ARC Raiders launches strong with 260,000+ player count on the Steam charts, even with Battlefield 6 REDSEC competition — I’m jazzed it’s finally here

This autumn is a big season for the shooter scene, largely because of October’s big hit Battlefield 6 and the imminent Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 scheduled to come out in just a few weeks going head-to-head in direct FPS competition. But sandwiched between these two juggernauts is the newly released ARC Raiders — and it’s off to a very strong start.

Embark Studios’ (the team behind the popular 2024 shooter The Finals) new PvPvE extraction shooter launched on Thursday morning across Xbox Series X|S,…