The Finals Hits Massive Milestone 15 Days After Release

The Rise of The Finals

The Finals hit a monumental milestone only 15 days after its release date. Dropped as an unannounced surprise on December 7, The Finals has since risen to impressive heights.

Following its release, The Finals quickly gained steam and began to outperform other FPS titans like Call of Duty on certain platforms. Since then, the popular shooter game has continued to gain momentum. Its development team has earned praise from its players after implementing precise tweaks to the meta, adding new content, and upgrading its anti-cheat system. It looks like the game's unique take on the FPS genre has paid off.

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The Phenomenal Playerbase

The Finals announced that it reached a whopping 10 million players. This comes only two weeks after its launch, making this feat incredibly impressive. While The Finals enjoyed a highly successful beta, not many expected it to reach this level of popularity at this pace. It seems to have no intention of slowing down, with the live-service game expected to get regular updates and new content as long as it remains popular.

Interestingly, Embark Studios made it clear that it will not release a roadmap for The Finals' future updates. This allows the development team to be reactive, and not have to commit to certain features or content months in advance. Although The Finals has a decent amount of features for a newly-released title, some fans are wishing for additional content to be added to game, such as custom games and more skins. While the development team is remaining tight-lipped about these requests, fans can hope for these features, especially skins, to be added sooner rather than later.

The Game's Impact and Future

Recently, The Finals overtook the prized 'Top Free Game' spot on Xbox, outperforming other titles like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Roblox. The game's innovative blend of classic FPS gameplay and creative new features seems to have bridged the gap between the genre's wide range of demographics. While The Finals is still a fresh release, making it difficult to tell whether it'll become a long-term stalwart like Fortnite, early results suggest that the game might have struck gold and may be seen near the top of playercount charts for a long time to come.

The Finals recently released new holiday-themed content and improvements to its anti-cheat system. Cheating issues were one of the community's main complaints following the game's release, so fans were relieved to see Embark Studios take quick action. The update also introduced a wintertime version of the Monaco map and new, Christmas-themed cosmetics for players to unlock.