[STEAM] Arc Raiders Dev Drops Cosmetic Prices, Offers Refunds, and Reveals It 'Silently' Enabled Duo Prioritized Matchmaking

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is cutting the prices of its store cosmetics, and will refund anyone who snapped them up before the new price goes into effect tomorrow, November 13.

In an update on the

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, developer Embark Studios said it has "heard [player] feedback," writing: "We’ve reviewed our prices and made adjustments to lower prices where applicable." Revised prices go live tomorrow, November 13, at 1.30am PT / 4.30am ET / 9.30am GMT).

"For any Raider who has already made a purchase on the old pricing, we’ll compensate you for the difference. These Raider Tokens will be refunded back into your account automatically in the coming week."

The team stopped short of revealing the new prices, or how big the discounts will be. Nonetheless, it should be good news for players,

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, complaining that the premium skins cost "half [the] price of the game" itself.

That's not the only big news we've had today, either. Embark also confirmed it has been "silently testing" duo matchmaking and has indeed enabled it earlier this week.

"We have silently tested and enabled duo prioritized matchmaking, beginning earlier this week," the team explained. "Duo matchmaking will work like this: first, we prioritize Solos and Squads to play separately. After that, we prioritize Duos to play with other Duos, and for Trios to play with Trios. Please note that this is not a 100% guaranteed system, so you may at times run into differing constellations of players other than your own."

Finally, while there's currently one free Raider Deck available for all, in the future players will see both free and premium decks. As the team explained, gameplay Items are only in free Raider Decks, but to "help you along the way as a new Raider, we have included some gameplay Items in the free Raider Deck, which can be unlocked via progression."

There are also "no pay-to-win items in the premium Raider Decks," Embark insisted, saying the "focus" for premium Decks is based on "cosmetics and convenience."

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, November 13. The new update introduces a whole new region north of the Rust Belt called Stella Montis, described as "cold, pristine, and filled with the remnants of humanity's lost ambitions." It'll introduce a whole new region, new community unlock event, two new ARCs — Matriarch and Shredder – as well as new weapons, playstyles, and quests. The next update, Cold Snap, arrives this December.

"Arc Raiders raises the bar for extraction shooters pretty much across the board, with an incredibly gripping progression grind, tense fights against NPCs and other players that make for memorable matches, and loot that feels completely worth all the work and stress it takes to obtain it," we wrote in

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, which returned an 'Amazing' 9/10.

We're not the only ones who are having a good time with it,

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. Arc Raiders has now sold over 4 million copies worldwide less than two weeks since its release date, cementing its commercial success. Nexon also revealed that the extraction shooter had reached

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Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at

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