{"id":13421,"date":"2025-05-20T12:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13421"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:45:42","slug":"the-finals-gets-its-own-first-major-tournament","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-05-20\/the-finals-gets-its-own-first-major-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finals Gets Its Own First Major Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">The Finals Gets Its Own First Major Tournament<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-finals-dudes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"The Finals Gets Its Own First Major Tournament\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-finals-dudes.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-finals-dudes.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-finals-dudes.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/the-finals-dudes.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>The Finals. 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The inaugural tournament will see the 16 best teams in the world competing for a $100,000 prize pool.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>The Finals is available on Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4|5.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>The Finals\u2019 first-ever major tournament will be held in Stockholm on Nov. 28-29, 2025, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reachthefinals.com\/patchnotes\/rte2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">official announcement<\/a> from the game\u2019s developer and publisher, Embark Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural tournament will see the 16 best teams in the world competing for a $100,000 prize pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed 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From open qualifiers in early September, top teams from each region\u2014North America, EMEA and APAC\u2014will move on to the closed qualifiers, which will be broadcast live. The best 16 teams will then face off at the major, live in Stockholm at DreamHack Stockholm, part of the ESL FACEIT Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embark Studios promised that it will share more information about how to sign up for the open qualifiers, the tournament format, and details on broadcast and viewing schedules closer to September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finals is a free-to-play first-person shooter that was released on Dec. 7, 2023, and is available on Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4|5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the time of writing, the game has an <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2073850\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">all-time peak<\/a> of 242,619 concurrent players, according to SteamDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-facade__wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.20%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img 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