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gaming8 hours ago

Arc Raiders Dominates Holiday Game Sales as Detroit: Become Human Follows

Arc Raiders topped the holidays as the best-selling game across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox with more than four million copies sold in December 2025; Steam data shows about 1.2 million more copies between Dec 21 and Jan 5, pushing total Steam sales past 7 million and overall copies to over 12.4 million for Embark/Nexon. Detroit: Become Human was second on Steam with 993,000 copies sold and around $3.2 million in Steam revenue, bringing its Christmas period Steam revenue to over $150 million and total sales to about seven million copies. Other December highlights included Battlefield 6 with over 3.5 million units sold across all platforms, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 adding about one million copies thanks to its The Game Awards boost.

gaming12 hours ago

ARC Raiders Gives Free Xbox DLC to Celebrate Record Sales and Peak Players

ARC Raiders is offering Xbox players a free Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool as a celebration of strong sales and a new concurrent-player high. To claim it, players must log in before 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm GMT / Midnight CET on January 13. The game has sold 12.4 million units across platforms and set a January peak of 960,000 concurrent players, boosted by holiday promos on Xbox, Epic Games Store, Steam, and PlayStation.

gaming1 day ago

ARC Raiders Celebrates 12 Million Sales with Free Gilded Pickaxe Gift

ARC Raiders has surpassed 12 million copies sold since its October 2025 launch. To celebrate, Embark Studios is awarding every player who has logged in since launch through 23:59 CET on January 13, 2026 a free Gilded Pickaxe Raider Tool, delivered with the year’s first patch that also adds the Abyss cosmetic set and balance tweaks to Trigger Nade and Kettle. Check your inbox to redeem the item.

games1 day ago

Arc Raiders Surges to 12 Million Sales, Free Golden Hammer Promised to All Players

Arc Raiders has sold 12 million copies across all platforms since its Oct 30, 2025 launch. To celebrate, Embark Studios is gifting every player who has logged in at least once by January 13, 2026 a free golden Raider tool (golden hammer) delivered via in-game mail on that date; the promo was originally tied to 10 million players but gained momentum with the holiday surge, and the team says it will continue to invest in the game’s growth.

technology2 days ago

Arc Raiders Thrives While Embark Keeps AI in Check

Embark Studios says Arc Raiders’ success hasn’t changed its cautious stance on AI: it used text-to-speech for some lines, but won’t “open the floodgates” to AI tools. The team aims to use tech that unlocks new capabilities and may build in‑house tools, while staying mindful of concerns and quality. Future updates may rely less on TTS and could involve re-recording lines with human actors if feasible, signaling selective AI use rather than broad adoption.

gaming2 days ago

Arc Raiders: Embark seeks fresh incentives as player resets rise

Embark Studios disclosed that just over a million Arc Raiders players (roughly 10% of the player base) reset their characters during the first expedition window, trading resets for cosmetics, an XP boost, expanded stash space, and up to five million credits for extra skill points. About 35-40% of those resets reached the five-million-credit target, and the studio is exploring ways to add variety to expeditions ahead of the next window, keeping momentum for 2026.