ARC Raiders News

Embark almost put crafting timers in Arc Raiders when the game was F2P, but the model made it "hard to respect the player's time"

Arc Raiders developers Embark have shed a bit of light on how their looter-shooter changed after shifting away from the free-to-play business model back in 2024. Apparently, it made Arc "drastically easier" to design, in the sense that the Swedish studio felt less pressure to turn players into whales.

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Nominate ARC Raiders: Steam Awards GOTY

[p]Is ARC Raiders your Game of the Year? Help us out by nominating us for the Steam Awards 2025! It's been an unbelievable year for games across the field, so having your backing would mean EVEN more this time around. Cast your nomination here before December 1st if you want to help push ARC Raiders over the line. Thank you, Raiders! [/p]

Arc Raiders update 1.4.0 takes aim at locked room exploits and item swap-induced rapid fire

You! Stop trying to break in! Also, while you're at it, stop using quick use item swapping to shoot me faster than you'd otherwise be able to! All of that is yelled by Arc Raiders' latest patch, which sees devs Embark go after a number of pesky exploits and also make piggybacks much less effective.

A fresh Arc Raiders patch has arrived, bringing a host of new fixes to several exploits players have recently been relying on to do things they’re not supposed to, and bypass certain mechanics to get into areas without having to go through proper channels.