Arc Raiders Dev Drops Cosmetic Prices, Offers Refunds, and Reveals It 'Silently' Enabled Duo Prioritized Matchmaking

Surprise! Arc Raiders is cutting the prices of its store cosmetics, and volition refund anyone who snapped them up earlier the caller terms goes into effect tomorrow, November 13.

In an update connected the authoritative Arc Raiders website, developer Embark Studios said it has "heard [player] feedback," writing: "We’ve reviewed our prices and made adjustments to little prices wherever applicable." Revised prices spell unrecorded tomorrow, November 13, astatine 1.30am PT / 4.30am ET / 9.30am GMT).

"For immoderate Raider who has already made a acquisition connected the aged pricing, we’ll compensate you for the difference. These Raider Tokens volition beryllium refunded backmost into your relationship automatically successful the coming week."

The squad stopped abbreviated of revealing the caller prices, oregon however large the discounts volition be. Nonetheless, it should beryllium bully quality for players, immoderate of whom person been unhappy astatine the costs, complaining that the premium skins outgo "half [the] terms of the game" itself.

That's not the lone large quality we've had today, either. Embark besides confirmed it has been "silently testing" duo matchmaking and has so enabled it earlier this week.

"We person silently tested and enabled duo prioritized matchmaking, opening earlier this week," the squad explained. "Duo matchmaking volition enactment similar this: first, we prioritize Solos and Squads to play separately. After that, we prioritize Duos to play with different Duos, and for Trios to play with Trios. Please enactment that this is not a 100% guaranteed system, truthful you whitethorn astatine times tally into differing constellations of players different than your own."

Finally, portion there's presently 1 escaped Raider Deck disposable for all, successful the aboriginal players volition spot some escaped and premium decks. As the squad explained, gameplay Items are lone successful escaped Raider Decks, but to "help you on the mode arsenic a caller Raider, we person included immoderate gameplay Items successful the escaped Raider Deck, which tin beryllium unlocked via progression."

There are besides "no pay-to-win items successful the premium Raider Decks," Embark insisted, saying the "focus" for premium Decks is based connected "cosmetics and convenience."

Don't hide that Arc Raiders' archetypal large update, North Line, launches tomorrow, November 13. The caller update introduces a full caller portion northbound of the Rust Belt called Stella Montis, described arsenic "cold, pristine, and filled with the remnants of humanity's mislaid ambitions." It'll present a full caller region, caller assemblage unlock event, 2 caller ARCs — Matriarch and Shredder – arsenic good arsenic caller weapons, playstyles, and quests. The adjacent update, Cold Snap, arrives this December.

"Arc Raiders raises the barroom for extraction shooters beauteous overmuch crossed the board, with an incredibly gripping progression grind, tense fights against NPCs and different players that marque for memorable matches, and loot that feels wholly worthy each the enactment and accent it takes to get it," we wrote successful IGN's Arc Raiders review, which returned an 'Amazing' 9/10.

We're not the lone ones who are having a bully clip with it, contempt the contention astir its usage of AI. Arc Raiders has present sold implicit 4 cardinal copies worldwide little than 2 weeks since its merchandise date, cementing its commercialized success. Nexon besides revealed that the extraction shooter had reached a immense concurrent number of 700,000 players crossed each platforms.

If this has tempted you into jumping into Arc Raiders, cheque retired our usher to the champion settings, find retired what skills we urge unlocking first, and spot however to gain loot by delivering tract depot crates.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.