Arc Raiders’ Huge Update Introduces Its Best Gadget Ever

Arc Raiders was an incredible game when it launched almost exactly one year ago. It joined Sea of Thieves and Left 4 Dead as one of my favorite co-op games ever. Many others loved it too, and it quickly surged to become one of 2025's best sellers and biggest stories. But in the months that followed, a large portion of players fell off the game's live-service carousel--or maybe "jumped off" is a better way to put it. Embark Studios announced in May that it was moving to semi-annual major upd