2024-04-29 05:49:25
Escape survival shooter “Escape from Tarkov”, which is still in closed beta testing, Russian developer Battlestate Games was recently involved in a serious PR crisis due to the launch last week of its latest DLC “The Unheard Edition”. was very unhappy and even attracted attention and ridicule from his colleagues in “DayZ” and “Bad Soldier 2”.
On April 25, Battlestate released the latest DLC “The Unheard Edition” for “Escape from Tarkov”, which includes a new offline mode, a new PvE co-op mode without progress reset, new gear and melee weapons, extended storage bins, among others. other features cost $250.
However, in late 2023, “Escape from Tarkov” launched an “Edge of Darkness Edition” gift box priced at $150, which at the time promised that players would have access to all future DLC content.
According to a player’s question on Discord, appl3z0r, the official community manager, responded that the new PvE co-op mode is not part of the DLC, emphasizing that“PvE is a feature, not a game mode”which means that players who purchased the “Edge of Darkness” gift pack cannot play the new co-op mode, which has caused dissatisfaction among many players who previously purchased the “Edge of Darkness” gift pack.
Although the “Edge of Darkness” gift set can be upgraded to “The Unheard Edition” for an additional $100, the price prohibits the majority of players, leading to a tense situation on SNS platforms such as Reddit, X/ Twitter and Discord.
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After days of community criticism, Battlestate CEO Nikita Buyanov finally released a statement emphasizing that players who purchase the “Edge of Darkness” gift pack can play the new PvE mode without further payment. However, due to server capacity issues, “Edge of Darkness”. ” players This can become a “batch” opening to join the game mode.
At the same time, Buyanov emphasized that the PvE mode of the official version 1.0 can be supported by modifying the Mod and that it will continue to sell “The Unheard Edition” DLC and improved versions of other gift packs . The list of additional benefits of the “. The “Edge of Darkness” gift box will also be redesigned and removed. The controversial priority team plan allows all players to join the team fairly.
Unfortunately, the CEO’s apologetic statement failed to quell the community’s anger. Players were even more upset that the CEO’s apology was worded “I’m sorry for making you feel that way” instead of “I’m sorry I did it.” “Such a thing”, and this incident also attracted the attention of colleagues in the game industry.
For example, in “Helldivers 2”, Arrowhead Studio took advantage of the situation to promote its own game’s soldier armor, pointing out that a CM-21 Trench Paramedic only costs 250 Super Points (around 90-100 NT $, and the store currency is also (can be earned in-game) to satirize the $250 DLC of “Escape from Tarkov” and another survival masterpiece “DayZ” also joined this topic ;
Although the off-site jokes slightly dampened the serious atmosphere of “Escape from Tarkov”, this wave of Battlestate Games operations had a serious impact on the studio’s goodwill and community trust.
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