Embark Studios is clearly keen to keep building on the success of its latest game, Arc Raiders. The extraction shooter, which just launched to the biggest player numbers on Steam for the niche genre, is already growing and now there’s a roadmap outlining its trajectory.
Arc Raiders’ roadmap provides a glimpse at the months ahead for the fresh third-person shooter on the market. As is typically the case, the live-service game will be receiving frequent updates fine-tuning the experience, ironing out any kinks, and steadily rolling out new cosmetics, feats and trials, as well as map conditions that should liven the playing field.
The most exciting news though has to do with two updates coming in November and December, respectively. The first is dubbed North Line, and it will feature an entirely new map called Stella Montis, bringing Arc Raiders’ map count to five. North Line will also introduce a new community unlock event–these are typically goals and challenges for the entire game’s community to work towards in order to unlock a reward–as well as equipment and quests. There will even be two new Arcs, the game’s robotic enemies which tower over players, called the Matriarch and Shredder.
Just a month later in December, another update called Cold Snap will be dropping just in time for the brisk winter holidays. As the name suggests, a new arctic map condition will arrive in the game as well as a complementary event called Flickering Flames. I reckon players should start preparing to fight one another in order to stay warm come December.
Both updates will also let players rediscover “what was lost in expanded Quests,” according to Embark’s announcement post. Only the Cold Snap update in December will pack in a Raider Deck though, Arc Raiders’ rendition of a battle pass.
