Overview
- The Oct. 17–19 open server test peaked at 189,668 concurrent players on Steam and lifted the title into Steam’s global top sellers.
- Embark focused the playtest on the Dam Battleground to stress infrastructure, reporting solid results ahead of release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- Early feedback praised polish and threatening PvE, while players split over whether Arc drones and Rocketeers need nerfs, with many asking the team to keep the difficulty.
- Embark acknowledged complaints about a visual downgrade, saying optimizations targeted steadier frame rates on lower‑spec PCs and that the team is investigating.
- Design director Virgil Watkins reaffirmed a third‑person focus and a long‑term live‑service plan without a pre‑launch roadmap, and said Marathon’s reception served as a useful A/B comparison.