As part of the Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation, publisher Nexon and developer Embark showed a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it trailer for their upcoming game show shooter, The Finals.
The trailer offers very little in the way of context, but seemingly The Finals will focus on an ultra-violent “game” of survival, with players competing in a do-or-die competition to win big bucks and other prizes. Previously released footage featured rat-a-tat gunplay and bombastic explosive-based combat, with some vehicular mayhem and roof-jumping verticality thrown into the mix.
The concept would suggest we might be looking at a battle royale affair, perhaps with highly customizable player characters, but we’ll have to wait a little longer for Embark Studios to play its hand and offer us a little more info on The Finals and its Smash T.V.-style landscape of killing for kash.
The Finals is currently in development for PC. Steam playtests are scheduled to begin “soon”.
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