The first thing Arc Raiders' devs did during its extraction pivot was to reduce the speed of everything by 60%: 'All the craft that was in the game was kind of background noise'

Embark Studios' production director revealed at GDC that Arc Raiders' extraction pivot began with slashing all movement speeds by 60%, which surfaced previously unnoticed strengths in sound design, maps, and toolsets.

Appeared in 2026-03-13.