Arc Raiders will be the first game from Embark Studios – a new venture set up by former EA executive Patrick Soderlund – and will see you, player, defend earth from a mysterious mechanised threat descending on the planet from outer space. The free-to-play co-operative title is targeting a release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC – and it looks like it could be one of your new favoruite games to have on rotation when it launches.
The title was revealed during The Game Awards 2021 in December last year and instantly started creating a lot of buzz… But does Arc Raiders have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with some of the other large (and more established) shooters out there? We’re here to break it all down with X things we know about the game so far.
Embark Studios has a lot of talent beavering away on this game – when Soderlund left EA, he took some notable names with him, including a suite of developers who used to work at DICE, back in the day. You can see that DNA in Arc Raiders, too; do you not think it looks a bit like Battlefront 2, at times? But the studio is not willing to just sit on its laurels. In a statement, it noted: “our ambition with this game is to combine new and old genres with groundbreaking technical innovation, into something unique and consequential.” It’s worth noting that the studio was co-founded by six gaming veterans who want to see games “become more captivating and more diverse.” Here’s hoping it’s a change of pace from the open-world shooters we know to date, then.
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