Nexon’s THE FINALS has just announced its second season of play since its launch, coming this Thursday. “Season 2 of THE FINALS launches on March 14, and strange things are happening in the arena,” the company says.
“Throughout the jam-packed season of this free-to-play game, contestants can experience new weapons for each class, the hacked new map SYS$HORIZON, the all-new 5v5 game mode Power Shift, a new skill-based League System, rewarded weekly career progression, private matches — for now in a feature-limited beta version — and the new Hacker Playstyle, which adds several ways for contestants to alter the arena to their favor.”
The Hacker “lets players step into the shoes of CNS, with a set of new gadgets and a new specialization that can be mixed and matched with players’ existing toolset” as you “remove walls, defy gravity, tunnel across the arena, and transform items.” The SYS$HORIZON, meanwhile, is a nighttime cityscape parkour map, and then there’s Power Shift, which is meant to introduce more casual gameplay.
“THE FINALS Season 2 comes with Power Shift — an all-new, casual, 5v5 game mode where two teams compete to escort a platform through the arena. If interrupted by an enemy team, the platform grinds to a halt — or will switch direction entirely. Watch out, the platform will tear through anything in its path and can be rocked by physics. Players can switch their contestants between respawns, allowing them to balance their teams on the fly and hone their skills to perfection.”
THE FINALS made a giant splash when it first launched last year, earning 10M players and impressing our own Fight or Kite columnist. On Steam, at least, the game is still averaging over 20,000 concurrent players.
