Tag: The Finals
News ARC Raiders Dev Killing PS4 Support for Its Previous Game The Finals
Has been available for less than a year
Embark Studios is currently riding high on the success of ARC Raiders, but there will be one casualty along the way: the PS4 version of the developer's previous title, The Finals. The team has shared that the last-gen version of its competitive shooter is being taken offline on 18th March 2026, leaving it...
News The Finals Gets Ready for Halloween with New Ghoul Rush Mode
Spooky stuff indeed
Season 8 of The Finals is now well into its stride, and this week's mid-season update brings a frighteningly good new game mode, a plethora of spooky rewards, a scarily good store update, and a spread of smaller fixes and improvements – all in time for Halloween. Mid-season update 8.6.0 introduces a new infection-based game...
News The Finals Update Brings New Time-Limited 'Heaven or Else' Game Mode
Heavenly stuff
The Finals has just dropped with a new limited-time game mode as part of its 8.3.0 update that sees you fighting up in the clouds of the afterlife while knocking people to their demise – along with free rewards to earn from it, many of which look pretty heavenly. Known as 'Heaven or Else', this new time-limited mode consists of a...
News The Finals' In-Game Energy Drink OSPUZE Just Became a Real Thing You Can Buy
"A magical explosion of fiction meeting reality"
With the recent release of The Finals Season 8 – along with the Stockholm Grand Major – excitement for the game has been steadily brewing, and Embark doesn't plan on allowing it to simmer down anytime soon. The Swedish studio has just announced a collaboration with the drink brand PXL to create a...
News Surprise! The Finals Comes To PS4, PS5 Pro Update Available Now
Lock and Load, contestants
The popularity of The Finals is on the up, with Season 4 breathing a wave of fresh air over the arena. The community's lukewarm response to the previous season seems to have been taken into account, and many of the issues have been rectified. This means that this is the perfect time to jump into The Finals if you haven't...
News Publisher Nexon Investigating Cause of The Finals' 'Lower-Than-Expected' Performance
Just one more big score
The Finals, the fast-paced free-to-play shooter shadow dropped back in December, initially drew huge crowds, but retention has waned. Publisher Nexon just reported substantial revenues across the board, partially offset by the "lower-than-expected" performance of the live service punt. In Nexon's Q1 2024 earnings letter...
News The Finals Update 1.4.0 Patch Improves Balance, Combats Cheaters on PS5
Merry Patchmas, Yolks!
The Finals is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter that blew up after shadow-dropping at The Game Awards. Developer Embark Studios has released another patch, 1.4.0, wishing Yolks (players) a Merry Patchmas and inviting them to Ho-Ho-Ho-Hop in there this holiday sea
Hands On The Finals Is One of the Most Exciting New Online Shooters in Years
Frenetic team shooter has a ton of promise
If you’re wondering what confidence feels like, try releasing your free-to-play shooter with no warning during The Game Awards, two days after CoD: Warzone's biggest free update in a year. That’s exactly what Embark Studios did at the end of last week with The Finals, and it’s fairly remarkable...
News Surprise! Free-to-Play Multiplayer Shooter The Finals Has Just Released on PS5
Finally
The Finals is now available to download and play for free on PS5. The multiplayer shooter got an open beta test not too long ago, but now the finished game is here and kicking things off with its first season. To recap, The Finals is a free-to-play, multiplayer first-person shooter from Embark Studios and Nexon. In it, teams compete in a...
News The Finals Open Beta Draws 7.5 Million Players, Embark Studios 'Humbled'
Did you make it to The Finals?
The Finals just wrapped up an Open Beta testing session, drawing in in a massive crowd of players over the last week, with over 7.5 million getting in on the darkly comedic action across all platforms. Despite that, the session will not be extended, developer Embark Studios has confirmed, and players must be patient,...
News The Finals Opted for AI Voices Because 'It Gets Us Far Enough in Terms of Quality'
“It’s a bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for 'em”
The Finals is a multiplayer shooter with a bit of buzz about it, fresh off an open beta weekend on PS5. Some punters, however, were quick to point out that the in-game voices felt a little slapdash; as it turns out, they were generated using AI, forgoing the use of traditional...
News Multiplayer Shooter The Finals Gets Open Beta, Live Now on PS5
Can you reach The Finals?
Update: The Finals open beta test is now live on PS5, so if you wish to take part, you should be able to find it via search on the PS Store. It requires just under 8GB of free SSD space. The open beta runs from now through to 5th November. Original Story: The Finals is another live service competitor, but one that looks...
News Free-to-Play Shooter The Finals Is Blowing Up in PC Closed Beta Test, In Development for PS5
Fully destructible FPS is going bang
If you're interested in multiplayer shooters at all, you may have recently started to hear about The Finals. From developer Embark Studios — comprising many ex-Battlefield devs — this is a free-to-play, team-based FPS that's currently in a closed beta test on PC, and it's proving to be very popular already...
