Topic: extraction shooters
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Arc Raiders: Why 2025's Top Shooter Means More Extraction Games
Arc Raiders has become the unexpected mainstream hit of 2025, proving a massive audience exists for high-stakes extraction shooters and shifting market expectations away from traditional arena combat. Its explosive success, with over 300,000 daily players, gave it a crucial head start before a wa...
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Marathon's Playtest Was a "Great A/B Test," Says Arc Raiders Director
The simultaneous playtests of Marathon and Arc Raiders provided an unplanned A/B testing scenario, allowing the Arc Raiders team to compare design choices and player reactions within the same genre. This comparative analysis helped the Arc Raiders developers gain insights into player preferences ...
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Save On Arc Raiders For PC - Limited Time Offer Ends Dec 1
Arc Raiders is a highly praised extraction shooter currently leading on Steam, available at a discounted price of $34.39 until December 1 as part of Fanatical's Black Friday promotion. The game features engaging gunplay, creative world design, and challenging endgame content, with reviewers highl...
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Eurogamer Weekly: Top Features, Reviews, and Gaming News
The gaming industry is evolving with key discussions around GTA 6's 13-year development gap, the challenges of live-service games, and Microsoft's controversial Xbox Game Pass advertisement. Fortnite's Simpsons collaboration is praised as the most complete tie-in to date, offering interactive fan...
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Call of Duty's 2025 Downfall: What Happened?
Call of Duty's 2025 release, *Black Ops 7*, ended the franchise's long streak of annual sales dominance due to a poorly received campaign and a significant drop in sales compared to its predecessor. Two major competing shooters, *Battlefield 6* and *ARC Raiders*, successfully captured its audienc...
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Helldivers 2 Dev Praises AI's Impact on Gaming
Shams Jorjani, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, advocates for AI's use in backend operations to streamline tasks and free up creative resources, though his studio does not integrate AI directly into games. The industry is divided, with companies like Square Enix and Krafton pushing for AI integrati...
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