'Escape From Tarkov' is down as devs add "Operational Tasks"

'Escape From Tarkov' is down for maintenance, as Battlestate Games adds a surprise new feature - which look like daily quests - to the game. News Music Film TV Gaming Radar Magazine Shop NMESpecialIssues UltimateMusicGuides HistoryOfRock Radio DiscountCodes Search Music News Features Reviews Interviews Radar AlbumReleases2021 Film News Features Reviews Interviews TV News Features Interviews Reviews Recaps Gaming News Features Reviews Guides GameReleases2021 UK Australia Asia News Music Film TV Gaming Radar Magazine Shop NMESpecialIssues UltimateMusicGuides HistoryOfRock Radio DiscountCodes Search Trending Coldplay Adele SquidGame EltonJohn FearTheWalkingDead SamFender LanaDelRey Music News Features Reviews Interviews Radar AlbumReleases2021 Film News Features Reviews Interviews TV News Features Interviews Reviews Recaps Gaming News Features Reviews Guides GameReleases2021 NewsGamingNews ‘EscapeFromTarkov’isdownasdevsadd“OperationalTasks” LookslikedailyquestsarefinallycomingtoTarkov ByAndyBrown 22ndOctober2021 EscapeFromTarkov.Credit:BattlestateGames EscapeFromTarkovisdownforroughlythreehours,asBattlestateGamesaddsanewfeaturecalled“OperationalTasks”tothegame. READMORE:Investigatingthehackingarmsraceattheheartof‘EscapeFromTarkov’ EscapeFromTarkovserversaredowntoday(October22),asBattlestateGamestweetedthatthegamewouldbeunavailablestarting“inthenextfewminutes”. Tarkovwillbeofflinefor“approximately3hours”,thoughthedowntime“canbeextendedifnecessary”. AdvertisementThegamewentdownaround4PMBST,meaningthat–ifeverythinggoeswell–EscapeFromTarkovshouldbebackonlineataround7PMBST. Theupdateinstallationwilltakeapproximately3hours,butcanbeextendedifnecessary.Thegamewillbeunavailableduringthisperiod.Weapologizeforanyinconveniencecaused —BattlestateGames(@bstategames)October22,2021 Theshort-noticemaintenanceperiodwillallowBattlestateGamestoadd“anewmechanictothegame”,whichitstateswillbecalled“OperationalTasks”. ManyspeculatethattheseOperationalTaskswillbedailyquests,includingqueststhatchangeevery24hoursandofferavarietyofrewards. InSeptember,BattlestateGamesCOONikitaBuyanovsaidthatdailyquestswouldbeaddedtothegamethisyearifeverythingwentwell.TheteamalsosharedafirstlookattheupcomingmapLighthouse,whichissettoarrivewithpatch12.12. @escapefromtarkov somethingiscomingtoTarkov…#escapefromtarkov#побегизтаркова ♬оригинальныйзвук–EscapefromTarkov AdvertisementBattlestateGamesalsopostedaTikTokwiththecaption“somethingiscomingtoTarkov…”,whichseemstoshowaglimpseoflifeintheshoesofaScav. Yesterday(October21),anEscapeFromTarkovpatchimplementedavarietyofbugfixes,includingseveralissuesinvolvingtheinventoryinterface.Thepatchalsoincludedfixesforacoupleofperformanceproblemsinthegame. Inothernews,developersonHaloInfinitehavepromisedno“complexDRM”willbeinvolvedwiththegameonPC. Doublingdownoncommentsmadeearlierindevelopment,principalsoftwareengineerMichaelVanKuiperssaidtheteamdoesn’twant“anythingthat’sgoingtoinhibitaplayer’sabilitytoplaythewaytheywanttoplay”. RelatedTopicsBattlestateGamesEscapeFromTarkovPC Advertisement Advertisement