Embark Studios just announced the release date for ARC Raiders at Summer Games Fest, and the wait won't be so bad. This shouldn't be too surprising, as the game has already run a couple of Tech Tests for playtesters. If you enjoy multiplayer extraction games, then you might want to check out ARC Raiders' unique world when it is officially released. 2f4u3h

Years after it was first revealed, ARC Raiders has finally set a release date alongside its new trailer premiering at this year's Summer Game Fest. Embark Studios first revealed its extraction shooter in late 2021 (then planned to be a purely cooperative PvE experience), but development resources were redirected to completing and shipping The Finals, which launched in December 2023. ARC Raiders is now set to be released later this year.

Embark Studios' ARC Raiders recently ended its second technical test, and statistics from the event show just how deadly the game's machine enemies really are. The extraction shooter often puts players at odds with each other, but the annihilation-bent ARC machines are an ever-present hazard, with certain variants proving just how dire humanity's circumstances in the Rust Belt are.

Embark Studios' extraction shooter ARC Raiders has just recently begun its second tech test, giving players a chance to try the game early, and it's already featuring a new content update in the form of Night Raids. The third-person shooter is set to release into early access sometime later this year, but Tech Test 2 is off to a strong start, and is already introducing a way for players to find high-tier loot.

ARC Raiders is giving prospective players another chance to try the game ahead of its release in the form of a second Tech Test. The sci-fi extraction shooter is in development at Embark Studios, which released The Finals in late 2023, and takes place after violent robots have conquered the surface of Earth, forcing humans to live in underground colonies and scavenge for supplies.

ARC Raiders has a lot of potential thanks to its compelling set-up and decent-looking extraction gameplay loop. It comes from Embark Studios, who blew everyone away with its impressive competitive shooter, The Finals. So, understandably, fans have quite high expectations for it. However, for it to truly succeed and become the game everyone wants it to be, ARC Raiders needs to learn some important lessons.

ARC Raiders is the latest title from Embark Studios, the folks behind the intense action-packed FPS The Finals. It was originally announced as a co-op PvE and later switched to a PvPvE extraction shooter, something that disappointed me but pleased a lot of extraction shooter fans. Naturally, those fans and I have been anticipating the first official gameplay reveal trailer for some time to see how this new change would affect the game. Luckily, it has finally arrived.

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ARC Raiders was a new game reveal at The Game Awards 2021, and while details are still a bit scarce, some world-building has already been teased, including information on some of the game's characters. The game from new developer Embark Studios will be a cooperative third-person shooter, which pits players against a machine army invading from outer space. Players will take on the role of a Raider fighting against the machines, but it's so far unclear whether or not they'll be any specific character in the ARC Raiders universe, or if the game will have custom characters.

The recently announced ARC Raiders gives its developers at Embark Studios a chance to innovate, an opportunity they didn't have in their previous roles when working on the Battlefield series. As an established and long-running FPS franchise, Battlefield is set in its ways and too much change can bring ire from fans. Made up of many former EA, DICE, and Ripple Effect employees, Embark Studios is already working on a project that is trying to move the medium forward in ARC Raiders, while Battlefield continues to struggle in attempts to imitate popular trends.