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UNCOVERED: Embark studios | History Defined

"It's a slippery slope to try and build a game for an audience": Marathon, Arc Raiders, and Last Flag devs dig into the trend-bucking evolution of multiplayer shooters

Interview | Are multiplayer shooters enjoying a golden age, or becoming riskier than ever to make? GamesRadar+ spoke to four developers about their work in the genre

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders players all sigh with relief as Embark extends new Expedition challenge window from 5 days to 13, and confirms it's "approximately equivalent to destroying 20 Bastions"

"In a single, very good round, 8,000 - 10,000 damage was an achievable number"

GamesRadar

ARC Raiders takes another step on its roadmap with an exotic offering, but it may not be enough to get back to old highs

Let's hope it is, though.

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Arc Raiders players blast new Expedition system that requires you to play on specific days and ignores the money you've saved: "F you if you can't play"

Huge changes were announced at the very end of the wipe

GamesRadar

THE FINALS reveals fully open TGM26 Online Series esports circuit

Any team can compete.

Dot Esports

Arc Raiders' killer robots aren't learning in real time, but Embark will sneak in AI upgrades based on player behavior: "We keep trying to make the flying drones better and better"

"Could we make this change that would really make people squeal?"

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders studio contacted by crime scientist "intrigued by how players are interacting," dev says only 30% of players focus on PvP: "It kind of blew the whole extraction shooter open"

Over 95% of raiders use prox chat

GamesRadar

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‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike

The Guardian - UK

Ninja takes indefinite streaming break, blames Arc Raiders hackers

The Times of India

$Arc Raiders is a 'Trojan Horse' for demonstrating AI tool usage in game development, according to Nexon, after Embark built two hits at 'a fraction of the cost you’d expect'$

Arc Raiders is a 'Trojan Horse' for demonstrating AI tool usage in game development, according to Nexon, after Embark built two hits at 'a fraction of the cost you’d expect'

'What needs to be done by hand versus what a machine can do more efficiently?'

PC Gamer

ARC Raiders bosses double down on using AI in game dev: ‘More time innovating; less time writing code’

They're saying "get used to it," basically.

Destructoid

"Players shouldn't feel fully safe" in Arc Raiders even in friendly lobbies, production director says, and after Flashpoint I definitely do not feel safe

It's hard to feel safe anywhere Vaporizers roam

GamesRadar

THE FINALS Year 3 roadmap: Melee rework, new onboarding, and the biggest Season yet

Featuring Seasons 10 to 12.

Dot Esports

ARC Raiders Flashpoint update: ARC Operation Close Scrutiny, new threats, and patch 1.22.0 notes

Flashpoint adds new threats and loot.

Dot Esports

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How to complete Waking the Grid in Arc Raiders

Find a Guard Tower and the Security Control Center for Shani.

PC Gamer

How to complete the Dust on the Wires quest in Arc Raiders

Help Shani track down a Field Depot in the Spaceport.

Destructoid

ARC Raiders gets 2 new weapons, a new enemy type, and more in its most substantial update yet

Is it time to go back Topside?

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders once had an Arc called The Cylinder of Pain, so I asked Embark about The Cylinder of Pain, and it turns out The Cylinder of Pain was a proto-Bastion with a big cylinder – of pain

"And without spoiling anything, I hope, in the future, we will revisit many of those"

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GamesRadar

Arc Raiders guns totally changed after one "guerilla" dev at Embark said hold my beer, "I think I can do better," and remade the entire reload system "himself"

Another Arc Raiders dev cooked up the Kettle because the game needed a "pressure gun"

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders studio splits with co-founder over 'unsustainable' situation involving streamer allegations

Longtime EA veteran Rob Runesson co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer.

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders dev Embark Studios confirms co-founder is gone after allegations of misconduct with The Finals streamer: "We found the situation unsustainable and mutually agreed to part ways"

Embark says an external legal investigation "did not substantiate the allegations"

Dot Esports

ARC Raiders is substituting AI voices with real actors

More voice acting roles for real people in ARC Raiders.

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders devs spent 3 years fighting "on a daily basis" over whether it was "a battle royale," "a hero looter shooter," "a co-op Soul game," or "a co-op Shadow of the Colossus game"

"Internally, we thought the game was deeper, more fun, better than we actually had in our hands"

Tom’s Hardware

Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

A vulnerability in Discord's SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game's log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem.

Player One

'Arc Raiders' Discord Integration Exposes Private Messages and Tokens Before Hotfix Release

Arc Raiders' Discord integration accidentally logged private messages and authentication tokens locally, highlighting major privacy risks for linked accounts.

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