Arc Raiders’ upcoming Flashpoint replace launches on March 31, lower than per week from now. For this Embark has promised gamers a brand new map situation, arc menace, participant undertaking, and a Scrappy replace. Regardless of being simply days away we’ve not heard an excessive amount of concerning the free replace, with the most recent element drop teasing the migration of Shredders from Stella Montis.
“Somebody forgot to shut the Stella Montis doorways on their method out,” Embark Studios says in an official social media put up. “Verify your corners, the Flashpoint replace drops subsequent week.” It wasn’t me guys, I promise.
Somebody forgot to shut the Stella Montis doorways on their method out…Verify your corners, the Flashpoint Replace drops subsequent week! 😱 pic.twitter.com/eDxZGVPudgMarch 23, 2026
So that is it. Shredders have lastly made their method out of the confines of Stella Montis, and can possible be heading to Blue Gates’ cramped corridors. It is not an surprising transfer; Embark has been speaking about this for a while, with the design lead Virgil Watkins not too long ago revealing that with a purpose to escalate the PvE menace they’d be shifting the Shredder: “They’re going to determine learn how to get out of there ultimately” (through GamesRadar).
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Even earlier than this, gamers had realised that it was solely a matter of time earlier than we would encounter Shredders on completely different maps. Just a few months in the past a picture of a Shredder seemingly exterior made its method into the weekly trials. So, yeah, this improvement comes as a shock to nobody.
Actually, many gamers aren’t that completely satisfied about this replace. It is not as a result of they are often annoying as all hell to cope with, being finicky bastards that flip the hallways of Stella Montis right into a Noticed entice. As an alternative gamers are fearful that this can depend in the direction of the promise of a brand new arc within the Flashpoint replace.
“Shredders are the brand new Arc aren’t they,” one participant says. Whereas others repeat this disappointment, as many admit that to this point, the replace is not dwelling as much as Embark’s hype: “If including the shredder to a different map is their method of doing an replace then I’ll fortunately play marathon for now till they really carry new stuff.”
I would say that Embark has had an excellent historical past of offering content material. Shrouded Sky introduced us hurricanes and beards, Headwinds modified matchmaking, and there is been new tasks, decks, and loads of steadiness patches between all of that, like nerfing the Il Toro and buffing Rocketeers.
It is not good, certain. There’s nonetheless a considerable dishonest drawback regardless of all of the work Embark has finished to fight this. However as somebody who now solely drops into Arc Raiders for a few matches right here and there, principally to simply meet up with associates, it is greater than sufficient for me. The dearth of recent content material is simply an actual situation for these gamers who nonetheless play it as a rule, I can see how merely shifting Shredders from one map to a different may look like a little bit of a slap within the face.
However we have nonetheless received just a few extra days till the replace releases, so who is aware of there might be an entire new arc ready within the wings for then. If that is not the case then, I assume we’ll simply have to attend for the Riven Tides replace subsequent month which is able to add a brand new map, giant arc, and map situation.
