ARC RAIDERS
Extracting the best bits of a difficult genre
Though this avatar may feel generic, the character creator offers a selection of faces and body types, and every cosmetic outfit can have its helmet hidden
Developer/publisher Embark Studios
Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series
Origin Sweden
Release 2025
Maps feature dynamic shifts in weather and lighting, while dedicated ‘Night raids’ offer better rewards but more ARC activity, along with the need to switch off your torch lest another player spot it.
If
Fallout
is a vision of a world that ended in the 1950s, then
ARC Raiders
’ apocalypse seems to have arrived in the mid-1970s, during the filming of A New Hope
Get high up and you can see for miles – handy when you’re trying to check if the coast is clear for extraction or lining up an unsuspecting player in your sights.
Given its team’s experience with
Battlefield
and
The Finals
, there can be no doubt that Embark knows how to make an explosion look good.