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Take a bow, Arc Raiders players: your degeneracy surprised even Embark, which didn't expect all the wallhacking – "We have to continuously find ways to waterproof the experience"

"There are quite a few things that have taken us by surprise"

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Arc Raiders dev says "we do analyze behavior and match accordingly" in the closest confirmation we have that PvP goblins get cage match lobbies while loot rats chill together

Play nice

GamesRadar

'Our ambition is to keep this game alive for the longest time': Embark's devs want to keep working on Arc Raiders 'as long as players engage with it and have fun'

Sounds like a great plan to me.

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Arc Raiders Cold Snap update release date — Snowfall map condition, new Quests, and more

The Arc Raiders Cold Snap update arrives soon. Here's the release date, and what we know about new quests, map conditions, and more.

TechRadar

Your bloodlust does have consequences in Arc Raiders, as a dev confirms, 'we do analyse behaviour and match accordingly'

Aggression-based matchmaking confirmed?

PC Gamer

'Quite a few things have taken us by surprise': Arc Raiders' wallhacks caught the devs off-guard as heaps of greedy players hunted for exploits

Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders' latest mini update fixes a bunch of ratty exploits, including the zipline that set players free in Stella Montis, as Embark announces it's stepping back from weekly fixes

Yet another wall we can no longer vault through.

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Arc Raiders' big winter update is coming next week, Embark teases new temperature mechanic

Cold Snap marks the end of the extraction shooter's current roadmap.

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders dev reveals Cold Snap winter update release date: Snowfall map condition, new quests, and a new event arrive next week

"A cold snap is coming"

GamesRadar

Some Arc Raiders players are angry over the $5 million Expedition goal, but I think they're missing the point

Prestige rewards are a bit redundant if everyone gets them.

PC Gamer

'Every Game Company' is Doing it? 'Arc Raiders' AI Scandal Explodes, Big Name CEO Suggests Hidden Truth

One should assume "every game company" is using AI, Nexon Co. Ltd. CEO Junghun Lee says. He is asking how companies can survive when “everyone is working with the same or similar technologies," maintaining that “human creativity” distinguishes exceptional games from mediocre ones.

Benzinga

Arc Raiders devs had ambitions for "boss fights in that same arena of Dark Souls, Monster Hunter" but quickly realized the Arc are too unpredictable

Embark Studios wanted "all of that compelling pattern recognition."

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders players exploited the Hidden Bunker so hard that Embark has turned it off entirely

This is why we can't have nice things

GamesRadar

Former Nexon boss who took a risk on Arc Raiders says "the AAA industry is structurally at its end" and "it’s going to end in more disaster than it has already" without a "serious rewrite"

"How come it was so unobvious that Embark was a great deal for Nexon until about three weeks ago? What does it say about the industry?"

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Former Battlefield devs had "something to prove" with Arc Raiders and The Finals, ex-Nexon boss says, and that's why they succeeded where other veteran-led studios failed

"All this stuff that really matters, where the value is created, is just completely forgotten"

PC Gamer

Embark has confirmed that Expedition bonuses in Arc Raiders are permanent, but that does little to clear up the confusion

Why the mystery?

PC Gamer

The Speranza Watchlist isn't Arc Raiders' answer to evil players—it's just a roleplaying tool for people who want to spice up their games

It's not a hit list, so don't get any ideas.

GamesRadar

Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out"

I fear free-to-play Arc Raiders

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ARC Raiders Week 6 Trials (Dec. 1) – How to get three stars

Easier than before.

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Where to find laboratory reagents in Arc Raiders

Track down these explosive chemicals.

GamesRadar

The backbone of Arc Raiders, Scrappy the rooster, is based on a real bird who crashed a dev Zoom meeting and was photoscanned in as something "we'll definitely replace later"

All hail Scrappy the crafting king

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders dev answers one big question about what counts toward bonus skill points for Expeditions, but Embark still won't say how much cash you actually need

How much loot you need for how many skill points is still anyone's guess

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders door exploit makes keycards useless, and players demand the banhammer for those using it: "The sooner Embark bans people doing this, the sooner it will stop"

The issue has existed for quite some time now

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders' most dedicated players say "there is not enough content," but others beg to differ: "I sweated at the game 24 hours a day… Why no content?"

Some players say they're running out of things to do

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders was going to be a cross "between Shadow of the Colossus, Left 4 Dead, and PUBG" according to dev, who says Embark initially had no idea "what kind of game loop we were supposed to have"

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