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‘Escape From Tarkov’ Coming To Steam In the Coming Weeks (www.forbes.com)
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[–] 54 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Personally I'll avoid sending any Western money to the Russian economy that I can. BSG has been able to weasel out of political controversy thus far...but it's a milsim, the devs are probably more pro-Russia than not, they're just smart enough to keep their mouths shut and keep accepting Western patronage.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    This also makes me curious how it was even possible for them to bring it to Steam in the first place, logically speaking, with Russia being under international sanctions and all major payment processors no longer accepting business from there?

    Did they like make this happen with a shell company or something elsewhere? Lol

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    I don't remember the details but there are deliberate references to a real paramilitary group which fights for Russia.

    EDIT: The group in question is 715 Team. Their logo is shown on the "Ground Zero" map.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Blue beret item references the VDV, airborne russian troops, in the description. Also one of the armbands has the russian flag on it.

    Although because the game is shown through the lens of PMCs (you're not fighting as or against Russian/UN/NATO troops), most of the russian military references are minimal (unless you count the descriptions of weapons detailing their design/usage histories).

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