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"Cost should not inherently fill a skill gap": Arc Raiders dev admits "we're definitely a bit off on some of the cost to benefit ratios" for guns like the Bobcat and Tempest, but says all weapons have to be usable

"If we're way under-shooting how people feel about that, then that'll take some adjustment"

PvP is the reason Arc Raiders works – love it or hate it, even Embark's design lead says it "adds the spice"

PvP is the reason Arc Raiders works – love it or hate it, even Embark's design lead says it "adds the spice"

Even if you always avoid PvP, you still benefit from PvP in Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders lead is "super aware" of demand for custom loadouts that save us 100 clicks, admits he sometimes runs a free loadout because he can't be bothered making one

Arc Raiders lead is "super aware" of demand for custom loadouts that save us 100 clicks, admits he sometimes runs a free loadout because he can't be bothered making one

"Looking through a bunch of menus isn't necessarily" good, he says

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After un-fun "dark pattern" with 5 million coin Arc Raiders Expedition, design lead says "this system will change" – and you won't get bonus skill points forever

Less than half of the people who finished the first Arc Raiders Expedition earned all five skill points

Even after its success, Embark design lead is still lukewarm on AI usage for Arc Raiders: 'I don't think it's fallen any way or the other'

Arc Raiders has officially sold 12 million copies, so Embark's giving everyone a free gold hammer: "The way it took off, I think, took all of us by surprise"

If you've logged in a single time, you'll get the golden raider tool automatically

Embark dispels myths about Arc Raiders' aggression-based matchmaking: 'We don't make any value or moral judgments … it's a bit of a blunt instrument'

Embark doesn't want you to feel penalized for choosing violence in Arc Raiders.

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"We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," and "we don't do anything like skill-based matchmaking or gear-based"

"We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," and "we don't do anything like skill-based matchmaking or gear-based"

"The one thing the system does not do is attempt to assume intent"

Arc Raiders design lead confirms Embark is about make Trigger Nades much harder to use, and nerf Kettle insta-kills too: "You can't have it leave your hand and just blow it up immediately"

Arc Raiders design lead confirms Embark is about make Trigger Nades much harder to use, and nerf Kettle insta-kills too: "You can't have it leave your hand and just blow it up immediately"

Design lead Virgil Watkins seeds the incoming balance patch

'Every Game Company' is Doing it? 'Arc Raiders' AI Scandal Explodes, Big Name CEO Suggests Hidden Truth

'Every Game Company' is Doing it? 'Arc Raiders' AI Scandal Explodes, Big Name CEO Suggests Hidden Truth

One should assume "every game company" is using AI, Nexon Co. Ltd. CEO Junghun Lee says. He is asking how companies can survive when “everyone is working with the same or similar technologies," maintaining that “human creativity” distinguishes exceptional games from mediocre ones.

Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out"

Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out"

I fear free-to-play Arc Raiders

'One of the chillest communities I’ve ever encountered': Arc Raiders solos are choosing love over war, and it's beautiful

'One of the chillest communities I’ve ever encountered': Arc Raiders solos are choosing love over war, and it's beautiful

It's impolite to shoot at others in Arc Raiders, which is surprising for an extraction shooter but also beautiful.

Arc Raiders lead says no goofy skins here as Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty players push for visual realism: "I don’t think the novelty is worth the trade"

Arc Raiders lead says no goofy skins here as Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty players push for visual realism: "I don’t think the novelty is worth the trade"

"We're pretty protective of making sure that anything that goes into the game fits within the visual identity"

Arc Raiders' design director says 'we will maintain the current aesthetic that we have' when it comes to skins, so no 'T-Rex costume running around'

Arc Raiders' design director says 'we will maintain the current aesthetic that we have' when it comes to skins, so no 'T-Rex costume running around'

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Arc Raiders' use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

Embark Studios' contradictory statements about generative AI highlight what's sure to be a long-term industry debate.

Arc Raiders designer says Marathon's reception 'was a great A/B test': 'They made decisions that we didn't, and vice versa … we could compare and contrast how some of those things shook out'

Both extraction shooters are hotly anticipated and gathering crucial feedback before launch.

It got a lot of love, but Arc Raiders 'was absolutely not ready' to release after its popular April playtest, says design director: 'There were some bad bugs'

The time is almost here, though, as the highly-anticipated extraction shooter nears its October release date.

Don't count on Arc Raiders ever getting a first-person mode: 'Once you start being able to put your face right up against an asset, it kind of falls apart'

Design director Virgil Watkins says it would take an awful lot of work to make a first-person mode for Arc Raiders.

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