Escape From Tarkov Enters Alpha Testing On August 4th

Are you excited to play Escape From Tarkov? You will be happy to learn that Battlestate Games announced today that the game will be entering Closed Alpha testing on August 4th. It's unclear at this time whether the Closed Alpha will be an Early Access product or if those who have signed up in the past will be given a random chance at access to the Alpha.

The original announcement is as follows.

Dear friends, today we have conducted an ultimate analysis of the expected alpha testing launch of Escape from Tarkov and are now ready to disclose the date of launch.
The most important point of the early testing is the solid base that will be added to the game in the coming days and will make it to the Alpha - and, ultimately, serve as a steady foundation to Escape from Tarkov.
Opening access to whatever we have now, "as is", in our opinion, does not serve any purpose. Alpha testing should not only polish the project and add content, but thoroughly balance and flesh out the details of game mechanics.
This is why we have formed a perfectly clear vision of what alpha testing should include - the version of the game where we could solve all of these tasks together!
We hereby announce the start of Escape from Tarkov alpha testing for August 4.
In the time remaining to the launch of the tests we are going to reveal several new game features in form of videos or streams, so stay tuned!