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Embark Studios announces that Season 2 for The Finals will kick off on March 14. This second season will add a new map, new gadgets, new weapons, new world events, a "new playstyle," and a new 5v5 game mode.
The in-game catalyst for this new season is that the game show has been taken over by the Watch. This group is somehow responsible for adding in the new "hacked" map named SYS$HORIZON. There's also a new 5v5 game mode called Power Shift, new skill-based League System, rewarded weekly career progression, a beta release of private matches, and the Hacker Playstyle. This will apparently add in "several ways for contestants to alter the arena to their favor."
THE FINALS’ new Hacker Playstyle lets players step into the shoes of CNS, with a set of new gadgets and a new specialization that can be mixed and matched with players’ existing toolset. Remove walls, defy gravity, tunnel across the arena, and transform items — become the glitch in the system, the ultimate cyber tactician, and bring a new dimension to the game.
- The Dematerializer for Mediums:a specialization that temporarily erases physical surfaces, like walls, ceilings, or goo — allowing contestants to see, shoot, and pass through them. Create new passageways and close them back up again —turn every obstacle into an open door.
- The Anti-Gravity Cube for Heavys:a deployable cube that manipulates gravity in its immediate area, lifting contestants and objects upwards! Is it a traversal tool? Or a defensive gadget? It’s up to each contestant!
- The Gateway for Lights:a pair of limited-range deployable portals! When both are thrown and activated, contestants and objects can move between the two locations. Anyone can use a portal, but players can’t see or shoot through them! Perfect for a quick getaway, when things get hairy.
- The Data Reshaper for Mediums:a gadget that changes enemy fortifications (or any random objects for that matter) into something else entirely — like turning an enemy mine into a chair. Or an enemy turret into a table. Great for breaking through enemy defenses!
The Finals continues to be a free-to-play game with optional cosmetic microtransactions. You can play it on PC via Steam, Nvidia GeForce Now, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
