ARC Raiders devs have responded to calls for “meaningful change” from Twitch stars like Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins and Mike ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek, as the game has been infested with cheaters.
Cheating in multiplayer games has been around since the very beginning, but it’s evolved in different ways over the last few years. What may have started out as just screen peeking during a LAN party or couch co-op, has turned into wall hacks, god mode cheats, and other big advantages.
ARC Raiders, which was one of the biggest games around at the end of 2025, had managed to avoid cheaters for quite some time. However, as the calendar has turned to 2026, it’s become a pain point for streamers and players.
Former Counter-Strike star Shroud has switched to Escape from Tarkov amid a rise in cheaters, asking for Embark Studios to make some big changes in the next few weeks.
Shroud calls for “meaningful action” over ARC Raiders cheaters
“Embark has zero control over their game right now,” Shroud said during his January 5 stream.
“I mean, they were on holiday, so I will give them some slack but if there’s no meaningful change in the next week, two weeks, whats the point of f**king playing?”
The Canadian streamer said it’s a “literal waste of our f**king time,” if no changes are made.
Ninja questions Embark over cheaters
That was echoed by Ninja, who posted the question of “where are you?” to the Arc Raiders devs on X, following similar posts from HutchMF.
Embark say patches are coming “soon”
One of Embark’s community managers, Birdie, responded to some of the complaints on Discord, pointing out – like Shroud – that the devs have been on a holiday break.
“The team was on vacation. The patches will come soon enough, you will see!” they said. The team has been looking into the issues you keep talking about, for example, trigger nades, stitcher, kettle…”
100 Thieves boss Matthew ‘Nadeshot’ Haag claimed that the cheating in ARC Raiders had become “much worse” than in Call of Duty.
The former Call of Duty pro called for “legitimate legal action against providers and individuals who are actively supplying and using cheating software.”
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