Gaming🎮 Escape from Tarkov devs won't call its controversial PvE mode DLC, but it is making it free for players who own a now delisted edition of the game

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After facing controversy over an incredibly pricey Escape from Tarkov gamemode, Battlestate Games has decided to release it for free after all - kind of.

Earlier this week, Battlestate Games made the quite baffling decision to announce that Escape from Tarkov's upcoming PvE mode will cost a whopping $267 for new players, which obviously did not go down well with the game's community. Further frustrating was the fact that those who owned the Edge of Darkness edition were meant to get all future DLCs for free, except that edition has now been delisted, and those who do own that version of the game would still have to pay $100 to upgrade to the new Unheard Edition. It's a ridiculous amount of money for not even a full game, just a single mode, and following the reaction, it seems like Battlestate Games has changed its mind on how it will be selling the mode, mostly for the better.

Battlestate Games studio head Nik Buyanov shared a post on the game's official subreddit to "clarify the situation." According to Buyanov, the PvE gamemode "is not DLC. DLC in our understanding is the major additions to the game, including various functionality and content that are released after the official release of the game as a themed DLC pack (Scav Life DLC for example, which will add a lot of new mechanics and content for Scav gameplay and levelling)."

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