Escape from Tarkov’s maps 200+ years in the future in Fragmentary Order, Nikita’s new game that’s being pieced together at Rant Gaming, a separate studio.
Could We Go Back to Tarkov?
While talking to Nikita Buyanov in our exclusive interview, I learned that Fragmentary Order takes place more than 200 years in the future beyond Escape from Tarkov’s timeline. It’s not a direct sequel as such, but it does take place in the same universe. There will even be references between each game’s factions.
During our conversation, the talk turned to the potential to visit Earth in Fragmentary Order. Until now, all we’ve seen is Mars, but we know about Nikita’s ambition to create a much more expansive universe at the heart of the saga that is ‘FragO’.
Here’s what he said:
I think one of the things that I want to do in Fragmentary Order… One of the locations will be Earth’s location, and Tarkov, long forgotten and ruined.
It’s a suggestion and not a promise, but it’s a wild one.
I then went off down a path and started reeling off ideas of my own, suggesting that we could see Escape from Tarkov’s maps, rebuilt as one open-world, post-apocalyptic experience, constructed in Fragmentary Order’s Unreal Engine rendition.
Nikita played coy:
Yeah, it’s crazy… Crazy.
Whatever happens, the fact is that Escape from Tarkov and Fragmentary Order are linked. Buyanov even mentioned the potential teasers and easter eggs that could surface in the futuristic, sci-fi shooter. I made a joke about seeing Shturman’s great-great-great-grandson as a boss character, and he didn’t say no!
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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