Just a few days ago, the former Battlefield devs at Embark Studios launched the first open beta for The Finals. Since then, the game has blew up, and has now amassed over 264,000 concurrent players on Steam alone (it’s in open beta on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC).
According to the ever-reliable Steam Charts, The Finals open beta has managed to hit its current all-time high of 264,874 players on Steam today.
Again, bear in mind, that insane number does not even factor in the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S player bases. While there’s no way of knowing those, even half of what the PC playtest is pulling is a fair estimate and would make the total reach over 400K concurrent players, which is an insane number for an upcoming free-to-play game with little to no marketing.
Unfortunately, with a game hitting it big this soon, the parasites are quick to jump in to capitalize as well. Cheat makers are now targeting the game, which means it’s just a matter of time before cheaters populate the game and ruin everyone’s fun.
The new FPS title called @reachthefinals has already been targeted by huge P2C vendors. It's not long until it's riddled with cheaters. I hope the devs at "TheFinals" have thought about anti-cheat measures when building this game, or it's just going to be another title ruined by… pic.twitter.com/KsalycwPeW
— Anti-Cheat Police Department 🕵️ (@AntiCheatPD) October 27, 2023
Hopefully, Embark has some good anti-cheat measures lined up for when cheats invade the game.
For more on The Finals beta, check out the maps, modes and everything else you need to know right here. While we already have a hands-on preview of the beta when it was only for a select number of participants, look out for our console hands-on impressions hitting the site soon.
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