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Arc Raiders trials - what's on this week
Completing Arc Raiders trials is a great way to get some free loot, as well as to show your skill for the rest of Speranza to see.

ARC Raiders 2xLP Vinyl Soundtrack Release by iam8bit
iam8bit releases a special vinyl edition of the ARC Raiders soundtrack, available in three premium versions.

Arc Raiders Player Base Falls Another 50 Percent Following Riven Tides
Arc Raiders hasn't turned its fortunes around, as the game is still bleeding players at a pretty alarming rate.

Extraction shooter peak is finally returning and all you Arc Raiders players should definitely take note
DMZ was doing the whole "accessible PvE-centric extraction shooter" thing long before Arc was.

Fable Doesn’t Use Arc Raiders-Style Text-To-Speech AI For Its 1,000+ Voiced NPCs
The Fable reboot has more than 1,000 NPCs that players can interact with. Given this scale, and the fact that they all speak, people are naturally wondering how developer Playground was able to pull this off, and if some kind of artificial intelligence system was used. During a recent group Q&A...

We all know Arc Raiders' loot chase is broken—but this creator proved how bad the duping exploits and cheating really are
Perhaps forced wipes don't seem so bad now.

I took a trip to the dark side of Arc Raiders, and I don't want to go back
I was taken by the hand and led into the most aggressive Arc Raiders servers, where players shoot first and never, ever ask questions.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ devs have been "paying attention" to other extraction shooters like Arc Raiders, but think they've got them beat on "weapon feel"
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ devs have been "paying attention" to other extraction shooters like Arc Raiders, but think they've got them beat on "weapon feel"
Infinity Ward thinks you'll want to spend your time in its game over all the others this year

New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Trailer Shows Off DMZ Extraction Shooter Mode
Call of Duty is one of the leading names in first-person shooters, but with so many competitors over the years, even it has to adapt to stay relevant. DMZ is its most recent answer to that, bringing the trendy extraction shooter gameplay popularized by Escape from Tarkov, Arc Raiders, and Marathon...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Guns for ARC Raiders with Tense PS5 Extraction Mode
Many will infil, not many will exfil. Xbox closed out its press conference earlier today with a look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s extraction mode, DMZ. This is one of those “fake gamer” trailers, with overlaid dialogue meant to make it seem like a real person is playing. Read the full...

Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode is going full Arc Raiders
Modern Warfare 4 is bringing back a vastly improved DMZ mode later this year and it looks phenomenal, with inspiration from other extraction shooters.

Here's Replay's May winners: Leon the Resident Evil traffic cop, and a one man Matriarch kill in Arc Raiders
Replay is full of great clips every month, but these are May's best of the best

Here's Replay's May winners: Leon the Resident Evil traffic cop, and a one man Matriarch kill in Arc Raiders
Replay is full of great clips every month, but these are May's best of the best

New Borderlands x ARC Raiders Extraction Shooter on Steam Promises Endless Build Variety
If bi-yearly content drops for ARC Raiders or Borderlands 4’s lackluster post-launch support have you bummed, this Steam game may be an alternative.

Arc Raiders PvE mode coming to the Chinese version, and global players already want it in the main game too
Lucky!

Arc Raiders Could Be Getting A PvE-Only Mode
If a new map condition in Arc Raiders' Chinese beta is any indication, developer Embark Studios may be testing the waters for a widespread PvE-only mode in its popular extraction shooter. As revealed via social media posts, the Chinese version of Arc Raiders, which is currently in closed beta,...

Fortnite Kicks Off Pride Month By Adding Creator Who Used A Homophobic Slur On Stream
TheBurntPeanut is known for streaming games like Arc Raiders and Marathon

Embark Studios Reportedly Testing Two PvE-Focused ARC Raiders Map Conditions in China, Seemingly Leaning Into PvE-Focused Players
If you've been playing ARC Raiders since it launched in October 2025, then you've seen evolve into a friendlier sort of extraction shooter. One where players have chosen to play a PvE game, only firing their weapons at robotic ARC enemies instead of other Raiders. Now, a new report from...

Arc Raiders is finally getting a PvE mode, but only in China
Arc Raiders is reportedly trialling a pseudo-PvE mode on its co-Tencent-developed Chinese client. The multiplayer game recently acquired the ISBN licence required to operate in China, and the Eastern branch is wasting no time in shaking up the status quo, offering new game modes during its beta...

Arc Raiders is finally getting a PvE mode, but only in China
The Chinese branch of Arc Raiders is beta testing some new modes, with a PvE-focused map condition offering more safety than ever before.

Arc Raiders might be getting a PvE-focused map condition according to limited tests for the Chinese version of the extraction shooter
Even if Arc Raiders isn't as high up on the Steam charts as it was a few months ago, it's still doing well and choosing to step away from live-service tradition. Meanwhile, a new Chinese version of the game with region-specific quirks might be teasing a PvE-oriented map condition. Read more

Arc Raiders Players Aren't Sure If They Want The China Exclusive Cosmetics
China has access to some cool Arc Raiders cosmetics, but that's not the whole story.

ARC Raiders Wins Prestigious Game of the Year Award
ARC Raiders has just won the Nordic Game of the Year award at the Nordic Game Awards 2026. ARC Raiders actually won a total of three awards during the 2026 Nordic Game Awards, with the other two being in the Best Technology and Best Audio categories.
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