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The Finals Open Beta Comes to an End After 7.5 Million Players
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 61251" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/the-finals" target="_blank">The Finals</a> open beta was a huge hit, with an impressive 7.5 million people playing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In a tweet, The Finals developer Embark Studios called the open beta “an unforgettable week for us”, and said now was the time to “hunker down” and work on fixes and improvements. No release window was offered.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Created by <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ex-battlefield-devs-new-shooter-is-called-the-finals-gamescom-opening-night-live" target="_blank"><u>ex-DICE developers who worked on the Battlefield series</u></a>, the free-to-download, destruction-based competitive first-person shooter was so popular it even <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-open-beta-is-so-popular-the-developer-had-to-add-a-temporary-login-queue" target="_blank"><u>hit its player capacity within a few days</u></a>. The open beta was massive on Steam in particular, with a peak concurrent players figure of 267,874. That was enough to put The Finals in the top five most-played games on Steam.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-preview" target="_blank"><u>In our preview of the game</u></a>, IGN said: "The Finals is a fast-paced first-person shooter that focuses on arcadey game styles and game-show mechanics. What makes it unique is that everything, and I mean everything, can be destroyed. It’s a lot to take in, but after playing a bunch of it, all of the elements manage to work really well together when the game isn’t stuttery and buggy."</p><p></p><p>However, The Finals has not been without controversy. Last week Embark responded to criticism from voice actors and developers <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/embark-responds-to-the-finals-ai-criticism-making-games-without-actors-isnt-an-end-goal" target="_blank">after The Finals was slammed for using AI voice overs</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-open-beta-comes-to-an-end-after-75-million-players" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 61251, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/the-finals']The Finals[/URL] open beta was a huge hit, with an impressive 7.5 million people playing. In a tweet, The Finals developer Embark Studios called the open beta “an unforgettable week for us”, and said now was the time to “hunker down” and work on fixes and improvements. No release window was offered. Created by [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ex-battlefield-devs-new-shooter-is-called-the-finals-gamescom-opening-night-live'][U]ex-DICE developers who worked on the Battlefield series[/U][/URL], the free-to-download, destruction-based competitive first-person shooter was so popular it even [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-open-beta-is-so-popular-the-developer-had-to-add-a-temporary-login-queue'][U]hit its player capacity within a few days[/U][/URL]. The open beta was massive on Steam in particular, with a peak concurrent players figure of 267,874. That was enough to put The Finals in the top five most-played games on Steam. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-preview'][U]In our preview of the game[/U][/URL], IGN said: "The Finals is a fast-paced first-person shooter that focuses on arcadey game styles and game-show mechanics. What makes it unique is that everything, and I mean everything, can be destroyed. It’s a lot to take in, but after playing a bunch of it, all of the elements manage to work really well together when the game isn’t stuttery and buggy." However, The Finals has not been without controversy. Last week Embark responded to criticism from voice actors and developers [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/embark-responds-to-the-finals-ai-criticism-making-games-without-actors-isnt-an-end-goal']after The Finals was slammed for using AI voice overs[/URL]. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-finals-open-beta-comes-to-an-end-after-75-million-players"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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