{"id":125325,"date":"2022-06-06T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125325"},"modified":"2022-06-06T10:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:53:02","slug":"escape-from-tarkov-arena-a-new-standalone-fps-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125325-escape-from-tarkov-arena-a-new-standalone-fps-game","title":{"rendered":"Escape from Tarkov Arena \u2014 a new standalone FPS game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Escape from Tarkov<\/em> developer Battlestate Games has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarkov\/status\/1532834401440112640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a><\/strong> that its highly anticipated arena mode is coming soon as a standalone game.<\/p>\n<p>The new spin-off is called <em>Escape from Tarkov Arena<\/em> and will feature PvP and PvE &#8220;gladiatorial&#8221; combat in various arenas throughout the city of Tarkov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEscape from Tarkov Arena is a standalone game project \u2014 a session-based multiplayer first-person shooter for PC with all the known and beloved hardcore game mechanics of Escape from Tarkov,\u201d said Battlestate Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Deathmatch-type game will also feature a progression system with weapon and gear unlocks, and current owners of <em>Escape from Tarkov <\/em>will be able to play as their main profile characters.<\/p>\n<p>Battlestate Games has promised players who own both <em>Escape from Tarkov<\/em> and its latest <em>Edge of Darkness<\/em> DLC pack access to Arena at no additional cost.<\/p>\n<p>For owners of other <em>Escape from Tarkov<\/em> editions, <em>Arena<\/em> will be offered as a paid DLC, while gamers that have not purchased the title at all will have the option of purchasing <em>Escape from Tarkov Arena <\/em>as a standalone game.<\/p>\n<p>Battlestate hasn&#8217;t said how much <em>Escape from Tarkov Arena<\/em> will cost if purchased as a DLC or a standalone game.<\/p>\n<p>While a release window for the project is still unknown, closed beta testing for Arena is scheduled to start in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Escape from Tarkov: Arena Announcement Teaser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EscapefromTarkov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EscapefromTarkov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XOjbitEoHY\">https:\/\/t.co\/XOjbitEoHY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LnatwdUH5G\">pic.twitter.com\/LnatwdUH5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Battlestate Games (@bstategames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bstategames\/status\/1532829096417296384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read: <a title=\"Permalink to Four new free games for Xbox Gold revealed\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125317-four-new-free-games-for-xbox-gold-revealed\" rel=\"bookmark\">Four new free games for Xbox Gold revealed<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battlestate Games has announced the \u201cgladiatorial\u201d standalone game project called Escape from Tarkov Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":125326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[26252,26253,15397,1157],"class_list":["post-125325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-battlestate-games","tag-escape-from-tarkov","tag-pc","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}