Fight alongside your teammates in virtual arenas that you can alter, exploit, and even destroy. Build your own playstyle in this first-person shooter to win escalating tournaments and lasting fame.

We invite you to virtual arenas based on iconic real-world locations that contestants can alter, exploit, and even destroy in chaotic PvP matches. Add a tremendous variety of skills and weapons to the mix, and you will be able to craft your own unique contestant with your very own loadout, playstyle, and look. Those who succeed will advance through escalating tournaments, earning lasting fame as they reach the ultimate pinnacle of competition in The Finals.

Viewers at home, here's the news you've been waiting to hear: The Finals is accepting new contestants, and that means YOU! That's right, soon the world could be watching YOU tear apart our newest dynamic arenas and seize everlasting fame!

As you know, The Finals is the world's greatest free-to-play combat game show! Our contestants plug in to our virtual world and join teams in escalating tournaments. They fight it out in our beautifully-rendered arenas based on real-world locations that they can alter, exploit, and even destroy.

Sure, you can aim and shoot, but contestants that add our carefully curated virtual environments to their arsenal are more likely to advance, so do anything you can imagine in the name of victory! Burn arenas to the ground! Send wrecking balls crashing into your opponents! Don't just pull triggers - pull down buildings!

Embark Studios revealed Season 9 of The Finals will launch on December 10 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 5 PM CET.

Inspired by China’s ancient heritage with a cutting-edge twist, Season 9: Dragon Rising introduces a new, exciting map, a high-intensity new 8v8 mode, as well as a new unified progression and system improvements shaped directly by player feedback.

Highlights of this new season include:

• New Map – Fangwei City: A sprawling new arena inspired by a Chinese megacity, complete with skyscrapers, rivers, temples, gardens and dense urban districts – designed to support clearer navigation, strategic plays and dramatic verticality across its city landscape.
• New Mode – Point Break: A new, large-scale, fast-paced 8v8 attack-vs-defend mode where objectives are fulfilled in waves. As the action ensues, the front line may shift forward as attackers destroy objectives, while defenders aim to hold the line. With explosions, momentum shifts and constant action, this mode offers a strategic yet accessible new way to play.
• Updated World Tour: The newly restructured World Tour will unify all modes into one seasonal journey, where players can see all of their progress in one place. This season will also introduce a map that shows the full seasonal path, including events, sponsors and other upcoming moments throughout the season.
• Flexible Sponsor System: Contestants will have access to a fully flexible sponsor system, which will allow them to sign with any sponsor at any time and offer the ability to change their sponsor at will. Free rewards will no longer be locked behind which sponsor a player chooses, players can earn and redeem all rewards from any sponsor. New loyalty tracks for Volpe and Ospuze will debut this season as well.
• Competitive + Ranked Updates: Dragon Rising will feature updated ranked progression and unified reward structure where both Ranked and World Tour allow players to earn reward coins that they can use to choose their end-of-season rewards. Additionally, players can expect a new high-stakes Double Jeopardy system for Cashout, which introduces an event where the team that starts the double will risk losing some of their cash if they don’t finish the job.
• Quality of Life + Balance Updates: Contestants can also look forward to gameplay, combat and technical improvements, including dome/mesh shield improvements, weapon tuning, expanded customization options and much more.

The Finals thrives on spectacle, so drive your fans wild with thrilling combat and your own personal flair as you compete for worldwide fame and the support of our discerning and stylish sponsors.

Play Your Way - Whether it’s sneaking up on enemy squads with a katana in hand or ripping an entire building out from under their feet with explosives, The Finals lets YOU make the call! With different skills across body builds and a wide array of weapons and gadgets, you'll have all the tools to make your playstyle your own!

The World Is Your Weapon (And Enemy) - A skilled contender might go in guns blazing, but with environmental destruction in your arsenal, that’s just the start of what you can wield against your foes! All of our arenas can be altered, used, or reduced to rubble - and not just by you.

Your Rising Star - Ready for your close-up? Standing out in The Finals means the eyes of the world will be upon you, so you’d better look your best! Gather fans and fame as you craft a unique avatar with the help of our generous sponsors and dazzling customization options!

This is the opportunity of a lifetime. Arenas based on iconic places, unparalleled destruction, and endless tactical possibilities await - make them your own, and the floodgates of fame will open. Your competition will have the same opportunities, so it’ll be up to you to be more clever and attention-grabbing. Are you up to the challenge? Are you the world’s next all-star?

Can you reach The Finals?

Key Features:

• Truly Dynamic and Destructible Environments — Contestants fight it out in virtual playgrounds based on some of the world’s most iconic places. The arenas are immersive and fully destructible, powered by Embark’s new server-side destruction & movement system that ensures every player experiences the same impact to the world at the same time – whether it’s a piece of furniture blown apart or a whole building collapsing.
• Maximum Player Expression — Deep visual and gameplay customization allows players to build their own unique contestant. From stealthy ninjas defeating opponents with a katana, to cowboys tanking with rocket launchers, every contestant can control who they are and how they play.
• Rely on Your Instincts — Why impose limits to your imagination? In The Finals, if you think something might work, it probably will. Contestants need to rely on their intuition, use the environment to their advantage, and make full use of their bespoke arsenals and abilities to defeat their rivals and complete objectives.
• The World’s Biggest Stage — All of this beautiful, brutal chaos is wrapped up into an over-the-top virtual game show, centered on a high-stakes tournament with eliminations between every high-tempo round. Teams of three will need to work together to advance. Lose, and you can jump right back into a new tournament — win, and you can reach The Finals.

The Finals is available for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam).