ARC Raiders will not be present at Gamescom 2025 with no other beta announced

ARC Raiders is a game eagerly awaited by thousands of players around the world. And it’s not for nothing, because he was able to make people talk about him in a positive way thanks to an immersive gameplay and unique features. However, if the wait is great, two bad news have just been unveiled by the developers. 

Indeed, this cooperative adventure and extraction game will not be present at Gamescom 2025 which will take place next week. And it’s a real blow, because this event is often a key moment during which developers and publishers make announcements about their projects by revealing gameplay or an official release date. 

Therefore, this surprising decision seems to worry several players. It must be said that they were eagerly waiting for a new demonstration of the game, while obtaining further information. 

But, bad news never comes alone, and this is the case with ARC Raiders. Indeed, in their statement on X, the game developers also announced that there will be no second open beta. And needless to say that this frustrates many players who were waiting to play this promising game again.

However, if the disappointment is immense for some people, it must be emphasized that this decision shows how hard the developers are working to release the game on October 30. Moreover, it is not impossible to see new announcements, apart from the conferences dedicated to this aspect, allowing to reveal other information on this highly anticipated opus.

So it will be interesting to see what choices the developers make, and whether they will have a positive or negative impact on sales when the game will be released. And this, And this, while success already seems on the horizon for the teams of Embark Studios.