Highlights

  • Update 1.10 for The Finals brings new Smoking Guns event & community challenge, fixing UI issues and adding quality of life improvements.
  • Embark Studios is constantly evolving The Finals with updates like Solo Bank It & Steal the Spotlight, aiming to keep players engaged.
  • The latest patch introduces a Single Round Tournament event, community goal to earn rewards, and various fixes across gameplay features.

The Finals releases update 1.10 which continues to add quality of life improvements and bug fixes, as well as brand-new content including a Smoking Guns limited time mode and a community challenge. Since launching back in December during The Game Awards, The Finals has constantly been evolving. Part of that has been with consistent updates aimed at balancing some of the abilities and fixing major issues impacting the game, as well as adding new content to the overall experience.

In January, Embark Studios released its first limited time mode called Solo Bank It, though in recent updates, things have gotten a bit more unique with Steal the Spotlight, and its Valentine's Day-inspired reward challenges. However, not every new game event has been a hit with players, as earlier in February, the Dead Go Boom event was removed early due to frustrations over how it negatively impacted melee specific players. With this latest update, The Finals players have a brand new in-game event to take part in with its own set of rewards.

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As Embark has been doing in recent updates, this latest patch refreshes the available content for players, with the big addition being known as the Smoking Guns event. Transforming the Monaco map into something out of the old American West, players will be taking part in a Single Round Tournament that The Finals players experienced in the game's beta. Essentially, four teams enter and compete to see who can bank the most money first. Naturally, the event also comes with it's own contracts and rewards, with players who are able to complete all of them earning the High Noon Noir outfit.

Alongside Smoking Guns, Update 1.10 also activates a new community event, as players are tasked with cashing out a combined $250.000.000.000 in just seven days. If the community is able to pull it off, all players are promised a mystery reward, with some players even taking home a t-shirt. Embark has the full details on their official Discord server under their server announcements channel. Outside of new content, The Finals players are seeing additional fixes and quality of life updates impacting areas of the UI, performance, and other gameplay features.

After launching out of the gates with a shadowdrop during The Game Awards 2023, The Finals has seen a big dip in its player count. Recent updates have attempted to counteract this by adding in new content and game modes on a limited-time basis, rotating new ways to play to keep things fresh. Though with this new community challenge, it's likely that Embark is not only attempting to keep players invested, but also provides a reason for lapsed players to log in again as well.

The Finals Update 1.10 Patch Notes

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue with the play again button where it was unavailable at unintended times
  • Lowered the time for when you can cancel an emote to 1.5 seconds from 3 seconds
  • Fix for an issue with the tournament screen which caused it to get interrupted if you were eliminated just before the transition happened
  • Fixed a bug where the camera could appear offset in the end of round screens

UI

  • Fix for the mouse cursor disappearing when using the systems menu while in gameplay
  • Squad member offscreen indicator will now list name and health instead of a blue dot
  • You can now equip items directly from the store and equipment page
  • Fixed one of the issues that lead to multiple skins being equipped to the same gun Note: This issue has caused various error codes for our players, if you’ve frequently encountered issues with TFGE0000, TFSS0007 or other crashes/failure to launch the game please give it a try after updating and let us know on Discord if the situation has improved!

Maps

  • Update to the collision of the ground mesh on Monaco

Animation

  • Fixed more cases where the character deformation would look wrong in squad lineups, such as inwards knees
  • Improved character mesh deformations

Security

  • General security updates

Video

  • Various shadow quality improvements, especially on lower-quality settings

Performance

  • Optimized system memory usage of the game
  • Fixed a number of console-specific crashes, especially on Xbox Series S models
  • Various improvements to the performance of the game across the board

Known Issue

  • The anti-virus program “CrowdStrike” prevents players from being able to launch THE FINALS. If you’re running into trouble launching the game, please check if you have this software installed
  • The Glint Tint weapon skin is partially broken, resulting in a darker look than normal, we aim to solve this by the next update
  • The Smoking Guns splashscreen shows an incorrect end date and time. It reads “28th of February” but the event ends on the 7th of March
  • Las Vegas had issues with players being able to spawn under the sand, so we have disabled the sandstorm version of Las Vegas for now