While ARC Raiders fans eagerly await a roadmap for 2026 and beyond, it seems there is one thing they can absolutely look forward to – and that’s multiple new maps and environments to explore.
While we’ve had a roadmap for 2025 to pour over since the game released, it’s fair to say that fans are desperately wanting to know what’s next (we’re like that, sorry Embark). Thankfully, in a new interview with Gamesradar, we now know a new roadmap isn’t too far away.
Per ARC Raiders Design Lead Virgil Watkins, “Sometime soon, I believe we’re going to be putting out a chunk of a roadmap for the upcoming months. But right now, it’s us kind of deciding exactly that cadence, that stuff. And you are correct on the types of content, and we’re going to parcel that out across the coming year.”
Following the release of the pretty PVP heavy ‘Stella Montis’, ARC Raiders fans are very curious as to what new environments Embark has in store for us to go and explore. Again, per Virgil, new maps in ARC Raiders aren’t just about ticking a box, but an opportunity for the developer to create ‘some new type of experience’.
Per Virgil – “The ambition is to try to pair it with some new type of experience, whether that’s the map conditions or weather conditions we put in that make the play feel different, enemy types or compositions feeling different, or we’re escalating the types of loot available there.” He continued, “There are going to be multiple maps coming this year, and I think it’s going to be across a spectrum of size to try to facilitate different types of gameplay. So you might see some that are smaller, and you might see some that are even grander than what we’ve got now.”
We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait! There’s more over on Gamesradar, so do go check out the full article.
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