Embark is slowing down the live service treadmill for Arc Raiders . The hit extraction shooter will now receive major updates twice a year. That's in contrast to its current run of monthly updates, which have been hit or miss in the seven months since launch. Arc Raiders' bi-annual updates will be "larger in scale, more impactful, with the goal to genuinely change how you play the game," according to a blog post penned by executive producer Aleksander Grøndal. Arc Raiders will not go dark in the months between milestone additions: a dedicated "live service team" will continue to deliver "regular live updates," cosmetics, balance changes, bug fixes, and in-game events. In the post, Grøndal says its current schedule makes it impossible to pursue larger changes the game needs. "Some of the progression improvements we want to implement simply need more development time that we haven't been able to address properly while running on a monthly cycle.…