Battlestate has announced a release date for the 1.0 version of Escape from Tarkov, which will escape its early access shackles this coming November 15, 2025.
The news was announced with an intense live-action trailer on the studio's official YouTube channel, where the release date first shown on the watch of a downed soldier, and then more prominently displayed on a computer screen as the final shot of the trailer.
Ahead of its launch, players in attendance at any of the following events will be able to check out the 1.0 build for Escape from Tarkov, with the final event in South Korea overlapping with the game's 1.0 launch.
When Escape from Tarkov arrives this coming November, it will have spent a little more than nine years in early access before its 1.0 launch. At the time of this writing, it's not completely clear what changes are coming and what specifically will be included in the 1.0 version, but with the coming build appearing at the above four global events, hopefully, we'll start to hear more about the new version soon.
In the meantime, Battlestate just recently released a new patch for the game, with update 0.16.9.0 now live, bringing a slew of balance changes and tweaks.
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