'We did not want to be close to them': The only game Arc Raiders wanted to avoid on release was predictably GTA 6, 'I don't think anyone wanted to be close to them'

The end of 2025 was absolutely stacked with brilliant games; we had Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, Battlefield 6, and, of course, Arc Raiders. There were almost too many great games to play them all, a problem that all studios releasing games at the time undoubtedly had to grapple with.

Arc Raiders had the monumental task of competing with the likes of Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, two huge names in the genre that had swathes of fans waiting to pick up the latest game.