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The Finals is why Arc Raiders got delayed

A player character from The Finals holds a sub-machinegun while wearing a smiley face mask on top of her head as an audience of silhouettes looks on.

When co-op shooterArc Raiders was delayeda couple of weeks ago, Embark Studios said that it was because development on their other project, an unannounced shooter, had progressed faster than expected. Well, tonight they announced that other shooter. It’s calledThe Finals, it’s a team-based shooter framed as a game show, and there’s an extremely brief teaser trailer below.

It’s only 24 seconds:

THE FINALS | AnnouncementWatch on YouTube

THE FINALS | Announcement

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I think I can sum up what we know about The Finals in a single sentence. The Finals is a free-to-play, team-based shooter in which players are contestants in a game show and battle on virtual arenas which they can alter and destroy. There, that’s it.

Embark is celebrating 3 years! So what have we accomplished? We’ve grown to more than 250 game makers, we’ve got big plans for the future, and a few projects we are just itching to share. To celebrate, we thought we’d share a glimpse of another unannounced game in the works. 🎂pic.twitter.com/TdeZQcuvDs— Embark Studios (@EmbarkStudios)November 9, 2021

Embark is celebrating 3 years! So what have we accomplished? We’ve grown to more than 250 game makers, we’ve got big plans for the future, and a few projects we are just itching to share. To celebrate, we thought we’d share a glimpse of another unannounced game in the works. 🎂pic.twitter.com/TdeZQcuvDs

Finally, we know that there’ll be a fuller reveal of The Finals coming in September (because Geoff Keighley said so). In the meantime, you’ll find some more screenshots and a signup form for future playtestsover on Steam.