Arc Raiders Dev to End Support of The Finals' PS4 Version to Focus 'Our Support on Current Generation Hardware'

Embark Studios — the squad down blockbuster deed Arc Raiders — has confirmed it's ending last-gen enactment for The Finals adjacent year.

While Season 10 volition footwear disconnected arsenic planned crossed each different platforms connected March 18, 2026, the crippled volition beryllium retired from the lone last-gen system, PS4, astatine that clip to let the squad to "focus our enactment connected existent procreation hardware."

This means PS4 players volition suffer each entree to the free-to-play shooter small much than a twelvemonth aft it launched successful December past year, a twelvemonth aboriginal than PC and current-gen systems. While sometimes players tin support playing connected discontinued bundle for a constricted time, successful this lawsuit it appears the PS4 crippled volition halt responding wholly connected the deadline.

"From that constituent connected you'll request to play [on existent gen systems] to support enjoying the game. Your advancement and purchases volition beryllium stored successful your Embark ID and volition transportation to anyplace you take to play," Embark wrote connected societal media.

"We're incredibly grateful to everyone who's been portion of the PS4 community. See you successful the Arena!"

We had a bully clip with The Finals, awarding it 8/10, but we've been having a batch of amusive with the studio's latest offering, Arc Raiders, too, which returned an 'Amazing' 9/10. Interestingly, Arc Raiders didn't merchandise connected PS4 astatine all.

We're not the lone ones who are having a bully clip with it, either. Despite the contention astir its usage of AI, Arc Raiders sold implicit 4 cardinal copies worldwide little than 2 weeks since its merchandise date, cementing its commercialized success. Nexon besides revealed that the extraction shooter had reached a immense concurrent number of 700,000 players crossed each platforms. Its archetypal large update, North Line, is present live.

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Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.