Escape From Tarkov director reveals planned updates for the rest of 2025

Escape from Tarkov game director Nikita Buyanov has commented on some updates planned for the game by the end of 2025. It seems that after the difficult launch of 1.0 Escape from Tarkov players are in for an exciting ride for the rest of the year.

Escape from Tarkov entered 1.0 and was released on Steam on November 15th, immediately facing massive server issues. Many players were unable to play the game, leading Buyanov to apologize for the early game Escape from Tarkov problems online. This was not the case before Escape from Tarkov it was critically bombed on Steam, earning a “Mixed” rating, which it holds to this day. After years of anticipation, it was a shame that he had such a rough start.

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Escape From Tarkov has a lot of updates coming in the next few months

Regardless of the last one Escape from Tarkov Game director Nikita Buyanov took X to explain the game's plans for the near future. According to Buyanova, Battlestate Games will use the upcoming period to “prioritize and get more and more fixes and improvements to the game.” There will also be “Tarkov winter, new story quests, new event” as well as “traditional New Year's TarkovTV in December”.

Buyanov also talked about the “introduction of seasonality with a whole system of new seasons”, but says that it will arrive “sometime after” the mentioned updates. As a result, it is very unlikely to happen Escape from Tarkov update for 2025. Still, it's good to know that Battlestate Games feels they have some work to do to keep improving Escape from Tarkov experience for the future and it could be a very exciting 2026 for the game.

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Looking a little further into the future, this was confirmed earlier this year Escape from Tarkov is coming to consoles and will receive its first post-launch DLC, Scav Life. Neither of those things appear to be coming anytime soon, and players are probably looking at the second half of 2026 before they become more realistic prospects.