Arc Raiders Gets Hurricane Weather
Embark's extraction shooter Arc Raiders will debut a "hurricane" map condition on February 24 that limits visibility, degrades shields, impedes movement, and blows grenades back at players. The dynamic weather event will challenge players to adapt strategies while offering opportunities to use wind for faster traversal and escapes.
- *Arc Raiders* is developed by Embark Studios, a Stockholm-based company founded in 2018 by former executives and developers from DICE, known for the *Battlefield* series. - The game underwent a significant transformation during development, shifting from its original concept as a cooperative player-versus-environment (PvE) shooter to a player-versus-player-versus-environment (PvPvE) extraction shooter. - The game is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where players take on the role of "Raiders," who venture from the underground sanctuary of Speranza to the surface to fight a mysterious mechanical threat known as ARC. - As an extraction shooter, the core gameplay involves players infiltrating a map to complete objectives and gather loot while contending with both AI-controlled enemies and other human players, all while needing to reach an extraction point to keep their findings. - The introduction of dynamic weather, like the hurricane, is part of Embark Studios' ongoing content roadmap for 2026, which also includes plans for new maps, enemies, and quests. - The studio's other major title is *The Finals*, and the development of that game progressed faster, leading to its release before *Arc Raiders*, even though *Arc Raiders* was announced first. - The lore of *Arc Raiders* suggests that the ARC machines are an evolving threat, which may be reflected in future gameplay updates with more challenging enemies and scenarios.
