FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 | History Defined

Arc Raiders dev makes good on its threat, will unleash Shredders on multiple maps in Flashpoint update coming next week

"Someone forgot to close the Stella Montis doors on their way out…"

GamesRadar · Mar 24

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"

GamesRadar · Mar 23

Arc Raiders Steam reviews wobble as players bemoan "very frustrating" meta and say it's "become stale" due to cheating and lack of big updates

Embark's popular shooter is down from a 'very positive' score, for now

GamesRadar · Mar 20

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"

GamesRadar · Mar 17

Arc Raiders' new update puts the Il Toro in its place (a grave) at long last: 'This is an adjustment many of you requested'

The cheeky Energy Clip money-making exploit has also been patched up.

PC Gamer · Mar 17

Embark CEO says 'a real professional actor is better than AI' after the studio re-records some Arc Raiders dialog with real humans

Embark is not ending its use of generative AI, which it sees "first and foremost as a production tool."

PC Gamer · Mar 14

Amidst high profile live service failures, Arc Raiders production director says he hopes other studios are 'given the same chance we had, because it's so hard to put a game out'

Arc Raiders got to reinvent itself. Many other games can't.

PC Gamer · Mar 13

Arc Raiders could one day get vehicles, but Embark says no promises: 'We have prototypes from seven years ago'

Imagine gunning it across Spaceport on a dirt bike.

PC Gamer · Mar 13

Arc Raiders once had jump pads and the Snap Hook made you 'like Spider-Man' before its extraction shooter pivot: 'It was much more heroic'

Jump pads and unrestrained Snap Hooks didn't stick the landing, but I can't say I don't want to see them return.

PC Gamer · Mar 13

Arc Raiders dev uses clip of FPS streamer Shroud summing up "game dev in a nutshell" to reinforce how Embark "failed" during development: "We really did - twice"

Embark went through the wringer to get Arc Raiders out

GamesRadar · Mar 13