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ARC Raiders Will Showcase Celeste’s New Motion Capture in Frozen Trail Trailer

Diana Gardner has voiced Celeste from the start, and Embark is now capturing more of her facial expressions for the character.

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Motion-capture performers wearing sensor suits act in a studio for ARC Raiders.

ARC Raiders will showcase Celeste’s updated performance capture in the Frozen Trail trailer on October 6. Embark has paired full motion capture with more detailed facial capture for its NPCs, mapping actor Diana Gardner’s expressions onto Celeste more accurately.

Celeste, a leader in the underground settlement Speranza, has had Gardner’s voice from the beginning. The change is in how much of Gardner’s expression reaches the game. Embark says Celeste’s limited facial animation had made it harder to convey the stakes and stories behind her scenes. The studio explains the change in its capture upgrade announcement.

Embark says it plans to bring other characters closer to the real-world actors who portray them, extending more authentic performances beyond cinematic videos and into interactions across the Rust Belt in future updates.

Frozen Trail is scheduled for October 8, matching its previously announced launch date. Its trailer will arrive two days earlier.

Which NPC interaction in Speranza would benefit most from more expressive performances? Follow the Frozen Trail rollout and Embark’s character work on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

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