Arc Raiders Release Date Revealed by Players

Nexon’s highly anticipated multiplayer action game Arc Raiders has come back to the agenda thanks to a hidden detail that players have not noticed. A countdown link encrypted in Base64 format was found in a file included in a short-term update on Steam. The date shown by this link is quite striking: June 6 at 00:00 GMT, which is the exact start time of the Summer Game Fest 2025 event.

Arc Raiders May Come to Summer Game Fest

Drawing attention with its atmosphere, visual quality and cooperative structure, Arc Raiders is being developed by Embark Studios, which is also the developer of “The Finals”. The game met with players in a closed playtest between May 1-5. Publisher Nexon announced that this test process exceeded expectations in metrics such as the Steam wishlist.

However, no official release date has been announced since the end of the test. Now, this countdown that players have found suggests that Arc Raiders will either move on to a new testing phase or that its permanent release date will finally be announced. An announcement, especially at a high-profile event like Summer Game Fest, is of great importance in terms of the game’s visibility.

The hidden counter discovered in the file shows that the game’s promotional strategy is also interactive and player-focused. Leaving clues with encrypted data has become a frequently used marketing method in the gaming world recently.

Although there is no official confirmation yet, exciting developments for Arc Raiders are sure to come very soon. The event on June 6th raises expectations not only in terms of new trailers, but also such concrete release date announcements. The countdown for Arc Raiders may have begun.

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