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EXPLAINED: Embark studios | Rare Historical Photos

Arc Raiders once had an Arc called The Cylinder of Pain, so I asked Embark about The Cylinder of Pain, and it turns out The Cylinder of Pain was a proto-Bastion with a big cylinder – of pain

"And without spoiling anything, I hope, in the future, we will revisit many of those"

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Arc Raiders guns totally changed after one "guerilla" dev at Embark said hold my beer, "I think I can do better," and remade the entire reload system "himself"

Another Arc Raiders dev cooked up the Kettle because the game needed a "pressure gun"

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Arc Raiders studio splits with co-founder over 'unsustainable' situation involving streamer allegations

Longtime EA veteran Rob Runesson co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer.

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Arc Raiders dev Embark Studios confirms co-founder is gone after allegations of misconduct with The Finals streamer: "We found the situation unsustainable and mutually agreed to part ways"

Embark says an external legal investigation "did not substantiate the allegations"

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ARC Raiders is substituting AI voices with real actors

More voice acting roles for real people in ARC Raiders.

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Arc Raiders devs spent 3 years fighting "on a daily basis" over whether it was "a battle royale," "a hero looter shooter," "a co-op Soul game," or "a co-op Shadow of the Colossus game"

"Internally, we thought the game was deeper, more fun, better than we actually had in our hands"

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Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

A vulnerability in Discord's SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game's log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem.

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'Arc Raiders' Discord Integration Exposes Private Messages and Tokens Before Hotfix Release

Arc Raiders' Discord integration accidentally logged private messages and authentication tokens locally, highlighting major privacy risks for linked accounts.

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ARC Raiders recorded private Discord DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations" — Embark promises that your data is safe

An issue with ARC Raiders' Discord integration led to the game recording private DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations."

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Arc Raiders was recording private Discord DMs in plain text, engineer claims in report on "serious privacy and security violations," which prompted a hasty hotfix from Embark

"Rest assured that your private and/or personal data was not sent outside your machine"

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All Dam Battlegrounds key locations in Arc Raiders

Crack open these locked rooms for prime loot.

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How to get a Broken Guidance System in Arc Raiders

Locate this industrial item to prep your Expedition.

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How to complete A Rising Tide in Arc Raiders

Find the foreman's apartment and investigate the Controlled Access zone for Celeste.

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How to complete A Dead End in Arc Raiders

Find Mantikor's underground facilities and search the locked room for Shani.

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ARC Raiders Shrouded Sky update: Hurricane map condition, new ARC threats, and patch 1.17.0 notes

New major content update for ARC Raiders is here.

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As Arc Raiders enters a peaceful era of jolly cooperation, I'm begging Embark Studios to make the robots terrifying again

Opinion | An occasional excess of pigeons isn't yet enough to turn around a game that's becoming less threatening every day

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Arc Raiders is such a huge hit, Nexon has put Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund in charge of everything else too

Söderlund has been named executive chairman of Nexon, heading up "long-term strategy, creative direction, and how Nexon develops games globally."

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Arc Raiders streamer who helped popularize notorious dupe exploit says "oopsies" after getting off with a light warning, leaving fans to question if Embark is serious about fair play

"This is bulls**t"

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ARC Raiders issues penalties for exploiting dupe glitches, and many players get away with a warning

Penalties will roll out throughout the week.

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Spited FPS streamer Shroud vindicated as Arc Raiders finally gets its GOTY award, taking Online Game of the Year at the DICE Awards

Let's not mention what Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won

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'Arc Raiders is almost like a social experiment': Embark Studios' CEO reveals a neurology professor encouraged him to submit the game for scientific testing to study player behaviour

Most gamers should be scientifically studied tbh.

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Bank It makes a comeback to THE FINALS as a part of Lunar New Year celebrations

With multiple rewards for you to earn.

Windows Central

ARC Raiders finally gets the PvE focus it needed — but real problems still remain

ARC Raiders update 1.15.0 introduces The Shared Watch PvE event and the return of Cold Snap, but I have concerns over progression and more.

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Arc Raiders devs rush to fix duplication exploit, threaten "possible penalties" after infinite Trigger Nades rain from the sky as TheBurntPeanut shows the glitch to over 140,000 people

Embark is "still investigating the full impact of the issue"

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Arc Raiders boss can tell Embark's anti-cheat efforts are working because there's "an influx of people trying to get to the studio, and to me"

"I know that we have banned probably tens of thousands of players so far"

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