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11 The reveal of Fragmentary Order unfolded over roughly three months as a layered alternate-reality game. It began with a quiet website drop in January 2026 and culminated on April 12, 2026 with a seven-minute CGI lore trailer and the launch of fragmentaryorder.com. The team built anticipation through riddles at the in-fiction cor3.gg portal before any title, studio, or staff list was publicly attached to the project.
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55 DateMilestoneDescriptionJanuary 2026cor3.gg goes liveA mysterious website appears with an old-computer-interface aesthetic, fictional branding for an entity called Cor3, and a series of ARG riddles. No game name or studio is attached.February 1, 2026First COR3 videoThe Cor3Corp YouTube channel uploads its first short teaser, framed as in-fiction corporate communication.Feb to early Apr 2026Sustained ARG phaseAdditional puzzles roll out on cor3.gg. Communities document each update and theorize about the underlying project.April 12, 2026Official announcementA seven-minute CGI lore trailer drops, identifying the project as Fragmentary Order. fragmentaryorder.com launches and cor3.gg is formalized as the Prime Batch ARG portal.June 10, 2026In-engine screenshotsThe first in-engine, in-development screenshots are published, including the Blue Mars location and a vehicular-traversal scene. These are static renders from the build, not live gameplay or raid footage.July 2026Development updateIn an interview, Buyanov gives a progress report: the basic mechanics and the first location are almost ready, and the team is producing a dedicated gameplay trailer while continuing to expand the setting's lore. He reiterates that the finished game is meant to be more punishing than Escape from Tarkov, with bigger rewards for the added difficulty.
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89 From January through early April 2026, the only public surface of the project was the cor3.gg website, styled as a portal for an in-fiction megacorporation called Core. The site uses deliberately retro computer-interface visuals: monochrome terminals, blinking cursors, sparse navigation, and corporate boilerplate written in-character.
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1112 The riddles rewarded patient reading. Players assembled clues from layout, hidden links, and the in-character language of Cor3's fictional employees, then compared findings on community forums. The Cor3Corp YouTube channel reinforced the fiction with its February 1, 2026 video, presented as a corporate communique rather than a game trailer. Throughout this phase the developer, publisher, and even the genre were withheld. Only the in-fiction world of Core and its CORIE framework were on display.
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1516 On April 12, 2026 the project broke cover. The seven-minute CGI lore trailer introduced the Core Era setting: a 22nd-century world where Core has rescued humanity from a 21st-century collapse but is now fracturing as rival factions emerge. The trailer named the title and tied the prior ARG to the game's universe.
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1718 Coordinated with the trailer, fragmentaryorder.com went live as the official website. The same day, developer Rant Gaming was identified, along with creator and ideologue Nikita Buyanov. Publisher Cor3 was confirmed as a real corporate entity sharing branding with the ARG site. The announcement clarified the in-fiction premise: players are Core Era citizens who pilot disposable clones called Replicated Entities from secure bunkers, in contested zones across the Solar System in 2251.
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1920 Cinematic Reveal, Not Gameplay
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2122 The April 12, 2026 trailer was a cinematic CGI piece that established the setting and tone, not a slice of live gameplay. As of mid-2026, no gameplay footage has been shown publicly. Buyanov has said the team is still polishing combat ahead of a dedicated gameplay trailer, so the systems described in the Gameplay Overview reflect stated developer intent rather than demonstrated footage.
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2324 In June 2026 the studio shared the first in-engine screenshots from the build, showing the Blue Mars environment and a vehicle-traversal scene. These are static, in-development renders rather than a gameplay or raid demonstration, so they confirm the project is rendering real environments while a full gameplay trailer is still in the works. See Maps and Scale for the locations shown.
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2526 As of July 2026, the studio has reported that the build is taking shape. Buyanov has said the basic mechanics and the first location are almost ready and that a dedicated gameplay trailer is in production, while the team keeps expanding the setting's lore. He has also said he cannot detail the game's mechanics yet, to keep rival studios from borrowing the ideas before launch.
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2930 ChannelURL or HandlePurposeOfficial websitefragmentaryorder.comPrimary public site. Hosts trailers, studio messaging, and links to other channels.ARG portalcor3.ggIn-fiction portal for Core. Home of the Prime Batch ARG and the entry point for founders program enrollment.X account@fragorderShort-form announcements, devlog snippets, and community responses.YouTube channelCor3CorpSource of the February 1, 2026 teaser. Continues to host trailers and in-fiction communications.
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3233 The April 12, 2026 reveal also opened enrollment for the Prime Batch Founders Program, the early access path for the game. Sign-ups are routed through cor3.gg, preserving the in-fiction framing established by the ARG. Rather than offering pre-orders, the program uses ARG progression and an internal rank system to gate access to closed alpha testing, which the studio has targeted for late 2026. The ARG has not ended; additional in-fiction updates continue to publish through cor3.gg and the Cor3Corp channel as development proceeds.