Embark Studios, developer of The Finals, has revealed it’ll release its next game, ARC Raiders, on Oct. 30.
ARC Raiders is a third-person, player-versus-player-versus-environment extraction shooter set in a lush postapocalyptic world. Deadly machines have forced the last remnants of humanity to funnel into the underground city of Speranza.
As medicine, food and other supplies dwindle, brave mercenaries called Raiders head topside to gun down robots (and other humans) and bring home shiny loot. Players are able to strike off on their own or band together in squads of three to increase their chances of survival.
The release date reveal comes hot on the heels of the game’s second tech test in May, when hundreds of thousands of players tried out the latest ARC Raiders build and tens of thousands of concurrent viewers made it one of the most-viewed games on Twitch.
Embark Studios’ executive producer, Aleksander Grøndal, said in a press release that the popularity of the test was the best rehearsal the developer could’ve hoped for ahead of the fall release.
“The test also honed in on concrete things we’re addressing in this last stretch of development,” he said. “There are bugs to squash, as well as general polish and performance improvements to be done. We’re also fine-tuning game balance and the player economy, and will work on an even better onboarding experience for players who come in new to this genre.”
Grøndal said ARC Raiders’ postrelease support will focus first and foremost on adding new locations and new loot for players to discover.
ARC Raiders’ release date puts it in even more direct competition with Bungie’s Marathon, which is slated for release on Sept. 23.
Both games are entering a highly competitive niche gaming genre, where only giants like Escape From Tarkov have historically survived — and many other innovative titles like The Cycle: Frontier have failed.
ARC Raiders will launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store. The game will also be available through Nvidia GeForce Now cloud streaming.
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