The mystery surrounding Nikita Buyanov has finally been solved, and it turns out that the ARG-like trail of clues from recent weeks was leading to a brand-new video game. Fragmentary Order has now been presented with a seven-minute trailer, but the reveal raises more questions than it answers.
Over the past few weeks, Buyanov had been sharing a series of posts that encouraged players to take part in an ARG, a community-wide puzzle built around websites, clues, and hidden connections. It is now clear that all of that was tied to Fragmentary Order. This is not a new game from Battlestate Games, however, but a separate project developed by Buyanov in collaboration with another studio called Rant Gaming. The trailer introduces a future in which humanity had been on the brink of catastrophic collapse before a massive corporation called Core pulled civilization back from the edge. After that, the company forged alliances with governments around the world and ushered society into a new age shaped by interstellar travel and technologies that belong squarely in science fiction.
According to the setup shown in the trailer, Core later began to weaken, and that opened the door for other forces eager to overthrow the corporation and seize control. The trailer description says that “humanity has once again begun to recreate what nearly destroyed it at the beginning of the 21st century”, with the story itself set in the year 2251. Even so, the reveal still avoids giving a direct answer about what the game actually looks like in practice once players are in control.
A Trailer That Points to an Extraction Shooter
That is why the reaction has been so divided, with many viewers still unsure what kind of game Rant Gaming is actually making. According to the official description, players can expect a multiplayer sci-fi FPS built around tactical simulation, survival, and risk, supported by a gameplay loop focused on infiltration and repetition. Because of that, the community is already reading Fragmentary Order as an extraction shooter. And with Buyanov’s name attached to the project, fans were always going to start calling it Tarkov in space sooner rather than later.
Even beyond that assumption, several major questions remain unanswered. It is still unclear how involved Buyanov really is in the project, what exactly sits behind the ARG, and how the game plans to separate itself from the shadow of Escape from Tarkov. What is certain is that Rant Gaming is already preparing initial user tests, and interested players can sign up through the Cor3 website. So for now, Fragmentary Order is still more atmosphere, lore, and promise than clearly defined game, but it has already managed to get the attention of sci-fi shooter fans and players hungry for another extraction-style experience.
Source: 3DJuegos
