Arc Raiders Launches Riven Tides Update

Embark Studios launched the Riven Tides update for its extraction shooter Arc Raiders on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, delivering the game's largest content expansion to date across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC platforms. The update rolled out globally starting at 2:00 a.m. PDT, equivalent to 5:00 a.m. EDT, with regional times including 10:00 a.m. BST in the United Kingdom, 11:00 a.m. CEST in central Europe, and 7:00 p.m. AEST in Australia.

The centerpiece is the new coastal map, Riven Tides, the first addition since Stella Montis debuted with the North Line update in November 2025. Set along a forgotten shoreline with industrial and flooded areas, the map features a long beachfront, the Panorama Azzurro Resort, a dock, shipping yard, harbor, beachfront bar, pool, customs house, and remnants of old Exodus buildings. A unique map condition, Beachcombing, allows players to use the Dockmasters Detector to search for buried treasure amid the sand.

Players now face a formidable new large ARC enemy, the Arc Turbine, described by developers as a massive hovering structure equipped with defensive measures. Comparable in challenge to existing bosses like the Queen and Matriarch, it...