There's a lot to look forward to in this one, including, but not limited to, a new ARC threat, map condition, player project, and more.
Embark's successful extraction shooter peaked at 960,000 concurrent players last month and averages six million weekly active players.
Patrick Söderlund spoke about further fostering the community of ARC Raiders by giving players more of what they want, like lore.
The Shared Watch event encourages squads to work together by offering more rewards for ARC destruction (and nothing for PvP).
Cold Snap was originally added to ARC Raiders as a limited-time event to celebrate the Holiday season with its own unique rewards.
Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund spoke about players contacting the developers to appeal their recent bans from the game.
"We can live for a long time on the money that ARC Raiders has been generating," says Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund.
Nexon's Junghun Lee said in a recent interview that ARC Raiders has been around "double the amount of success" that he had expected.
Bird City should now appear more regularly after unfortunate timings that conflicted with players' real-world obligations.
This ban system has been noted as being more lenient than what we've seen in Escape From Tarkov which doesn't offer any leniency.
A new map hits the extraction shooter in April, but you can look forward to new conditions, projects, quests, and more until then.
In an interview, Virgil Watkins spoke about how those who spawn into a session late are ultimately at an economic advantage.
The extraction shooter beat out the likes of Counter-Strike 2, Battlefield 6, Helldivers 2, and more to command player attention.
Design director Virgil Watkins has spoken about being able to walk around in Speranza rather than its current menu-based implementation.
While Embark Studios has great ambitions in stepping up the challenges in ARC Raiders, there are also more practical concerns.
Design lead Virgil Watkins says there may be "some that are smaller" and "some that are even grander than what we've got now."
Nexon CEO and president Junghun Lee said in a statement that the extraction shooter could go on to become one of the company's big pillars.
A new event is also apparently coming to the extraction shooter the week after, challenging players to "keep air purifiers powered on."
Design director Virgil Watkins said that tech is used if it allows developers to "do something we couldn't do before," or adds to the game.
However, Embark Studios wants to offer "a little more variety" and incentives for others, according to design director Virgil Watkins.
