Since the game's release, Arc Raiders devs have been up against it over cheating. It's a continuous bugbear for both Embark Studios and the community, and in a recent panel, the team discussed just how difficult it is to maintain preventative measures.
Tom van Dijck, a senior software engineer at Embark, spoke at Gamescom about the unending whack-a-mole against exploits and third-party tools. "We're just a small team, and even if we weren't, we're up against an $8 billion industry," he said, per OtakuKart. "It's operated like a commercial industry. How do you fight an industry that’s operated like a full business?"
