ARC Raiders players with accessibility controllers are getting banned
Embark Studios has flagged a serious issue with ARC Raiders anti-cheat system: some players are getting banned for using accessibility peripherals – devices like the Xbox Adaptive Controller designed for people with physical disabilities. "It's...
A wife threw an ARC Raiders birthday party for her gamer husband, and it's genuinely awesome
While ARC Raiders keeps pulling in players, one fan already went deep enough for his wife to take notice – and she did something about it. A video of a birthday party fully decked out...
ARC Raiders Wasp Hunter set has the community excited, but it'll cost you
The developers of ARC Raiders have announced a new cosmetic set called the Wasp Hunter, coming soon to all storefronts. You can already wishlist it on Steam, though the price in real currency hasn't been...
An Italian ARC Raiders fan handcrafted stunning game dioramas featuring a Bastion and a Leaper
The ARC Raiders community keeps growing beyond the game itself. An Italian miniature artist known as hero_work_shop built two detailed dioramas recreating scenes from the extraction shooter. A friend posted the work on Reddit, and...
ARC Raiders tones down lightning strikes and offers compensation after server issues
Embark has pushed out a new patch for ARC Raiders that tackles two things at once – reduced lightning strike frequency during the Electromagnetic Storm, and promised compensation for players who lost their gear due...
A player stumbled upon one of the rarest bugs in ARC Raiders – completely frozen ARCs
In ARC Raiders, one of the strangest bugs seen since the game launched has been caught on video. After a server error, a player found themselves in a situation that's probably never happened before –...
ARC Raiders players are riding Fireflies and getting sent straight to the backrooms
Players of ARC Raiders have discovered that the game's new flying enemies can be ridden – with some unexpected consequences. As part of the Shrouded Sky update, Embark added new airborne enemies to the game,...
ARC Raiders players aren't happy about the wind turbine on the hurricane map
Embark Studios released the Shrouded Sky update for ARC Raiders, bringing a new weather condition to the extraction shooter – a hurricane. Strong winds, flying debris, reduced visibility, and shield degradation immediately shook up the...
ARC Raiders players spotted a massive flying UFO hiding in the storm clouds
An ARC Raiders player on the Spaceport map during the Hurricane event caught something strange in the sky. Some think it was a Bombardier's spotters getting swept up by the wind, but most agree it...
Two new ARC Raiders threats are already in the wild
Players who've already updated ARC Raiders and dropped into their first runs are now running into two new machines Embark Studios added today – both showing up across all maps. Here's a look from the...
Cheaters in ARC Raiders figured out how to spawn an extraction point right under themselves
A new type of cheating has surfaced in ARC Raiders – and even by extraction shooter standards, it's a strange one. Embark Studios only recently dealt with a wave of duplication glitches and handed out...
Embark confirms ARC Raiders doesn't split players into peaceful and aggressive lobbies
Embark Studios has officially confirmed that ARC Raiders does not use aggression-based matchmaking. If you thought you could game the system to land in lobbies with more peaceful players – that's not how it works....
New invisible wall exploit in ARC Raiders sparks debate over bug disclosure
The ARC Raiders community has run into another serious exploit – players found a way to create invisible walls using batteries and barricades, blocking key locations like train evacuation entrances. As players discovered, the real...
ARC Raiders devs will keep developing PvP despite the game's strong PvE-oriented audience
Embark Studios developers behind ARC Raiders have admitted they were shocked – and pleasantly surprised – by player behavior since launch. The game's 14 million-strong community has earned a reputation as one of the friendliest...
Embark Studios is finally adding beards to ARC Raiders
Embark Studios has revealed more details about the upcoming Shrouded Sky update for ARC Raiders, which is set to drop next week. Alongside a teaser trailer showcasing the new 'Hurricane' map condition, the studio released...
ARC Raiders robots aren't actually learning from your behavior, despite the popular theory
Since launch, ARC Raiders has had a theory circulating among players: that the game's robot enemies are adapting to human behavior, memorizing favorite hiding spots, and finding increasingly effective ways to hunt players down. Some...
Embark didn't expect players to take down ARC Raiders' giant bosses with the whole lobby
Embark has openly acknowledged a balance problem with the key PvE encounters in ARC Raiders. Design director Virgil Watkins admitted that the Matriarch and Queen bosses are being killed far faster than intended. "Even though...
ARC Raiders officially broken again as players lose loot after extraction
Embark Studios is facing a new critical issue in ARC Raiders – fixing one bug led to an even more serious problem. Following a hotfix intended to eliminate the infinite ammo exploit, a new critical...
Arc Raiders players discover a new meta strategy – becoming street performers at extraction zones
Extraction shooter Arc Raiders offers plenty of ways to get loot. You can sneak around locations searching for containers, battle robots for parts, hunt other raiders in PvP, or set up ambushes at evacuation zones....
Embark Studios CEO wants to turn Arc Raiders' Speranza into a full social hub
As Embark Studios prepares for future changes to Arc Raiders and considers how to build on the community it's cultivated, CEO Patrick Söderlund has his eye on social elements and interactions across the player base....
