extraction shooter
Arc Raiders PvE Mode: Embark Still Undecided After 30 Million Test Rounds
Embark Studios is still weighing a permanent Arc Raiders PvE mode after 30 million test rounds, with the studio saying it needs to understand the need before committing.
Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail 2.0 Update: How a 'Spider-Man' Grappling Hook Fueled a 7-Month Player Count High
Through most of 2026, ARC Raiders looked like a cautionary tale in reverse. Embark Studios' extraction shooter had stormed out of the gate, racking up an all-time Steam peak of 465,097 players in...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ Is Now a Full-Priced, Full-Scale Extraction Shooter - Here's Everything Infinity Ward Revealed
From Free Beta to Full-Priced Pillar: How DMZ Became Call of Duty's Biggest Gamble When DMZ launched in 2022, it arrived as a free bonus tucked inside the Warzone client, permanently branded with a...
Arc Raiders Drops the Hammer: Permanent Bans Are Now the Default for Cheaters
Embark Studios is done apologizing for its soft touch. In an official anti-cheat policy update published on September 30, 2026, executive producer Aleksander Grøndal admitted the studio was "overly...
Marathon's Player Slump Deepens as Bungie Promises to Grow the Shooter "Beyond Extraction"
Few studios can claim to have shaped the extraction shooter the way Bungie has. Now, in one of the more uncomfortable ironies of the current gaming landscape, the studio appears to be hedging against...
Arc Raiders Is Finally Testing a PvE-Only Mode: 'We Can't Ignore What the Data Is Telling Us'
Arc Raiders was built and sold as a PvPvE extraction shooter, a game where the threat of other players is supposed to be as real as the mechanized ARC machines prowling the surface. Yet for months,...
Marathon's Game Director Joe Ziegler Departs Bungie - What It Means for the Extraction Shooter's Future
Four and a half months. That is how long Marathon has been on the market. A game that once promised to be Bungie's triumphant return to the extraction shooter genre, backed by the talent of former...
From Abandoned Beta to Full-Featured Extraction Shooter: Modern Warfare 4’s DMZ Gets First Gameplay Reveal
After years of silence and a quiet burial, Infinity Ward’s DMZ is back, and it’s nothing like the beta you remember. At the close of the Xbox Games Showcase 2026, the studio dropped a bombshell: the...
Arc Raiders Tests PvE-Focused “Rebellion Incident” Mode in China - And It Could Redefine the Extraction Shooter
For two years, Arc Raiders has built its reputation on the razor-thin line between cooperation and betrayal. The PvPvE extraction shooter from Embark Studios pits teams of players against hostile ARC...
Bungie's Marathon Expands Beyond Extraction with "Chill" PvE Modes to Win Back Players
When Marathon launched in March 2026, it sold millions of copies within weeks—but Steam charts soon told a different story. Concurrent player counts had plummeted by over 70%, and the extraction...