Nikita Buyanov, the executive director of Battlestate Games, is DigitalRazor's guest. His team gave players Contract Wars, Hired Ops, and Escape from Tarkov. We talked about personal matters, Escape from Tarkov, gamedev, how to make your own game correctly, and much more! Promo code for a 10% discount -- EFT Valid until August 15 for all products on the website - https://clck.ru/3ARGVr Drawing for a powerful gaming computer: https://vk.com/digitalrazor?w=wall-69... Links: TG channel DigitalRazor: News about games and computer hardware, analysis of complex technical issues in simple language, drawings and contests and much more - https://t.me/digitalrazor_pc VK Digitalrazor: competitions and drawings, useful videos and clips, community of like-minded people - https://vk.com/digitalrazor Dzen DigitalRazor: Articles, analyses and useful materials to better understand components, computers and games. - https://dzen.ru/digitalrazor Contents: 00:00 - The beginning, introducing ourselves 04:19 - A computer from DigitalRazor at Buyanov's home 04:38 - What has changed in 9 years 05:20 - Staff 06:05 - What was in the beginning and now 07:55 - Office atmosphere 08:32 - Creating such an atmosphere in the office to live there 08:59 - Bedroom in the office 10:27 - The difficulty of holding a high position 10:59 - Go to hell and work 11:51 - About childhood 12:34 - A difficult choice to buy a computer or a car 13:38 - The first computer 14:56 - The very first game 15:37 - Boutiques with sausage 16:11 - Resident evil zero 16:36 - 1 Red Alert on PlayStation 17:58 - Rubin TV 18:54 - A story about a gopnik 20:19 - Choosing a computer for Tarkov 21:04 - We made a game that we ourselves wanted to play 21:37 - Tarkov's audience 21:54 - They love and don't love at the same time 22:39 - Do you have your own vision or are you guided by the community? 24:28 - We don't forbid anyone anything 26:12 - What do you think about the Time of Troubles? 26:53 - The Time of Troubles 27:56 - Does the community help? 30:10 - Too much to do to play 30:28 - Attitude to games is professional deformation 31:24 - Narrative games 32:07 - Recently launched Starfield 32:52 - Company directors can't let go 35:05 - Games that are made for the new generation 35:45 - For me, these are games with as many details as possible 37:27 - Recently went through the entire Cyberpunk series 38:12 - The Witcher 38:20 - We'll solve everything 39:20 - About piracy 40:40 - What will happen in 9 years? 41:09 - What does it take to make a cool game 46:32 - What is the role of personality in a company? 50:12 - About our mission 51:13 - The positive effect of unnecessary info-reasons 53:59 - Advice: while the going is good, do it! 58:00 - PVE mode in Tarkov 58:51 - Steam monopoly, is it good or bad? 01:00:00 - People need cool gameplay 01:03:01 - We don't have investors 01:03:38 - How it all started 01:06:18 - What indie games do you play? 01:08:31 - Were you offered government subsidies? 01:12:18 - What do you need to get into your studio? 01:19:30 - What do you think about fortnite, collaborations #eft #escapefromtarkov #tarkov #nikitabuyanov #buyanov #tarkov #tarkovarena #bsg #battlestategames #gamedev #games #interview #podcast