

Ultimately for a co-op action game like ARC Raiders, that’s what matters the most. “With this reveal, we want to celebrate gameplay and give players more than a hint of how ARC Raiders looks and what it feels like to play. Today, that canvas is a lot less blank and those ideas are becoming realities,” said Patrick Söderlund, co-founder and CEO of Embark Studios. “We started Embark Studios three years ago with a blank canvas and some big ideas. Eager players can wishlist the game today on Epic and Steam. Unveiled today at The Game Awards, ARC Raiders is a cooperative third-person PvE shooter where players must team up to resist the onslaught of ARC, fearless enemies that drop from orbit.ĪRC Raiders will be free to play and is planned for a 2022 release on the Epic Games Store, Steam, Nvidia GeForce NOW’s game streaming service, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

STOCKHOLM – Decem– Prepare to enlist and resist ruthless mechanized threats descending from the skies in ARC Raiders, the first official game from Embark Studios. While not much is known about Arc Raiders at the moment, a gameplay trailer was released which you can view above. It will also launch on Nvidia GeForce NOW’s game streaming service, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2022.Arc Raiders, a new free-to-play cooperative third-person PvE shooter, has been announced and is heading to consoles and PC in 2022. One intriguing tidbit is that you'll "go beyond simply matching ammo to a weapon" and "experience action where combat demands unrehearsed creativity."įind out more about ARC Raiders on its website, or wishlist it on Steam and the Epic Games Store. There aren't a lot of solid details in the game's descriptive materials about exactly what you'll be doing, other than shooting machines, or how you'll be doing it. For solo efforts, you can use the snap hook, a grappling-hook gun that lets you reach otherwise unaccessible heights. It looks like there's a strong focus on teamwork, and that includes weapons like the giant howitzer cannon that requires two people. You'll have the choice of playing as a number of resistance fighters known as Raiders, including the "uprooted and abandoned" Celeste and the fashionable robot Lance. ARC Raiders is a free-to-play co-op third-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world where hostile machines drop from the sky, which sounds about like how Patrick Söderlund described it nearly three years ago (and a little like Defiance). Finally, we have a name, and some solid details about Embark Studios' debut effort.
