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Arc Raiders is a 'Trojan Horse' for demonstrating AI tool usage in game development, according to Nexon, after Embark built two hits at 'a fraction of the cost you’d expect'

'What needs to be done by hand versus what a machine can do more efficiently?'

PC Gamer

ARC Raiders bosses double down on using AI in game dev: ‘More time innovating; less time writing code’

They're saying "get used to it," basically.

Destructoid

"Players shouldn't feel fully safe" in Arc Raiders even in friendly lobbies, production director says, and after Flashpoint I definitely do not feel safe

It's hard to feel safe anywhere Vaporizers roam

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THE FINALS Year 3 roadmap: Melee rework, new onboarding, and the biggest Season yet

Featuring Seasons 10 to 12.

Dot Esports

ARC Raiders Flashpoint update: ARC Operation Close Scrutiny, new threats, and patch 1.22.0 notes

Flashpoint adds new threats and loot.

Dot Esports

How to complete Waking the Grid in Arc Raiders

Find a Guard Tower and the Security Control Center for Shani.

PC Gamer

How to complete the Dust on the Wires quest in Arc Raiders

Help Shani track down a Field Depot in the Spaceport.

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ARC Raiders gets 2 new weapons, a new enemy type, and more in its most substantial update yet

Is it time to go back Topside?

Destructoid

Arc Raiders once had an Arc called The Cylinder of Pain, so I asked Embark about The Cylinder of Pain, and it turns out The Cylinder of Pain was a proto-Bastion with a big cylinder – of pain

"And without spoiling anything, I hope, in the future, we will revisit many of those"

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders guns totally changed after one "guerilla" dev at Embark said hold my beer, "I think I can do better," and remade the entire reload system "himself"

Another Arc Raiders dev cooked up the Kettle because the game needed a "pressure gun"

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders studio splits with co-founder over 'unsustainable' situation involving streamer allegations

Longtime EA veteran Rob Runesson co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer.

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders dev Embark Studios confirms co-founder is gone after allegations of misconduct with The Finals streamer: "We found the situation unsustainable and mutually agreed to part ways"

Embark says an external legal investigation "did not substantiate the allegations"

GamesRadar

ARC Raiders is substituting AI voices with real actors

More voice acting roles for real people in ARC Raiders.

Dot Esports

Arc Raiders devs spent 3 years fighting "on a daily basis" over whether it was "a battle royale," "a hero looter shooter," "a co-op Soul game," or "a co-op Shadow of the Colossus game"

"Internally, we thought the game was deeper, more fun, better than we actually had in our hands"

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Tom’s Hardware

Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

A vulnerability in Discord's SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game's log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem.

Player One

'Arc Raiders' Discord Integration Exposes Private Messages and Tokens Before Hotfix Release

Arc Raiders' Discord integration accidentally logged private messages and authentication tokens locally, highlighting major privacy risks for linked accounts.

Windows Central

ARC Raiders recorded private Discord DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations" — Embark promises that your data is safe

An issue with ARC Raiders' Discord integration led to the game recording private DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations."

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders was recording private Discord DMs in plain text, engineer claims in report on "serious privacy and security violations," which prompted a hasty hotfix from Embark

"Rest assured that your private and/or personal data was not sent outside your machine"

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All Dam Battlegrounds key locations in Arc Raiders

Crack open these locked rooms for prime loot.

PC Gamer

How to get a Broken Guidance System in Arc Raiders

Locate this industrial item to prep your Expedition.

PC Gamer

How to complete A Rising Tide in Arc Raiders

Find the foreman's apartment and investigate the Controlled Access zone for Celeste.

PC Gamer

How to complete A Dead End in Arc Raiders

Find Mantikor's underground facilities and search the locked room for Shani.

Dot Esports

ARC Raiders Shrouded Sky update: Hurricane map condition, new ARC threats, and patch 1.17.0 notes

New major content update for ARC Raiders is here.

GamesRadar

As Arc Raiders enters a peaceful era of jolly cooperation, I'm begging Embark Studios to make the robots terrifying again

Opinion | An occasional excess of pigeons isn't yet enough to turn around a game that's becoming less threatening every day

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders is such a huge hit, Nexon has put Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund in charge of everything else too

Söderlund has been named executive chairman of Nexon, heading up "long-term strategy, creative direction, and how Nexon develops games globally."

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