As everyone questions if extraction shooters will ever get mega popular, Arc Raiders lines up another playtest
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Summary
Embark Studios has announced another playtest for its extraction shooter Arc Raiders, which takes place from 30 April to 4 May 2022.
To sign up for the chance to participate in the playtest, users need to request access to the beta on Steam.
The game’s developer has implemented various “tweaks and improvements” since the last test, adding more enemies and a deeper player progression and crafting system.
There are also extracts from the Rock Paper Shotgun article that this piece was triggered by, which discusses the impending launch of Marathon, another game that promises to test the popularity potential of the extraction shooter genre, although it expresses doubt that either game will be the one to turn the genre into a mainstream phenomenon.
