Embark’s visually retro ARC Raiders gets new trailer, coming 2025

Exciting news at Opening Night Live as we’ve finally gotten a new look at Embark’s ARC Raiders. It’s been a moment, but the third-person shooter will be moving into a premium model and starting testing later this year. 2025 is the aim for release, so make sure you sign up to try it as soon as possible. The trailer is above, with new details below.

COLOGNE, Germany – August 20, 2024 – Today, during gamescom Opening Night Live, Embark Studios announced that ARC Raiders, the upcoming PvPvE third-person action-survival shooter, will launch in 2025 for $40 USD on PC via Steam and Epic Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Players who want an early taste will have the opportunity to play already this fall by signing up for Playtesting on Steam, with a first public Tech Test scheduled for October 24 through 27, 2024.

In ARC Raiders you enter a vast and lethal world.

People have fled to the underground colony of Speranza, seeking supplies to survive, and shelter from ARC machines on the surface. Demand for resources is at an all-time high, but venturing the surface to get them is a risky job.

You enlist as a Raider, fighting for your own survival and that of your neighborhood in the underground colony — scavenging and hunting for resources that must be extracted back safely from the surface.  Standing in your way are ARC machines — a mysterious, deadly foe — as well as other players — Raiders — who are also competing for loot and their own survival.

To grow as a Raider, you must make it back down to the colony alive. There, you get to meet the traders of Speranza to trade your loot and valuables, embark on quests, upgrade and improve and expand your chambers, and grow your character to suit your playstyle — to become the Raider that you want to be.

Whether teaming up or going solo, it’s a game that rewards thinking ahead and carefully observing the world around you, rather than running into action guns blazing. The gameplay is tactile, visceral, and grounded, with a rich and playful sandbox of gadgets and tools, beyond just guns and ammo.

“While ARC Raiders has changed and evolved over the course of development, the world we have built has always been our anchor. Our inspiration draws from current-day themes taken to their extreme, like the prospect of colonizing space, at a time when the relationship between man and machine is becoming increasingly fraught,” said Stefan Strandberg, Co-Founder and Creative Director.

“ARC Raiders takes place in a post-post apocalypse — a distant future where humanity has moved on to build anew.  Surely, this world can be a dangerous and treacherous place, but at the same time it’s inherently hopeful, vibrant, and charming.”

While first announced as a free-to-play title, ARC Raiders will now release as a $40 premium title.

“It became increasingly clear to us during development that a premium model is a better fit for the experience we’re building with ARC Raiders,” said Aleksander Grøndal, ARC Raider’s Executive Producer. “This shift allows us to focus on what truly matters for this game — creating an engaging, balanced, and replayable action survival experience.”

At Embark Studios, we have a clear vision for ARC Raiders, and transparency with our community is crucial to achieving it. Stay tuned for the latest game updates and information on ARC Raiders via Embark’s Discord, arcraiders.com, Twitter / X and YouTube.

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