The ongoing war between ARC Raiders developer Embark Studios and cheaters continues to rage on, with the studio now introducing new changes to Steam Family Sharing that will prevent banned players from accessing the shooter on a separate account connected via a family plan. Many ARC Raiders players believe Embark could be doing more to tackle the large number of cheaters present in its extraction shooter, but today's newly introduced restrictions to Steam Family Sharing are most certainly a step in the right direction.
While ARC Raiders has been a huge success for Embark Studios, picking up Best Multiplayer Game at the 2025 Game Awards, selling more than 12 million copies, and maintaining a strong playerbase, there has been one huge element bringing the shooter down: cheaters. As a live-service title with massive popularity, it's no surprise that cheat providers have jumped at the chance to ruin the fun for legitimate players. After hackers ran rampant over the Christmas period, Embark returned in early January and addressed the issue by outlining its plans to tackle cheaters in ARC Raiders. The studio said it will be implementing significant changes to its rulesets and deploying new detection mechanisms to identify and remove...
