Embark Studios head Patrick Söderlund explains how Arc Raiders was made on "a quarter of the budget" of a AAA title
in newsletterGamesIndustry.biz · 2026-03-13 · 10 min read · top_stories
Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund says Arc Raiders was built for roughly $75M — about a quarter of a typical AAA budget — by rethinking pipelines: using photogrammetry, procedural generation, and Google Maps topography instead of traditional workflows. The 360-person studio has sold over 14 million copies since October 2025.
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