ARC Raiders Has Changed From a Co-Op PvE Game to a ‘PvPvE Survival Extraction Shooter’

Following the delay of ARC Raiders from 2022 to 2023, Embark Studios has now confirmed that the game has moved from a co-op PvP game to a “PvPvE survival extraction shooter.”

ARC Raiders Executive Producer Alexander Grondal said: Medium.com To share and review game updates Sign up for closed alpha testing This summer’s event has been published on Steam.

When Embark delayed the launch of ARC Raiders, it said the delay would not only allow the game to reach its “full potential” but also allow the team to add new PvP modes before launch. Ultimately, the team enjoyed implementing this new mode so much that the game underwent a “fundamental” change that transformed his ARC Raider genre into something completely new.

“ARC Raiders plunges players into a deadly yet stunningly beautiful future Earth, where they experience gruesome moments of survival and suspense,” said Grondal. “Man vs. machine, man vs. man, together or alone, and the sometimes conflicting natures of you and your own humanity, all played out in a magnificent landscape dotted with the remains of a haunting past. increase.

Grøndal then shared an excerpt from the ARC Raiders lore about how the game plays and what it means to move from a co-op PvE game to a “PvPvE Survival Extra Shooter”. I explained a little more.

“People fled to the underground colonies of Speranza in search of survival supplies and shelter from the machines,” it reads. “The demand for resources has never been higher. But getting those resources is a dangerous job and not for everyone. But it’s the job for you. That’s why you enlist as a Raider and scavenge for vital resources.” Everything from the remnants of yesterday’s clash with the ARC to the unlikely wreckage of a pinball machine is littered across the landscape.

“Outside, the stakes are high and you have to fight for loot. Deadly ARC machines roam the surface. And Calabretta has no rules, so watch out for other raiders. Trust is hard for a Speranza trader – what you earn is easily lost.You need to earn a living.So don’t come back empty-handed from your quest.Hunted by a swarm of ARC drones. If you find another raider, will you go kill him, will you help him, or will you hold back and treat him to his precious remains?”

ARC Raiders was announced at The Game Awards 2021, and the team behind the game is made up of former DICE developers with Battlefield and Star Wars: Battlefront experience.

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