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Adding PvE to Arc Raiders 'isn't a difficult thing to do' but the question still stands how Embark can 'cater to the specific needs of the players'

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Adding PvE to Arc Raiders 'isn't a difficult thing to do' but the question still stands how Embark can 'cater to the specific needs of the players'

The biggest 'will they, won't they' in gaming right now involves Arc Raiders and whether it will finally add a PvE mode. All seemed promising after a very successful PvE test during the start of Frozen Trial, but news has since petered out, with Embark saying it needs a bit more time to figure everything out.

I thought this meant Embark needed time to get all its ducks in a row and figure out the logistics of a permanent PvE mode, but it turns out that adding one isn't actually that hard.

"We could just frankly add PvE,” Embark's CEO Patrick Söderlund says in an interview with The Game Business. “It’s not a difficult thing to do. But we didn’t want to obstruct or fiddle too much with the core loop of the game where the PvP aspect of a PvPvE game does add, we believe, adequate tension."

The biggest issue concerning a PvE mode is what it means for the game itself. The whole point of Arc Raiders being PvPvE is so players suffer even more tension as you never know when you're going to be jumped by an arc or other player. PvE obviously removes one of those threats, and the worry is that "by removing one substantial component, you’re fiddling with the core emotional loop." Something that Embark has previously decided "was not the right thing to do".

"We’ve now since tried it and realised that it’s fine," Söderlund adds. "Maybe people can choose what they like.


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