Following the strong launch of Arc Raiders , the new battle royale from Embark Studios, the developer behind The Finals, the studio has announced its 2025 content roadmap for Arc Raiders. Despite there only being little more than two months left in the year, it looks like Embark has a lot planned. According to the blog post revealing the roadmap, aside from the usual "bug fixes, balance tweaks, and QOL features," there will be two major updates, one in November and another in December. These updates are called North Line and Cold Snap, respectively, and both updates will introduce new quests, but that's about where the similarities end.

Where North Line adds a new map, two new Arc enemies, new in-game items (presumably weapons and other utilities), and a community unlock event, Cold Snap will introduce the "snowfall" map condition—just in time for winter—as well as the Flickering Flames event, a new raider deck (read: battle pass) and start the expedition departure window. Based on a previous blog post by Embark, it seems as though the December update will land right around December 14, since that's the expected end of the first expedition project. The roadmap also mentions new cosmetics, feats, and trials as ongoing work for an upcoming update, so there appears to be a wealth of content planned, perhaps in an attempt to forestall the player desertion that seems to plague all but a few multiplayer shooters.