As many of Arc Raiders’ regular players predicted, the game’s first post-launch map won’t just be available for everyone, it will instead be closely tied to a community event. Breaking New Ground is the name of that event, and it’s one where everyone will need to contribute in order to rebuild some old tunnels and unlock the way to Stella Montis.
Doings are afoot in the retrofuture scrapmetal world of Arc Raiders. Developers Embark have announced that a major new update called North Line will roll out tomorrow, 13th November at 1.30am PT, 4.30am ET, 9.30am GMT and 10.30am CET. It'll add Stella Montis, a region beyond the Rust Belt that is described as "cold, pristine, and filled with the remnants of humanity's lost ambitions." I am picturing a landscape awash with Betamax cassettes, Bored Apes and Soviet space shuttles, where Raiders pick through old branches of Toys R Us.
Embark Studios have confirmed some recent changes to ARC Raiders, including a highly requested change for Duos to have a bit more fun with it.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/embark-confirm-duo-prioritized-matchmaking-for-arc-raiders-and-lowered-store-prices/
It’s pretty clear at this stage that Arc Raiders is one of the biggest launches of 2025. More interesting than the numbers themselves, however, is that this is an extraction shooter - a subgenre which has typically been thought of as niche.
