Cooperative shooter Arc Raiders from former EA developer revealed at The Game Awards

Arc Raiders, the first game from Embark Studios set up by former EA executive Patrick Soderlund, was revealed during The Game Awards 2021 tonight.

The game is a free-to-play, cooperative action shooter where, with your team, you will defend your home and fend off the onslaught of Arc – a mechanized threat from the air. time.

In it, you play as one of the Raiders, a group of resistance fighters. With the help of an early warning system, you will fight to protect your home from enemies flying out of orbit. And the Arcs don’t falter, because they respond to any resistance with “increasing destruction”.

As a Raider, defeating Arc is more than simply “pointing and shooting”, and will require more than one person. To solve the problem, you can search for ruins of the past, use tools and gadgets to outmaneuver enemies, and use movement, surroundings, and physics tactics to your advantage. friend.

We first heard about Arc Raiders in February 2019 when a bit of a tease was released. This is the studio’s first project, but there’s a second project in development at the studio, a team-based PvP shooter.

Arc Raiders is currently scheduled for release in 2022 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.