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Marathon Update Brings Cryo Archive Closer as Arc Raiders CEO Praises Bungie

The game’s acclaimed gunplay and style contrast with ongoing onboarding and UI complaints.

Overview

  • A new update advances the community’s progress toward unlocking the endgame Cryo Archive map through additional puzzles.
  • Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund credited Bungie for an unusually fast turnaround after a heavily criticized technical test.
  • Recent Steam figures reported by the Mirror put Arc Raiders near 200,000 concurrents versus roughly 63,000 for Marathon.
  • Early reviews praise exquisite gunplay and striking art direction while flagging confusing menus, clunky onboarding, and repetitive faction quests.
  • Commentary pieces propose a solo story or onboarding mode, citing Synduality: Echo of Ada, as a way to broaden accessibility without changing the core PvPvE loop.