This page will detail the various events that have happened during the course of THE FINALS development and after release.
THE FINALS Timeline
2020
November 12th, 2020 - Embark announces Project Discovery in a medium post, it is a FPS described thuslyː "It’s a concept that leans heavily into team-based gameplay and puts dynamism, physicality, and destruction front and center." This would later be announced as THE FINALS.
December 23rd, 2020 - Embark posts their yearly holiday greetings. It contains Celeste, from ARC Raiders, and one of the concept art characters for Project Discovery from the prior Medium post.
2021
November 9th, 2021 - Embark posts a teaser of Project Discovery on twitter. The teaser is a short seven second gif showing a variety of clips on a early version of the Monaco map.
2022
August
August 9th, 2022 - Embark does a update on their games via a medium post, following their announcement of ARC Raiders delay the day before. It details that they decided to push up Project Discovery as their first release title as development of the game was going faster than expected compared to ARC Raiders. In this post it was also announced they were prototyping a PvP focused game mode for ARC Raiders.
August 29th, 2022 - Embark announced THE FINALS during Gamescom Opening Night Live. A short 24 second trailer revealed gameplay again set in Monaco. Although it is more of a teaser trailer than a gameplay trailer. This was also the day when the Offical Discord opened to the public.
September
September 5th, 2022 - Embark posts concept art of a Samurai cutting through some unknown object. This was the start of THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt. This timeline will not be covering the majority of the hunt for brevity's sake, as the pages dedicated to it go into more detail about it.
September 27th, 2022 - Embark announced the Closed Alpha for THE FINALS with a new trailer. The Closed Alpha would run from Sept 29th to Oct 3rd. It was set in Monaco and recieved generally positive reception from those few that got the opportunity to try it.
October
October 4th, 2022 - Level Two of TFEE was started after a short pause from solving Level One. The tiers in Level Two would reveal new art for OSPUZE and ISEUL-T.
October 14th, 2022 - The first version of the Content Creator Programme is announced. The programme has been halted since April 2023.
October 25th, 2022 - Embark adds the art channel to the Offical Discord. This is a place where they'd share concept art often related to TFEE.
November
November 1st, 2022 - An infographic for the Closed Alpha was released on the Offical Discord. Things such as Kills, Teamplay, and Gadget usage were shared.
November 9th, 2022 - Embark announces that they are planning for a larger beta, planned for early 2023.
December
December 1st, 2022 - The Offical Server goes under some housekeeping. The server suggestion channel was replaced with a new channel, and modmail was changed to a custom bot, Eggmail.
December 6th, 2022 - Two Volunteer Moderators are selected from the server. Darnoux and Kyne. Both active members of the community.
December 12th, 2022 - Style Stories is announced a limited time channel on the Offical Server. It was used for sharing fashion from other games. It was discontinued in early January, 2023.
December 23rd, 2022 - Embark posts their yearly holiday greetings. It contains Nama Tama (THE FINALS mascot) standing in a snow pile with a santa hat on.
December 31st, 2022 - Embark shares a image of Nama Tama wearing a new years cap.
2023
January
January 13th, 2023 - W²ednesdays, a weekly event on Wednesdays where you can play games with the Community Team starts. This is discontinued by early March.
February
February 3rd, 2023 - Embark Studios announces a new series, MAKING THE FINALS. The first episode titled Capturing Authentic Sound went live, with more to follow in the future. A FAQ form for the audio team was also linked in the announcement, taking responses to be answered at a later date.
February 23rd, 2023 - Embark Studios posts the Closed Beta trailer on Youtube. Running from March 7th to March 21st. It had numerous changes compared to the Closed Alpha which can be read here.