Adding PvE to Arc Raiders 'isn't a difficult thing to do' but the question still stands how Embark can 'cater to the specific needs of the players'

The biggest 'will they, won't they' in gaming right now involves Arc Raiders and whether it will finally add a PvE mode. All seemed promising after a very successful PvE test during the start of Frozen Trial, but news has since petered out, with Embark saying it needs a bit more time to figure everything out.

I thought this meant Embark needed time to get all its ducks in a row and figure out the logistics of a permanent PvE mode, but it turns out that adding one isn't actually that hard.

"We could just frankly add PvE,” Embark's CEO Patrick Söderlund says in an interview with The Game Business. “It’s not a difficult thing to do. But we didn’t want to obstruct or fiddle too much with the core loop of the game where the PvP aspect of a PvPvE game does add, we believe, adequate tension."

The biggest issue concerning a PvE mode is what it means for …