

The Norvinsk region's borders were sealed off, and those trapped in the middle of the local warfare were isolated from the outside world. Six months later the situation erupted into an armed conflict involving the Internal Troops of Russia, United Nations peacekeepers, and two private military companies: United Security (USEC) and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment (BEAR). However, this attracted corporations with dubious intent, and the city of Tarkov became the center of a major political scandal involving corrupt corporations in the Norvinsk region. The video game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in north-western Russia, around a "Special economic zone" that served as a gateway between Russia and Europe. Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore and realistic online first-person looter shooter with MMO features and a story-driven walkthrough, set in the same universe as Contract Wars.
