ARC Raiders 2026 Roadmap Reveals New Matchmaking System That Could Be a Game Changer

ARC Raiders 2026 Roadmap Reveals New Matchmaking System That Could Be a Game Changer

From Game Rant (Written by Kyle Knight) on | OpenCritic

Embark Studios has officially revealed the first half of its 2026 roadmap for its smash-hit extraction shooter, ARC Raiders, detailing all of the new content and changes coming to the game between now and April. After finding monumental success over the last three months, Embark is ready to keep the ball rolling into the new year with tons of new content for the ARC Raiders community to check out, starting with a new matchmaking option, map condition, and more next week.

After establishing itself in 2018 and going on to release The Finals in 2023, Embark Studios, which is formed of industry veterans, cemented itself as the studio to watch in the shooter genre. Then, back in October, Embark returned with the highly anticipated release of ARC Raiders, a new, third-person extraction shooter that had a heavy focus on not only PvP battles, but PvE too. While many expected the shooter to fly under the radar due to its release date being sandwiched between Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, two of the biggest releases of the year, ARC Raiders has gone on to sell more than 12 million copies and brings in hundreds of thousands...