The Finals stylized in all caps as THE FINALS is a free-to-play first-person shooter developed and published by Nexon subsidiary Embark Studios. The game focuses on team-based matches on maps with a destructible environment where players are encouraged to use the dynamic environment to their advantage. The Finals revolves around people competing in a televised virtual combat game show. This is reflected in the holographic crowds which are seen during gameplay as well as the commentary provided by the game in the form of various hosts making observations about the status of a given team or the game itself. Developer Embark Studios have stated that the game is partly inspired by The Hunger Games and Gladiator (2000).