{"id":1452722,"date":"2026-01-06T22:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BvPVrtjKtPLB8SwwwLBciS"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:06:18","slug":"the-game-isnt-about-shooting-other-players-embark-ceo-says-arc-raiders-is-unlikely-to-get-a-pvp-leaderboard-because-the-devs-dont-necessarily-want-to-foster-that-kind-of-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-game-isnt-about-shooting-other-players-embark-ceo-says-arc-raiders-is-unlikely-to-get-a-pvp-leaderboard-because-the-devs-dont-necessarily-want-to-foster-that-kind-of-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The game isn’t about shooting other players’: Embark CEO says Arc Raiders is unlikely to get a PvP leaderboard because the devs ‘don’t necessarily want to foster that kind of gameplay’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PvP discourse will likely be a constant in Arc Raiders conversation for years to come. But while the more antagonistic raiders among us might wish for more acknowledgment of their dark deeds, it doesn’t sound like Embark will be prioritizing additional PvP systems any time soon. In a recent interview<\/a> with GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi, Embark Studios CEO Patrick S\u00f6derlund said features like player kill leaderboards and Nemesis systems would place too much of an emphasis on PvP.<\/p>\n

While S\u00f6derlund said the development team has “had several discussions” about additional PvP mechanics and metrics, he ultimately thinks Arc Raiders is stronger when player combat is a potential hazard rather than an inevitability.<\/p>\n

“One of the beauties of this game is the fact that we don’t have those leaderboards, and it’s not competitive. We don’t necessarily want to foster that kind of gameplay,” S\u00f6derlund said. “The game isn’t about shooting other players. You can do that if you want to, but the ethos of the game has never been to go in and shoot players.”<\/p>\n

Instead, PvP is something that Embark wants “to a point,” S\u00f6derlund said, because “it’s a part that we use to craft tension.” Knowing that there are players out there pursuing their own goals and interests\u2014which may or may not include murder\u2014makes Arc Raiders feel more unpredictable and vibrant. S\u00f6derlund said Arc Raiders’ early PvE incarnation was “quite fun,” but it really came alive thanks to the “subtle ways of signalling” Embark was able to play with once other raiders were added into the mix.<\/p>\n

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