A few years ago, GameSpot spoke with Escape From Tarkov‘s project lead Nikita Buyanov about the then-unreleased shooter’s ambitions, including its blend of action, survival, and role-playing, its high-risk looting system, and more. You can read the full interview from 2016 here.
Now, with Escape From Tarkov a few years into its closed beta and recently enjoying a popularity spike on Twitch thanks to some popular streamers, we’ve decided to revisit a few major questions newcomers may have about the upcoming MMOFPS. Namely: will Escape From Tarkov have microtransactions?
New players can rest easy. According to Buyanov, Escape From Tarkov will be “a traditional, full purchase,” free of microtransactions and other free-to-play trappings. That means you pay once and you get the full content of the game.
There are currently a few editions of Escape From Tarkov available for pre-order on its official website. Its Standard Edition is $44.99 and comes with instant access to the closed beta, plus a few items to get you started. The more advanced, pricier editions come with more items and a bigger stash, which is where you store in-game loot after you’ve completed a raid. Some players have questioned whether Tarkov’s pre-order model is “pay to win” based on the additional items and stash sizes that more expensive editions afford buyers, but others argue it makes no difference given Tarkov’s high-stakes perma-loss system.
Currently, you can only buy Escape From Tarkov on its official website and play it using developer Battlestate Games’ client, the Battlestate Games Launcher–which has many new players and potential new players asking if Escape From Tarkov will have a Steam release.
Escape from Tarkov has been available in early access since 2016, but as of right now you can only get it directly from the game’s official site. The survival shooter has exploded in popularity recently, having received a major update in October 2019 which introduced Hideouts as well as several new items and bug fixes, and briefly became the most viewed game on Twitch thanks, in part, to some prominent streamers getting into it. This has many players wondering if a Steam release is planned. It’s been a while since Russian developer Battlestate Games has commented on this, but all signs suggest that Escape From Tarkov will come to Steam…eventually.
The clearest evidence is from a 2016 interview with WCCFTech, in which developer Pavel Dyatlov says that the game will come to Steam once it reaches 1.0. “We will first release the game on our platform and then we will launch on Steam, that’s the plan,” Dyatlov said, also mentioning that the game could come to consoles after its PC release.
Escape From Tarkov has remained in early access much longer than originally planned, however, and a year ago players on Reddit speculated that the game has not released on Steam because the developers would receive a lot of refund requests over the state the game was in. More recently, however, consensus among players has been that while the game is in better shape, the developers will still likely only release to Steam once the game is complete.
The FAQ on the Escape from Tarkov page suggests that the game will receive a testing phase on Steam, but it has not been updated since 2015. With all of this in mind, we believe that the game will eventually release on Steam, when it’s complete…but that might be a while away yet.
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When most people think of thin-and-powerful gaming laptops, things like the MSI GS65 Stealth and Razer Blade come to mind. Asus also has had a new models rocking the boat too, but now the company wants to truly win the crown with the ROG Zephyrus G14.
Measuring in at 17.9mm thin and weighing a scant 3.53 pounds, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is one seriously thin and light laptop. This 14-inch laptop’s extreme weight savings comes courtesy of its magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis, which feels like its actually made of metal unlike other notebooks made of this metal mixture.
Pokemon Sword and Shield features Fossil Pokemon that can only be obtained by finding and combining fossils. Here are the fossil locations and fossil combination results you need to know to get all four Fossil Pokemon. And don’t worry about which version of the game you have, none of these Fossil Pokemon are version exclusives.
Watch the video below for how to get and combine all the fossils or keep scrolling for the written steps.
How to Get Fossils
The easiest and 100% guaranteed way to get your first few fossils is to talk to the NPC inside the Pokemon Center in Stow-on-Side. They’re standing by the table on the left. The first time you talk to them you’ll get two fossils. After that, they’ll only provide a tip related to Fossil Pokemon.
AMD repaved the computing landscape last year when it introduced its 7nm Ryzen 3rd Generation processors and Navi graphics cards, but we were sorely disappointed when it didn’t bring this breakthrough to its mobile platforms. Thankfully AMD is finally correcting that mistake by introducing 7nm Ryzen 4 processors for laptops.
AMD announced the new Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU that fits neatly between its more affordable 5500 Series and the more high-end 5700 Series graphic cards. The 5600 line is meant to run games at the highest levels of 1080p, so while it’s not meant to push 4K graphics, it will be a suitable replacement for older 1080p cards.
AMD took the stage at CES 2020 to reveal the specs for its newest 5000-series GPU, the RX 5600 XT. Here are the numbers at a glance:
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A new month has begun, which means a new batch of Field Research tasks is now live in Pokemon Go. Unlike Special Research quests, which are assigned by Professor Willow, Field Research tasks are distributed through PokeStops. You’ll receive a random task when you spin the Photo Disc at a stop, and you can have up to three active tasks at a time.
Each Field Research task you complete will unlock rewards, which can range from rare items to Pokemon encounters. The first task you complete each day will also net you a stamp. Each time you collect seven stamps, you’ll achieve a Research Breakthrough, which will unlock even more rewards, including an encounter with a special Pokemon.
Last month, the reward for achieving a Research Breakthrough would be an encounter with a Legendary Pokemon, but Niantic is offering a different reward for January 2020. Each time you achieve a Research Breakthrough this month, you’ll get a chance to catch a Lapras that knows Ice Beam or Ice Shard. This marks the first time you could get the Pokemon with either move since 2018.
As previously mentioned, the Field Research tasks you receive will be randomly taken from a larger pool. You can see the updated list of Pokemon Go’s Field Research tasks as well as the possible rewards they dole out below, courtesy of The Silph Road.
There’s plenty more happening in Pokemon Go this month. The Legendary Pokemon Heatran is returning to five-star Raids from January 7 to February 4, while the Hatchathon event runs until January 16. The first Community Day of 2020 is also set for Sunday, January 19, although Niantic hasn’t revealed what the featured Pokemon will be yet.
Pokemon Go January 2020 Field Research Tasks
Catching Tasks
Field Research Task
Rewards
Catch 5 Pokemon with Weather boost
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Catch 10 Pokemon with Weather boost
500 Stardust, 6 Razz Berries, 2 Pinap Berries, or 5 Great Balls
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