As of right now, Battlestate does not see playable female characters as one of those priorities. Battlestate Games has released patch notes for update 0.12.11.5, which primarily fixes bugs and improves the overall optimisation of Escape. But which difficult things you choose to do indicates your priorities for what your game is going to be. The latest Escape From Tarkov patch notes for update 12.11.5 detail a host of performance and bug fixes and lays the groundwork for some more significant changes down the line. But let's be honest: Everything in game development is a huge amount of work. As Kotaku reports, the creators at Battlestate have reiterated that, no, the game will not have playable ladies, because it would require 'a huge amount of work' and also, uh, 'game lore.' Now, it's not clear how much work would go into such a thing-this has been brought up as an excuse before and debated before. But over the past couple of months, it's seen a meteoric rise on streaming platforms, which has thrust the game into the spotlight and given developer Battlestate Games a delightful chance to … double down on its questionable decisions.ĭecisions like refusing to put playable women characters in their game, which features fairly anonymous, personality-free playable characters. It released quietly a couple years ago as another gritty military simulator game in a whole world of gritty military simulator games. No, the Developers of Escape From Tarkov Will Not Create Playable Women Charactersĭo you remember Escape From Tarkov? If you don't, that's OK.
