Neowin News Feed for: Embark

You can sign up for the ARC Raiders closed tech test that will be held Oct. 24-27 on Steam

John Callaham — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:52:01 +0000

Embark will launch a closed tech test for its upcoming extraction PvPvE shooter ARC Raiders on Steam from October 24-27, and you can sign up for it now. Read more...

The Finals Season 2 will add a new map, more gadgets and a new game mode on March 14

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:20:01 +0000

Embark has announced that Season 2 of its free-to-play shooter, The Finals, will begin on March 14. It will add a new map to the game, along with new weapons and gadgets and a new 5v5 game mode. Read more...

The Finals adds its first solo game mode as part of today's new update

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:48:01 +0000

Embark Studios has released the latest 1.5.0 update for its popular free-to-play shooter The Finals. Among the bug fixes and improvements, it adds a limited-time solo game mode, Solo Bank It. Read more...

NVIDIA GeForce NOW adds The Finals and more games to its cloud streaming service

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:36:01 +0000

The NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming streaming service has added some new games to its library of titles, including the recently launched free-to-play first person shooter game The Finals. Read more...

The Finals hits the 10 million player mark since launch; new update adds holiday content

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:46:01 +0000

Embark's free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals has already hit the 10 million player mark since it officially launched on Dec. 7. Its latest update includes some holiday-themed content. Read more...

The Finals ends its open beta with over 7.5 million players; no word yet on its launch date

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:52:02 +0000

Embark's highly destructible first-person shooter The Finals has ended its open beta test, stating that it had a total of over 7.5 million players join in. There's no word yet on a final launch date. Read more...

Embark backtracks somewhat on its claims of AI voice actor use for The Finals

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:04:01 +0000

A spokesperson for developer Embark now says their multiplayer shooter The Finals uses "a combination of recorded voice audio" and AI text-to-speech, rather than using AI for nearly all the voices. Read more...

The Finals has some detractors for its use of AI text-to-voice features for its commentators

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:58:01 +0000

The current open beta test for the upcoming free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals has received some criticism for its use of AI text-to-voice features for its in-game commentators. Read more...

The Finals open beta test has a temporary login queue while it works to add more servers

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:40:02 +0000

Developer Embark Studios launched the open beta test for its free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Finals this week. It's proven to be so popular it has gotten close to hitting its server capacity. Read more...

The Finals open beta begins the destruction October 26 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:19:17 +0000

The upcoming free-to-play and highly destructible first-person shooter The Finals will hold its first open beta test from October 26-November 5 for the PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 platforms. Read more...