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Rant Gaming is the independent studio building Fragmentary Order, a hardcore science fiction multiplayer combat simulator announced on April 12, 2026. It was founded by Nikita Buyanov as a wholly separate company from his earlier work on Escape from Tarkov, and operates as a globally distributed team of roughly 130 staff with publisher Cor3.

Around 98% of the workforce was hired specifically for this project, with only a small number of Battlestate Games consultants involved. Visual direction is led by Aaron Beck, who joined during early concept work and has been on the project for at least eighteen months.

Studio Profile

Independence From Battlestate Games

Rant Gaming is its own company. It is not a Battlestate Games subsidiary or internal team, and Fragmentary Order is not a sequel or spin-off of Escape from Tarkov. Buyanov has been explicit on this point: the new studio was set up with a separate corporate structure, separate hiring, and a separate creative mandate.

Overlap with Battlestate Games is limited to a handful of consultants providing specific expertise. Buyanov continues to work on Escape from Tarkov in parallel and has stated that he intends to keep doing so. Readers should treat Rant Gaming as a new entity in its own right and avoid framing the project as a Tarkov successor.

Production Timeline

As of April 2026, Fragmentary Order has been in active production for roughly eighteen months. The first phase, around six months, covered pre-production and concept work: establishing the setting in 2251, defining the player's role as a remote operator of disposable clones, and locking down the visual language under Aaron Beck's direction.

The studio then moved into roughly twelve months of active development, scaling the team to its current size and bringing the first playable systems online in Unreal Engine 5. The near-term milestone is a closed alpha targeted for late 2026, accessed through the Prime Batch Founders Program.

Engine and Direction

Where Escape from Tarkov is built in Unity, Rant Gaming has chosen Unreal Engine 5 for Fragmentary Order, a deliberate break with the established Tarkov tech stack. Rendering and asset pipeline detail lives in the Engine and Technology article. The wider creative direction (hard science fiction with cyberpunk overtones, hardcore pacing, simulation depth over mass-market accessibility) is set by Buyanov as creator, with Aaron Beck shaping the visual identity.

Unconfirmed Details

Several aspects of the studio remain undisclosed and should not be assumed:

• A primary studio location or headquarters city. The team has been described only as globally distributed.

• The existence, number, or function of any regional offices or satellite studios.

• Internal team structure, including department sizes and leadership roles below the top creative tier.

• Named team members beyond Nikita Buyanov as founder and Aaron Beck as visual director.

• Funding structure and ownership stakes between Rant Gaming, the publisher Cor3, and any external investors.