Embark Studios Project Discovery

Embark Studios plans to launch team-based shooter Project Discovery before ARC Raiders

The studio is moving back one project so it can get another out the door

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Embark Studios recently confirmed it was pushing back one of its titles,Ā ARC Raiders. Alongside the reasoning it gave, the company also shed some light on its future production plans, including a game that it plans to have out ahead ofĀ ARC Raiders.

In a blog post, Embark CEO and founder Patrick Sƶderlund discussed theĀ ARC RaidersĀ delay. As the studio confirmed, the co-op shooter won’t be launching until next year.

For transparency, Sƶderlund confirms Embark has several projects in development. AlongsideĀ ARC Raiders, the studio is working on a team-based first-person shooter codenamedĀ Project Discovery. It was teased in a tweet, in November of last year.

Project DiscoveryĀ has advanced, and faster than expected. Sƶderlund writes that the game is coming along fast enough that Embark was looking at the prospect of simultaneously launching two games. But launching two games in rapid succession might strain Embark’s resources.

“As such, we decided to let Project Discovery be our studio’s first game to market, pushing ARC Raiders to a 2023 release,” said Sƶderlund. “It’s a decision that will also allow us to expand and refine the ARC Raiders experience.”

A new discovery

WithĀ Project DiscoveryĀ advancing,Ā ARC RaidersĀ is going to take a little more time to cook in the oven. And that may not be all for the sci-fi world either.

Sƶderlund writes that over the course of this spring, Embark started to concept and prototype a PvP-focused game mode in theĀ ARC RaidersĀ universe that the studio wants to spend more time on.

The founder says the team will announce more details aboutĀ ARC RaidersĀ when it’s ready. Meanwhile, without going into more detail, there is more news due about Project DiscoveryĀ “very soon,” according to the blog. So while one Embark game is a ways away, another may not be so far off after all.


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