Arc Raiders producer admits the team underestimated how hard live service is

Arc Raiders executive producer Aleksander Grøndal told Game Developer that Embark heavily underestimated the challenges of running a live service game. The team planned monthly post-launch updates but was constantly overshooting its capacity, and in May switched to larger biannual additions. Grøndal, a 15-year EA veteran who worked on Battlefield and Star Wars: Battlefront, also recalled taking five months of sick leave after overworking on a Battlefield game.