It’s been a rough 24 hours or so forEscape From TarkovdeveloperBattlestate Games. After releasing a controversial $250 ‘Unheard Edition’ of the popular first-person shooter, Battlestate Games found itself in hot water with fans after the pricey edition included “pay-to-win” upgrades.
Fans were also annoyed by the fact that they had previously purchased a $100 ‘Edge of Darkness Edition’, which promised to include all future DLC. Now, however, Battlestate Games has opted to lock a new PvE game mode behind the more expensive Unheard Edition. While the game’s lead community manager Daniel Mavlyuberdinov says the mode is not classified as DLC (via Forbes), fans think otherwise.
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But just when you think things couldn’t have possibly gotten any worse, Battlestate Games goes ahead and takes a pop shot at the upcoming ultra-real military simulation game, Arena Breakout: Infinite, only to get absolutely roasted and give the game some free publicity.
After Arena Breakout: Infinite playfully took a shot at Escape From Tarkov amidst the current controversy, Battlestate Games replied by calling the game “blatant plagiarism.”
“Have a nice 20-minute adventure in the blatant plagiarist game. In and out,“a post on Battlestate Games' X(formerly Twitter) account reads. Unfortunately, Battlestate didn’t get the response it was looking for from fans. “20 minutes is still 10 times as long as I last against cheaters in your game,” Twitch streamerDrLupo replied. Another user used the opportunity to mock Escape From Tarkov’s expensive editions,saying, “For whatever reason, it’s saying I can’t see this tweet unless I pay another $100.”
Arena Breakout: Infinite responded once again by saying, “Bro, we are willing to give you a key to try ABI, at least it’s free. Thanks for all the support here, we are still a game in development. All comments and discussions are welcome here. Welcome to Kamona.” In short, Escape From Tarkov has just played right into the hands of Arena Breakout: Inifnite and given the relatively small and unknown title a ton of free exposure.
After receiving over 5,000 retweets on their post, Arena Breakout: Infinite added a further 10,000 slots to their closed beta test, which begins on May 8th. If you’re saying goodbye to Tarkov, head on over to theofficial Arena Breakout: Infinite websiteto register for the closed beta.
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