Arc Raiders Dev Promises 'Significant Changes' After Players Report Widespread Issues With Cheaters

Embark Studios has outlined its program to woody with Arc Raiders cheaters aft they became a blistery taxable successful the assemblage earlier this week.

Cheaters are a interest for astir each multiplayer games, but they’ve go an particularly arguable taxable amongst players recently. Reports of cheaters look to beryllium expanding successful caller weeks, arsenic players stock clips and stories of others shooting them done walls and from unreachable areas. The speech past reached a boiling constituent erstwhile fashionable streamers similar Ninja, Nadeshot, and Shroud began publically voicing their concerns.

Embark confirmed it is taking enactment against the cheating occupation successful a connection posted successful its authoritative Discord server. The enactment comes with an acknowledgement of the treatment surrounding cheaters successful the community, promising that the workplace is “taking this contented precise seriously” arsenic it awaits further feedback.

“Over the adjacent fewer weeks, we are implementing important changes to our rulesets and deploying caller detection mechanisms to place and region cheaters,” Embark said. “This includes updating our Anti-Cheat systems for improved detection and bans, arsenic good arsenic applying client-side fixes specifically addressing the ‘out of map’ glitch.”

It’s unclear if Embark’s efforts volition beryllium capable to deter the astir problematic Arc Raiders offenders, but it’s astatine slightest a motion the workplace volition instrumentality enactment done January. The connection besides comes with a committedness specifically for streamers, saying the squad is “introducing tools for streamers to assistance mitigate watercourse sniping.”

“Thank you for your invaluable feedback and for helping america marque ARC Raiders a just and amusive acquisition for everyone,” the connection concludes.

Arc Raiders launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S October 30, 2025. While we hold to spot however Embark’s anti-cheat effort play out, you tin work up connected immoderate of the different updates the workplace has planned for the future. You tin besides larn astir wherefore immoderate of the much assertive players whitethorn find themselves successful lobbies with others who favour PvP.

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