A month after championing Arc Raiders for GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud considers quitting the game over cheaters: "I don't care"
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Kaan Serin
2025-12-17
Arc Raiders seems to be having a persistent problem with cheaters, and it's gotten so bad that even one of the game's biggest advocates, former pro player and streamer Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiek, is thinking about abandoning it.
Grzesiek has been one of Arc Raiders' loudest, most public fans, having campaigned for his viewers to rally around the extraction shooter as we marched headfirst into Game of the Year season. He also previously suggested The Game Awards were "rigged" for nominating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 12 times, while Arc Raiders only managed to nab one nomination.
But, now, the popular streamer's love affair with Arc Raiders is on thinner ice. In a recent video called 'Arc Raiders has a huge problem,' Shroud and his crew of raiders die at the hands of multiple enemy players who appear to be using cheats - some of them even admit to cheating - in a single session.
Former FPS pro Shroud says Arc Raiders should win GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, even if he thinks "multiplayer gamers are the minority"
After backing Arc Raiders over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for GOTY, FPS legend Shroud says there should be different categories for multiplayer and single-player
"Another rigged year:" Former FPS pro Shroud responds to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting a Game Awards GOTY nomination over Arc Raiders, says "the world is just not ready for AI in video games"
"I mean, now that I have five million, I'm ready to quit," Grzesiek said once the session was almost over. "I don't care. I'll wait for The Expedition Window to reset my account."
"The fact that the game devs aren't perma-banning players for cheating is a huge oversight," wrote another.
"They should shadowban cheaters and have them duke it out in there own lobbies," a third said. Hear, hear.
Embark Studio's FAQ page says the team uses "a mix of both" permanent and temporary bans to reflect the severity of the Code of Conduct violation. It's not totally clear how long a cheating ban might last for first-time offenders, or how many cheating reports are needed until a permanent ban is issued.
Arc Raiders update brings in skill tree reset without having to do an expedition, and while this "is a W," some players think more change is needed: "Fix your endgame Embark."
//glitchboy
Dec 17, 09:39 PM
goodbye
lazyjupiter
Dec 17, 08:39 PM
pog Way too long. i destroyed it. ~🥲 Competitive is fun.
astrobyte
Dec 17, 06:49 PM
feels like a full game Either. Generic mechanics. hi Can't wait for the sequel.
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