Industry NewsArc Raiders' Steam concurrent count has cratered and recent reviews flipped to Mixed — but the game has sold 16 million copies and Embark is still patching it every two weeks. The scary chart isn't the real story. The content gap might be.
GamingARC Raiders' Flashpoint update brought new content, but it also brought a wave of crashes on PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro. Here's what the community has found, what Embark Studios is doing about it, and every workaround worth trying.
GamingEmbark Studios shipped the long-awaited Flashpoint update with the Vaporizer, Close Scrutiny, two new weapons, and a matchmaking overhaul. The community reaction? It's complicated.
GamingEmbark Studios revealed the full Flashpoint content drop arriving March 31. The Assessor, Vaporizer, Canto SMG, Dolabra energy shotgun, and a Scrappy feeding system headline the update. We break down every feature and ask the hard question: is this enough to reverse a 50% player count decline?
GamingEmbark Studios finally confirmed the Flashpoint update for March 31. It's the third Escalation update with new enemies, weather, and Scrappy changes. But with a 50% player count drop since launch and Marathon knocking on the door, is one content update per month enough to keep raiders coming back?
GamingEmbark Studios drops the hammer on Arc Raiders' most dominant weapon with nerfs across the board, slashes Energy Clip profits by 80%, and adds some cosmetics. Here's what it means for the meta.
GamingBungie launched Marathon at $40, then slapped on $15 skin packs, a battle pass with zero earned premium currency, and a premium currency gap designed to force overspending. The backlash was immediate. Here's what happened.
GamingPost-expedition resets are brutal. Your level, your stash, your workshop upgrades — gone. Here's a tested strategy to blast back to level 75 and rebuild your Raider efficiently.
Game DevelopmentEmbark Studios just released a documentary revealing how Arc Raiders went from a free-to-play PvE hero shooter to the extraction game that sold 12 million copies — and the painful resets it took to get there.
GamingTwo extraction shooters, two very different philosophies. Arc Raiders dominates with 12 million copies sold while Marathon launches March 5 with Bungie's signature gunplay. Here's how they compare.