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Trent Kusters chats with Nikita Buyanov, the COO, Founder, and Game Director at Battlestate Games, creators of Escape From Tarkov. Together they discuss his journey in games to the founding of Battlestate Games; the inspirations behind Escape From Tarkov that led to the creation of the extraction shooter genre; keeping their own artistic vision intact while listening to community feedback; balancing the game's meta and when they decide to intervene or not; and the early lessons that came out of their explosive debut.
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Log in to your account at www.escapefromtarkov.com and redeem the code NIKITAONGMNPODCAST to receive a special gift from Battlestate Games.
Trent Kusters chats with Nikita Buyanov, the COO, Founder, and Game Director at Battlestate Games, creators of Escape From Tarkov. Together they discuss his journey in games to the founding of Battlestate Games; the inspirations behind Escape From Tarkov that led to the creation of the extraction shooter genre; keeping their own artistic vision intact while listening to community feedback; balancing the game's meta and when they decide to intervene or not; and the early lessons that came out of their explosive debut.
This episode is sponsored by:
Xsolla
Accelbyte
Episode Host: Trent Kusters
Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing and leaving us a rating and review.
Support the show and get all of our episodes early/ad-free: https://bit.ly/4kU34Lt
Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS
Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation

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