

Looting those space robots will not only provide you with new weapons, but it will also provide you with access to additional gadgets that will aid us in our fight against the ARC. According to what we can tell, a group of at least three players will be required to take down enemies of varying sizes and numbers at the same time, using movement abilities such as grappling hooks and even jetpacks to do so. So far, we’ve only gotten one release trailer, which also serves as a gameplay trailer, showing us what ARC Raiders will have in store for us. Here’s everything you need to know about ARC Raiders, including its release date, gameplay details, trailers, and other information. In December 2021, it was announced at the Games Awards by the developers behind the Battlefield series, and it appeared to be quite far along in its development at the time of its announcement.

Indeed, ARC Raiders, an online cooperative third-person shooter developed by Stockholm-based Embark Studios, falls into that category. Often, the original developers of these titles leave the companies at the same time, resulting in the formation of new studios and the release of new and exciting games.
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The Battlefield and Call of Duty series both have a small number of original developers still working on them, and you can add Halo, World of Warcraft, and a slew of other long-running games to that list as well. I’m intrigued by this concept, and I hope the team dynamics are genuinely important.You may not be aware of it, but many of the most popular video game franchises are no longer being developed by the people who made them famous in the first place. “When ARC is around, lone wolves never make it very far.” The Steam and Epic Games Store listings talk about using tools, gadgets, and physics to outplay the space-invader droids, who drop in from orbit and clap back “with ever-increasing destruction.” Embark also detailed snap hooks - grapple guns that also work on smaller foes, as shown in the trailer - and the howitzer, which is a “three-raider job.” “We look forward to sharing more about the game in the coming months.” “With this reveal, we want to celebrate gameplay and give players more than a hint of how ARC Raiders looks and what it feels like to play,” Söderlund said in a press statement. I’m calling dibs (until someone better shows up). Not having to pay upfront is a way to get curious folks in the door, especially with a PvE squad format, but if the monetization is too heavy-handed, will most players just move on? That’s the concern.īased on the first few raiders, including Lance, a cool (?) droid man, ARC Raiders will be leaning hard into its characterization. There’s also the free-to-play factor - and speaking of, it’s owned by Nexon - which could help or hurt it depending on all of the usual factors. The way the characters scramble speaks to me. Other than that, what stood out? For me, and this might be reading way too much into the gameplay snippets, ARC Raiders gave me a sort of glossy, high-budget Earth Defense Force vibe - albeit with a more focused threat. Anything a new IP can do to get (and keep) our attention in a sea of other trailers and adverts.

I’ll admit, I thought the music choice for this announcement trailer was pretty unusual last night during the live show, but Robyn hasn’t left my mind, so the track did its job. This debut game from Embark Studios - a team led by former DICE CEO and EA chief design officer Patrick Söderlund - is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2022. In an unexpected turn of events, one of my favorite game reveals last night at The Game Awards 2021 was ARC Raiders, a PvE sci-fi shooter with a bit of underdog flair to its band of resistance fighters and some big droids that look like they’ll be fun to bring down.

I hope the free-to-play hooks are kept in check
