About 30% of Arc Raiders players focus on PvE, and Embark's happy with that: 'We want to instil hope in the player'

Here is the conversation around Arc Raiders, presented as a play in one act. Player One: "I like the PvE, and I only want to experience the PvE." Player Two: "I like the PvP actually and I should be allowed to shoot you." Player One: "You're toxic." Player Two: "No, you're toxic." Curtains.

According to figures Embark Studios has shared with the Guardian, the same percentage of Arc Raiders players are focused on the co-op as the PvP. It's roughly 30% for each, with the leftover 40% in the "why not both" camp.

"It caught us a little bit by surprise," executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said. As Embark has explained before, they did not expect such a passionate PvE-only community to spring up around their action shooter, but are "Pleasantly surprised, just to be clear."

Arc Raiders is designed to allow for co-operation—another fun figure from the Guardian article is that over 95% of players use the proximity chat—and enemies like the Matri...