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Rory Norris

Arc Raiders full interview: 'Nobody whatsoever thought we'd have this many players'

A raider cooking a tick in Arc Raiders.

Last week, Tim Clark, PC Gamer's resident Arc Raiders die-hard (seriously, he has 530 hours in-game), sat down and spoke with Embark Studios' Virgil Watkins, design director, and Bence Pajor, audio director, ahead of the launch of its next major update, Shrouded Sky.

In the 40 minutes we had, we asked the team all about the so-called 'aggression-based matchmaking' (ABMM) that's quickly become a boogeyman in the community, the seemingly impossible balancing act between PvE and PvP, Expeditions, and much more.

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