Arc Raiders is unmistakably the most successful multiplayer shooter of the year. Not only is it popular, but it has managed to hold on to its high player count till now. While games like Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty Black Ops 7 traditionally have bigger budgets and wider fan bases, Embark's extraction shooter has eclipsed them both.
However, with such popularity, you're bound to get a few bad apples. As you'd expect, cheaters using aimbots, wallhacks, and other software have made their way into the game. While this issue was pointed out by the community and even Shroud, it seems that instances of cheating have exploded over the holiday season.
Since it's the holiday season, most developers are usually on leave, with just a skeleton crew running the place. The same applies to Embark, whose moderation team, along with a bulk of the staff was probably off work. Cheaters took this opportunity to plague Arc Raiders, causing players and even popular streamers like Shroud and Ninja to demand that the devs do something about it (thanks, Kotaku).
"Embark has zero control over their game right now. I mean they were on holiday, so I will give them some slack,...
