Just days after multiple streamers and content creators exposed a growing problem of cheaters in Arc Raiders, the extremely popular extraction shooter from Embark Studios, its studio has acknowledged the complaints and outlined what will be done to combat the epidemic.
As first spotted by GamesRadar, via a post on the game's official Discord server, Embark has confirmed that it is aware that there are ongoing instances of bad actors in its live-service title.
"We’ve seen the discussion around the topic of cheaters in ARC Raiders," community admin Ossen said. "Please know that we are taking this issue very seriously and are listening to, and acting on, your feedback."
In order to nip the problem where it's at, "significant changes to our rulesets" and new detection mechanisms will be implemented to, hopefully, stop cheaters in their tracks at the onset.
"This includes updating our Anti-Cheat systems for improved detection and bans, as well as applying client-side fixes specifically addressing the 'out of map' glitch," the outlined changes read. "Furthermore, we are introducing tools for streamers to help mitigate stream sniping."
One thing that GamesRadar notes, and is an important element worth noting, Embark has not detailed just...
