Embark Studios Delays Arc Raiders To 2023 To Focus On Team Shooter, Project Discovery

Embark Studios, a younger crew of former DICE staff led by ex-EA head Patrick Söderlund, has delayed its upcoming shooter, Arc Raiders. The title was initially slated to reach this 12 months however will now launch in 2023. 

The reason being that the crew has determined to pivot and concentrate on launching one other team-based shooter codenamed Undertaking Discovery. A weblog put up written by Söderlund explains that Embark has a number of tasks in improvement and that Discovery progressed so rapidly that it seemingly caught as much as Arc Raiders, presenting the crew with the potential for delivery two video games inside the similar timeframe. Nevertheless, doing would’ve been greater than the small crew can deal with. 

“For a younger, comparatively small studio like ours, releasing two video games briefly succession would have strained our groups and assets, lots of that are shared between the 2 tasks.” Söderlund explains. 

“As such, we determined to let Undertaking Discovery be our studio’s first sport to market, pushing Arc Raiders to a 2023 launch. It’s a choice that may also enable us to broaden and refine the Arc Raiders expertise.”

Outdoors of being a team-based first-person shooter, little is understood about Undertaking Discovery. The idea artwork posted above hints that it is set within the present day or maybe the close to future. Söderlund guarantees to disclose extra particulars “very quickly.” 

Arc Raiders made its debut throughout the 2021 Recreation Awards and shall be a free-to-play cooperative shooter the place gamers work collectively to battle mechanical creatures from house. It’ll launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC.