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And this is part three, full of Arc Raiders articles, because that what PCGamer always does when a big game comes out:

Don't sleep on Assorted Seeds in Arc Raiders—they're one of the most valuable items you can grab
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-assorted-seeds/
You need scrap for just about everything in Arc Raiders, whether it's building a new crafting bench in your workshop, upgrading your weapons, or cobbling together the odds and ends you need for each run up to the deadly, bot-infested surface. The number of different scrap items will be so overwhelming initially that you're more than likely to just bundle them all into your bag and hope you got the right junk.
Honestly, it's a good strategy at first. After all, you've got your trusty rooster, Scrappy, who will be true to his name and gather scrap, meaning you're always making progress even when it seems like you're just getting melted by swarms of robots every run. You can also upgrade Scrappy's gathering capabilities if you find a dog collar.
There is one item, however, that's well worth filching if you come across it, and that's Assorted Seeds. You can often find these in nature areas, and there are lots to be had in the Hydroponic Dome Complex on the Dam Battlegrounds map, as well as in the swamp area surrounding it. So, why are these simple seeds so good?

Arc Raiders technically doesn't have item trading, but there's a way to cheat the system and get missions done with the power of friendship
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-trading-items/
Loot is almost always plentiful in Arc Raiders—except, it seems, when you need to find something specific. The first few missions will have you looking for a battery and some wires, two items that I've seen plenty of during my preview and the beta test. But somehow, as soon as I needed them, they decided to disappear from every drawer and cupboard.
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lookout for six wires, but no matter where I searched or what I scrapped, I just couldn't seem to find anything. This is when PC Gamer guides writer Rory Norris and I hatched an ingenious idea.
I had a battery that he needed, and he had the wires I needed, so we decided to exchange goods. Now there's no way you can do this in the menu, so we had to jump into a game with all the supplies in hand. Once we landed in Dam Battlegrounds, we dropped all our materials on the floor, looked around for a little more loot and then extracted, heading back to Speranza to tick off our missions.
>> Speaking about loot, here’s a way to cheat and keep your pistol and loot from the tutorial (link).

Arc Raiders wants to tell a story you'll actually care about in 10 years: 'We will introduce new locations and start new story arcs'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/arc-raiders-wants-to-tell-a-story-youll-actually-care-about-in-10-years-we-will-introduce-new-locations-and-start-new-story-arcs/
I don't usually jump into multiplayer shooters to get wrapped up in storylines or lore implications, but Arc Raiders has had that effect on me in the small bursts I've played. The extraction shooter makes a strong impression as you step into its post-future, '70s-tinged sci-fi Italy.

Patrick Soderlund, who was vice president at EA when Titanfall 2 got crushed between Battlefield and Call of Duty, talks about doing it again with Arc Raiders: 'People may look at that and say, what the hell are they doing?'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/patrick-soderlund-who-was-vice-president-at-ea-when-titanfall-2-got-crushed-between-battlefield-and-call-of-duty-talks-about-doing-it-again-with-arc-raiders-people-may-look-at-that-and-say-what-the-hell-are-they-doing/
It's widely believed that one of the big reasons Titanfall 2 tanked badly, despite being such a good game, is that EA decided to shove it out the door between the releases of the Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare behemoths. Despite being better than either of those games (an objective truth), there was simply no light for it, and it quickly withered and died. Nine years later, Arc Raiders is taking the same shot, between Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7. Is that wise?

Arc Raiders' use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/arc-raiders-use-of-ai-highlights-the-tension-and-confusion-over-where-machine-learning-ends-and-generative-ai-begins/
Like Embark Studios' 2023 shooter The Finals, its new game Arc Raiders, out today, comes bearing an "AI generated content disclosure" on its Steam page. "During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team," reads the disclosure.

Arc Raiders' design director says 'we will maintain the current aesthetic that we have' when it comes to skins, so no 'T-Rex costume running around'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-design-director-says-we-will-maintain-the-current-aesthetic-that-we-have-when-it-comes-to-skins-so-no-t-rex-costume-running-around/
Arc Raiders is a live-service shooter, and you know what that means—skin discourse, hooray! In all seriousness, since everything became Fortnite, it's been a real consideration. As PCG's own Morgan Park put it in 2023, "Cosmetic Uglification is a viral affliction infecting the best shooters of our time", and he's not been proven wrong since.
You can rest easy, though. At least, if you take the words of design director Virgil Watkins at face value in a recent interview with PCGamesN: "What I believe to be true is that we will maintain the current aesthetic that we have," Watkins says. "It will fit within our sensibilities of how these things look and fit within the world and inside the fiction.

'You killed Bob!': Battlefield 6 player has stumbled upon a rare EA dev dog tag previously owned by a 'Bobea'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/you-killed-bob-battlefield-6-player-has-stumbled-upon-a-rare-ea-dev-dog-tag-previously-owned-by-a-bobea/
One of the perks of getting up close and personal with your kills in Battlefield 6 is the trophies you can collect. Dog tags are collected by performing takedowns on downed enemy players and work as a memory album of all your best kills; it's a bit morbid, but also cool.
Dog tags are neat in and of themselves, but I think we've finally found one that tops all others. "Is this rare?" Battlefield 6 players og99 asks in the subreddit. Showing a screenshot of a gold-plated Electronic Arts Dev dog tag. The tag has only been taken one time before, yesterday, when og99 managed to strip it off a dev who is only known as 'Bobea'.

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says game prices 'have resisted matching inflation' because publishers have been pocketing the 'cost savings' from digital distribution
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/fallout-co-creator-tim-cain-says-game-prices-have-resisted-matching-inflation-because-publishers-have-been-pocketing-the-cost-savings-from-digital-distribution/
Wind blows, birds fly, and Tim Cain YouTubes. The Interplay, Troika, and Obsidian developer (and OG Fallout co-creator) is once again nattering on his YouTube channel (via GamesRadar), and his topic this time is the divide between physical and digital media.

Final Fantasy 14 says screw it, you want healers in platemail, you can have them—promises to remove all class and level restrictions on glamour
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/final-fantasy-14-says-screw-it-you-want-healers-in-platemail-you-can-have-them-promises-to-remove-all-class-and-level-restrictions-on-glamour/
Final Fantasy 14 just had its most recent live letter, which went into its upcoming variant dungeon, showed snippets of the MSQ, and yadda yadda who cares! I know what's really important, and it's that fashion is back, baby! Let's GO!

And these are the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• There are no sales sales at GOG. You can check the Autumn Sale if you still haven’t: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/autumn_sale_2025
• But that’s not all, because there’s a new GIVEAWAY: STASIS will be free during70 hours: https://www.gog.com/en/game/stasis

+Steam

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is going to be 20% off until the 6th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33
• Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder features a 30% discount that will last until November 6: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2995450/Clutchtime_Basketball_Deckbuilder
• Crusader Kings III wil be free to try during the weekend and will also be 70% off until November, the 6th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158310/Crusader_Kings_III
• Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders has a demo and a 25% discount until the 11th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2545360/Lonely_Mountains_Snow_Riders
• Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop is going to be 40% off until the 13th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2711030/Sugardew_Island__Your_cozy_farm_shop
• And these are the new sales:
  • Publisher Spiral Up Games puts its titles on sale ith up to 60% discounts. The deals will end between the 5th and the 6th od November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/SpiralUpAnnualSales2025
  • Necrodancer Franchise Sale has games and DLCs up to 80% off until the 10th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/necrodancer_franchise
  • And TerraTech Franchise Sale brings up to 75% discounts on games and DLCs until the 13th of November: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44992016/sale/TTFranchiseSale2025

That will be all. Happy Halloween to those of you that celebrate it, happy All Saints Festivity for the ones that celebrate that and happy whatever it is if there’s something else going on (I don't know). Whatever group you’re in, I wish you all a happy and gaming weekend.