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The Latest Breaking News from Embark

Arc Raiders' Trigger Nades are so overpowered in PvP that it's a wonder they survived this long, but at long last Embark is planning nerfs

How Trigger Nades will be changed in PvP or PvE remains to be seen

GamesRadar · Jan 6

Embark boss says an Arc Raiders movie or TV show would be "fun", but "it needs to be done in the right way": "I can't tell you how many companies have reached out to us"

Embark CEO Patrick Söderland says he's had plenty of offers for an Arc Raiders movie or TV show

Total Film · Jan 6

Arc Raiders players are tired of people "cheating like crazy," as one former FPS pro says the situation "might be worse than peak Call of Duty"

Stella Montis is becoming a hotbed

GamesRadar · Jan 6

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"What a ride": Arc Raiders just hit 12 million copies sold, analyst estimates, and set a new record for active players 2 months after launch

Embark Studios truly has a hit on its hands

GamesRadar · Jan 5

While playing Arc Raiders, Embark leads clarify they only added true "aggression-based" matchmaking fairly recently, and right on cue someone shows up pleading "Friendly"

"It's not a full science"

GamesRadar · Jan 5

Welcome to the FPS vibe shift

At the end of 2025, it's clear that casual shooters are back in a big way.

PC Gamer · Dec 27, 2025

Arc Raiders left with a grand question after sacrificing their characters for light Expedition loot: "Was it worth it?"

"I would not do expedition again"

GamesRadar · Dec 22, 2025

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It's more important than ever to call out developers for egregious AI usage next year if we want videogames to remain interesting

We're being limit tested, and I fear we're too okay with it all right now.

PC Gamer · Dec 21, 2025

Arc Raiders producer says "the work is just beginning" on the extraction shooter, reveals Christmas gift of 1,000 tokens to all players: "We're here for the long-term"

Embark Studios is building something to last

GamesRadar · Dec 19, 2025

You can get 1000 free Arc Raiders Tokens now, as Embark Studios shares a thank you message for fans

Arc Raiders devs have shared an Xmas message for fans, thanking the community for the game's success. You can now claim 1000 free Raider Tokens by logging in.

TechRadar · Dec 19, 2025

Arc Raiders patch brings blueprint drop rates back down to Earth, but Embark says they're 'still higher overall than before'

Maybe it's for the best?

PC Gamer · Dec 18, 2025

Arc Raiders continues in the Christmas spirit with $10 worth of free currency alongside the ongoing blueprint bonanza

Blueprint drop rates have been lowered, but not by much.

PC Gamer · Dec 18, 2025

Embark lowers Arc Raiders blueprint drop rate after setting it too high in the Cold Snap update and making it too easy to grind legendary weapons: "We knew it was too good to be true"

Embark Studios is walking a fine line on earning everything

GamesRadar · Dec 18, 2025

Arc Raiders players down each other a "surprisingly low" amount, Embark lead says, who admits the dev team are "way worse people than the community"

Embark studios has actual numbers for this, too

GamesRadar · Dec 17, 2025

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PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2025

There's a new Arc Raiders outfit you can only get by playing Embark's other game, The Finals

The Finals outfit is easy to earn, but you gotta try Embark's free-to-play FPS.

PC Gamer · Dec 15, 2025

Arc Raiders devs are uplifted by how kind players have been to one another, but admit 'we're way worse people than the community' when it comes to engaging in PvP

Do the devs proud, bring in a defib.

GamesRadar · Dec 15, 2025

Arc Raiders developers have no plans to abandon their popular shooter: "Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time"

"It's something that we want to keep alive for the longest time possible," Embark says," as long as players engage with it and have fun and see that it is evolving in a good way"

GamesRadar · Dec 15, 2025

Arc Raiders devs are "aware" of problems in matchmaking right now, and Embark Studios is working on a fix: "Our team is investigating"

Players are encountering slower queues than normal

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GamesRadar · Dec 12, 2025

Take a bow, Arc Raiders players: your degeneracy surprised even Embark, which didn't expect all the wallhacking – "We have to continuously find ways to waterproof the experience"

"There are quite a few things that have taken us by surprise"

GamesRadar · Dec 12, 2025

Arc Raiders dev says "we do analyze behavior and match accordingly" in the closest confirmation we have that PvP goblins get cage match lobbies while loot rats chill together

Play nice

PC Gamer · Dec 12, 2025

'Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time': Embark's devs want to keep working on Arc Raiders 'as long as players engage with it and have fun'

Sounds like a great plan to me.

TechRadar · Dec 12, 2025

Arc Raiders Cold Snap update release date — Snowfall map condition, new Quests, and more

The Arc Raiders Cold Snap update arrives soon. Here's the release date, and what we know about new quests, map conditions, and more.

PC Gamer · Dec 12, 2025

Your bloodlust does have consequences in Arc Raiders, as a dev confirms, 'we do analyse behaviour and match accordingly'

Aggression-based matchmaking confirmed?

PC Gamer · Dec 12, 2025

'Quite a few things have taken us by surprise': Arc Raiders' wallhacks caught the devs off-guard as heaps of greedy players hunted for exploits

Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.

PC Gamer · Dec 11, 2025

Arc Raiders' latest mini update fixes a bunch of ratty exploits, including the zipline that set players free in Stella Montis, as Embark announces it's stepping back from weekly fixes

Yet another wall we can no longer vault through.

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