ARC Raiders News

The pet rooster in Arc Raiders is one of its most endearing characters, but only one player managed to upgrade it to max level

The second Arc Raiders tech test is officially over. Embark first opened the doors to Tech Test 2 on April 30, before it all wrapped up on Sunday, May 4. While feedback has mostly been positive, there was one thing in particular that everyone loved.

Tech Test 2 is now open!

Welcome to Speranza, Raiders!

[h2]Tech Test 2 has officially begun and invites have started rolling out![/h2]
Invitations will be sent in waves, so make sure you keep an eye out for an email throughout the test as you might get in later during the test if you don’t get in today. If you've participated in the previous tech test through Steam you will gain access but not get notified.

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[h2]Official Discord[/h2]
And we want to make sure that you can talk about the game, find friends to play with and share your favourite ARC Raiders moments. So today we'll open the Tech Test 2 channels that will be open throughout the duration of the test!
Join our Discord here!

See you all in the Rust Belt - The ARC Raiders team

ARC Raiders Hands-On Preview: Come For The Violence, Stay For The Rooster

ARC Raiders is an upcoming multiplayer extraction shooter from Embark Studios, the team behind 2023’s hit first-person shooter The Finals. Last week, CGMagazine was invited to go hands-on with an early build of ARC Raiders and explore Embark’s vision of a lethal, post-post-apocalyptic Earth.

After an excruciatingly tense nine-hour tour through three robot-infested hellscapes, I can report that ARC Raiders is shaping up to be a top-tier third-person sci-fi adventure — and one of the most distinctive extraction shooters to date.

ARC Raiders is set in the distant future, long after Earth was devastated by a mysterious mechanical force called ARC. To escape their ruthless oppressors, humanity’s survivors retreated deep underground into bastion cities such as our home, Speranza. To keep Speranza alive, its bravest citizens — and a rooster named Scrappy — must return to the surface to scavenge the ruins, fill their backpacks with recyclable loot and race home before ARC forces... Read more

ARC Raiders Unveils Tech Test 2 From April 30 to May 4

Embark Studios announced that ARC Raiders is returning for its second public play-test, Tech Test 2, from April 30 to May 4 on PC and for the first time, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

From the creators of THE FINALS, ARC Raiders is hosting Tech Test 2 from April 30 to May 4, expanding the exploration in Rust Belt with more ARC enemies, tools, tweaks, and improvements based on the last playtest. As the players return to the game on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, the upcoming title will be available to playtest on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S for the first time.

ARC Raiders is an upcoming multiplayer title about players exploring the crumbling state of the Earth as Raiders, filled with towering ARC machines. As you build your legacy and construct your home in the underground neighbourhood of Speranza, players can complete quests from the traders for valuable loot, as they are required to trade for gears and upgrades for your home. But beware, as this... Read more

Arc Raiders will show off how much has changed when the next tech test begins later this month

The extraction shooter wars are heating up. Just a few days after Bungie revealed Marathon gameplay for the first time, Embark Studios has brought back Arc Raiders, its co-op-turned-extraction shooter game out of the shadows for its first public playtest in 2025.