Embark Studios has announced that they will be launching their untitled first-person shooter codenamed Project Discovery before the recently delayed Arc Raiders. Patrick Söderlund, CEO Embark Studios, made the announcement today in a blog post where he was updating fans about the future of the studio.
“In the spirit of transparency, I wanted to shed some light on what led to this decision. In short, it boils down to sequencing.
As you may be aware, Embark has several projects in development. Beyond ARC Raiders, we’re also working on a team-based first-person shooter, codenamed Project Discovery. We shared a small tease with some early footage of the project late last year.
We’ve got a number of super talented people with ample fps experience here at Embark, and the development of Project Discovery has progressed faster than we first imagined, especially over the past few months.
So much so, that we started facing the prospect of being able to release two games simultaneously. For a young, relatively small studio like ours, releasing two games in short succession would have strained our teams and resources, many of which are shared between the two projects.
As such, we decided to let Project Discovery be our studio’s first game to market, pushing ARC Raiders to a 2023 release. It’s a decision that will also allow us to expand and refine the ARC Raiders experience.”
Project Discovery is a team-based first-person shooter that was teased by Embark Studios late last year. The studio shared snippets of Project Discovery to celebrate its third anniversary. You can check it out over here:
Embark is celebrating 3 years! So what have we accomplished? We’ve grown to more than 250 game makers, we’ve got big plans for the future, and a few projects we are just itching to share. To celebrate, we thought we’d share a glimpse of *another* unannounced game in the works. 🎂 pic.twitter.com/TdeZQcuvDs
— Embark Studios (@EmbarkStudios) November 9, 2021
The studio hasn’t shared the platforms or the release date for Project Discovery as of yet but says that more information regarding the game comes out very soon. We will let you guys know as soon as an update is shared!