Arc Raiders used to be a much faster game during development—quite literally, as Embark reduced the speed of everything by roughly 60% after it shifted the game towards a PvPvE extraction shooter. It's something you can see pretty clearly in the game's original reveal trailer, where players were leaping around every which way and running at the speed of light, with Dancing on My Own blaring in the background. It's a vibe, for sure, but far from what Arc Raiders is today.
In fact, halfway through the trailer is a shot of a robotic character flying through the air screaming. I'd completely forgotten this scene until we spoke to Embark production director Caio Braga in an interview following his GDC talk, where he confirmed that it was Arc Raiders' old launch pads in action all those years ago.
