ARC Raiders Dev Admits They Need To Fix Weapon Balance; “Cost Should Not Fill A Skill Gap”

Admitting you’re wrong is the first step. ARC Raiders design lead Virgil Watkins has admitted that they need to rebalance the game’s expensive, high-level weapons. In an interview with GamesRadar, he said this: I think we’re definitely a bit off on some of the cost to benefit ratios, certainly on those [higher-tier] weapons. It was […]

ARC Raiders Concept is Borderline Genius

An ARC Raiders player and UI designer has created a genius new concept that would make managing inventory space and general menu navigation a thousand times easier, solving many of the community’s biggest gripes. As an extraction shooter, ARC Raiders has tons of items, weapons, and gear to manage, but its lack of quality-of-life features […]

Why is ARC Raiders giving us a codpiece and corset pants in the latest update?!?

ARC Raiders’ latest update, 1.11.0, is a disaster. To celebrate 12 million copies sold, ARC Raiders has given us a Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool (all you gotta do is check your in-game mail and you’ll get the ugly thing). But that Gilded Pickaxe Raieder Tool is not enough to make up for what the latest […]

ARC Raiders Sales Surpass 12.4 Million Units Worldwide

Following a recent analyst report, developer Embark Studios has officially confirmed that ARC Raiders has surpassed 12.4 million units sold worldwide. To celebrate the milestone, players can receive the “Gilded Pickaxe” Raider Tool as a free in-game reward for a limited time. ARC Raiders launched on October 30 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC […]

Arc Raiders Designer Says Its Matchmaking Is Far More Complex Than We Realize

Arc Raiders players have been trying to figure out how matchmaking works. There was a theory that your aggression may play a role in who you end up sharing a lobby with, and just as one developer from Embark Studios confirmed that to be the case, another has stepped up and said well, actually, that’s […]

Arc Raiders Now a Huge Multiplayer Success Story at 12 Million Sales

While other live service efforts wilt, Embark Studios has proved there is still room for significant success in the online multiplayer games sector, as ARC Raiders has now sold more than 12.4 million copies since its October 2025 launch. A report from Business Wire reveals the game reached 10 million sales at the end of […]

Arc Raiders update 1.11.0 is live and it’s bad news for Kettle and Trigger ‘Nade fans | Gaming | Entertainment

The first update of 2026 – which is version 1.11.0 – doesn’t make a huge number of changes, but it does make some tweaks to a couple of different weapons. This includes balance changes to the Kettle semi-automatic Assault Rifle, and the Trigger ‘Nade bomb. As you can see from the patch notes further down […]