{"id":1375355,"date":"2025-10-30T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/theres-no-shortcut-to-making-great-games-embark-studios-cco-responds-to-and-defends-ai-use-in-arc-raiders"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:15:18","slug":"theres-no-shortcut-to-making-great-games-embark-studios-cco-responds-to-and-defends-ai-use-in-arc-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-no-shortcut-to-making-great-games-embark-studios-cco-responds-to-and-defends-ai-use-in-arc-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There&#8217;s no shortcut to making great games&#8221; Embark Studios CCO responds to, and defends, AI use in Arc Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/theres-no-shortcut-to-making-great-games-embark-studios-cco-responds-to-and-defends-ai-use-in-arc-raiders.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Arc Raiders is out today, and while a wild number of players have flocked to the game to celebrate its launch, it&#8217;s no secret that the extraction shooter shared a familiar point of controversy to Embark Studio&#8217;s prior game The Finals. 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