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Who loves you, and who do you love? Developer Embark Studio and publisher Nexon have released a “pre-alpha” gameplay video for its upcoming multiplayer shooter, The Finals — Following its grand debut at Gamescom Opening Night Live, the new video gives us our first look at the deadly competition’s hyper-violent rat-a-tat-tat action. The Finals, which is currently in development for PC, will see contestants from all over the world compete in a chaotic and explosive virtual universe, laying waste to one another with all…

Embark Studios has revealed a first look at The Finals, a free-to-play shooter with a highly destructible environment. A first trailer for The Finals debuted yesterday (September 27) and shows players competing to win a game show as rivals destroy the arena around them. The game’s emphasis on destruction is good news for Battlefield fans, as Embark Studios was founded by multiple former Dice developers. The Finals‘ first full trailer demonstrates the shooter’s “dynamic arenas,” in which just about anything can be…

“I think that many other studios that are working on dynamic shooters will panic now.” That’s what art director Rob Runesson confidentially told the press at a preview event for The Finals, the first game from Embark Studios (a team made up of many DICE developers who worked on the Battlefield series). In its current state, The Finals initially looks similar to other games in the genre, but one big difference that Runesson thinks will set it apart from the pack: almost everything is fully destructible. …

The Killing Game Show 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…

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)-led Team CoStar is set to participate in the Subterranean Challenge finals that are scheduled to be held this week. The challenge involves a demonstration of multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments. According to NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will be among the eight teams that will be competing in the finale. The teams will use dozens of robots to traverse through a series of complex underground scenarios. The eight teams and robots are from more than 30 institutions…

Frontier Developments has confirmed a partnership with the long-running F1 In Schools program, with the team behind F1 Manager to judge the 2022 World Finals. The 22nd annual F1 In Schools program is “the world’s biggest, most exciting student STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) initiative.” People taking part will be tasked with researching, designing, making, and racing an F1 car of the future, with the World Finals set to take place at Silverstone July 9 to July 15. According to a press release, “this…