The end of 2025 was absolutely stacked with brilliant games; we had Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, Battlefield 6, and, of course, Arc Raiders. There were almost too many great games to play them all, a problem that all studios releasing games at the time undoubtedly had to grapple with.
Arc Raiders had the monumental task of competing with the likes of Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, two huge names in the genre that had swathes of fans waiting to pick up the latest game. But there was also another shark in the water.
