@trashcompactorYT

1 year ago

Hired Ops is the sequel to a game called Contract Wars, a game which came out in 2011 and was browser only for a long time. The developers were originally called AbsolutSoft, and were led by none other than Nikita Buyanov, the man behind Battlestate Games and Escape from Tarkov. Around late 2012 to early 2013, Nikita started posting concept art for a project he was working on by himself called Russia 2028. This project was eventually put on indefinite hold, and in the resulting silence Nikita founded a sister studio to AbsolutSoft called Battlestate Games, and began work on a new shooter set in the Russia 2028/Contract Wars universe, called Escape from Tarkov. Initially people thought this was a revival of R2028, but as the game inched closer and closer to closed alpha and beta testing, Nikita clarified that Russia 2028 would be a singleplayer game, and that Tarkov would be its multiplayer prequel. Tarkov obviously has become a massive success, and because of that, Battlestate Games grew apart from AbsolutSoft and became a much larger company. Nikita did not mind AS continuing working on Contract Wars and eventually Hired Ops, and they even exchanged some voice lines and other assets to achieve greater continuity in the universe they'd laid before us. Recently, Battlestate acquired AbsolutSoft due to AbsolutSoft doing exactly what you said and abandoning the game, and as a result they now own Contract Wars and Hired Ops. This is why the intro now says Battlestate Games. We may actually get some support for it in the future! The universe and lore of Tarkov is actually very expansive and has had over a decade of writing put into it. Russia 2028 was actually conceived before Contract Wars, and because of that the world is already almost entirely fleshed out for all three games to thrive in. Russia 2028 is still in limbo, but Nikita does mention it occasionally and still says that it will enter full production the minute Tarkov releases in a 1.0 state, but people are skeptical as Tarkov seemly has many years to go before it will be complete, and we may actually reach the year 2028 before Russia 2028 is even officially revealed. In the meantime we have Tarkov Arena to look forward to, which aims to be a blend of faster paced FPS games such as Hired Ops, and the brutal gunplay and survival mechanics of Escape from Tarkov. Sorry for the novel. Just a huge BSG/AS nerd who has played their games since I was a teenager lol. I love having opportunities to talk about their history since a lot of people aren't aware how in depth the lore is.

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