On Reddit, another file has surfaced containing a few minutes of leaked gameplay from ARC Raiders (in closed testing now), the in-development extraction shooter from Embark Studios, the creators of The Finals. It was uploaded by one ‘Fart Raider’, who attempted to hide traces of their identity by blurring out identifiers that would allow Embark to know exactly who they are and perhaps trying to punish them for breaking the NDA that they surely signed ahead of the test.
ARC Raiders Looks Good, But Will It Deliver?
In the short video that’s still online at the time of writing, we see the player – Fart Raider – loot a gas station, take off across open scrubland, explore a little, and then fiddle around with their inventory. It’s not much, as far as leaks go, but each new snippet seems to reveal a constantly improving platform.
ARC Raiders looks very nice in UE5, and everything from the environment to the lighting is clean, even for a game that’s as unfinished as this one. In earlier leaks, we saw combat, and that too looks quite satisfying.
If there’s one issue, it’s that every game that has surfaced in the extraction shooter realm – except for Escape From Tarkov, the spearhead game – has ultimately succumbed to an implosion not long after launch, or failed to gain much traction. There are no ‘solid’ contenders to Tarkov, which holds the monopoly on the niche, but perhaps ARC Raiders can challenge that paradigm.
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