Escape From Tarkov creator Nikita Buyanov reveals Fragmentary Order, a hardcore sci-fi shooter built around a simulated future

Nikita Buyanov, the boss of Battlestate Games and the man widely credited with bringing extraction shooters to mainstream gaming through Escape from Tarkov, has announced his next project: Fragmentary Order. He's building it at a brand-new studio called Rant Gaming, separate from Battlestate, while insisting he remains committed to Tarkov's ongoing development.

Fragmentary Order is a hardcore first-person shooter set across the solar system, but Buyanov is clear this isn't just Tarkov with a sci-fi skin. He wants to simulate a believable future — pulling from cyberpunk, spaceship combat, and the social dynamics of tomorrow — and build not just a game but an entire universe. An alpha is planned for later this year. In the meantime, the team has launched a browser-based experience at cor3.gg that lets players explore the world's systems early; resources earned there will carry over into the full game at launch, giving early participants a head start.

Buyanov has spent over a decade on Tarkov, and the extraction shooter genre he helped define has since gone mainstream — Arc Raiders, Hunt: Showdown, and even Call of Duty's DMZ mode all owe something to the formula he pioneered. With that genre now firmly in other studios' hands, he's setting his sights on something harder: creating a new genre entirely, the same way he did with extraction mechanics. He describes his goals for Fragmentary Order as "basically impossible" — which, by his own account, is exactly how he approached Tarkov.

The alpha later this year will be the first real test of whether Buyanov can pull off that ambition. For now, cor3.gg is the only way in, and the community is already digging into the lore and systems ahead of launch.