The Finals stuns at The Game Awards 2023 with stealth launch of full game

Liam Ho
An image of key art from The Finals.

Embark Studio’s FPS The Finals shocked the audience at The Game Awards 2023 with a stealth launch of the full game.

The Finals made quite a splash in 2023, the free-to-play FPS produced by Embark Studios promised a highly action-packed shootout with destructible environments, deployable abilities, and much more. The game also deployed class-based combat, with 3 different playable classes that operate in very different ways.

The title saw several closed and open betas in the latter months of 2023, with the game capable of hosting multiplayer matches. Players could partake in various firefights, grabbing cash cubes and dumping them at objectives to win.

Now at The Game Awards 2023, The Finals has stunned audiences by stealth launching the full game. The devs have pushed the full game online in a surprise launch, with players on Steam able to play the game right away.

The Finals has been launched to several platforms, however with the game being online it appears players have been flooding in. As such the devs have released a statement saying that they’re capping the amount of players joining the game, and will increase the cap each hour so that players will have the best experience possible.

Rest assured the devs have said they won’t stop until all players can enter the arena.

About The Author

Liam is a writer on the Australian Dexerto team covering all things gaming with an emphasis on MMOs like Destiny and FFXIV along with MOBAs like League. He started writing while at university for a Bachelor’s degree in Media and has experience writing for GGRecon and GameRant. You can contact Liam at liam.ho@dexerto.com or on Twitter at @MusicalityLH.