{"id":771694,"date":"2025-11-29T17:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-29T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:15:53","slug":"the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finals hacker-themed Season 2 adds new 5v5 mode later this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Embark Studios has announced Season 2 of The Finals will begin later this week, as well as details of the new 5v5 mode and more to be added to the game.<\/p>\n<p>In Season 2, players will continue to compete in the virtual game show while it&#8217;s been hacked by the group known as CNS. The new Playstyle added to The Finals is called Hacker and will be able to use abilities such as removing walls, tunnelling across the arena, and transforming items to hinder opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The Hacker Playstyle comes with new gadgets and a specialisation that can be mixed and matched with existing toolsets, Embark said in its announcement (on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2073850\/view\/4130435365862894609?l=english\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-finals-hacker-themed-season-2-adds-new-5v5-mode-later-this-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embark Studios has announced Season 2 of The Finals will begin later this week, as well as details of the new 5v5 mode and more to be added to the game. In Season 2, players will continue to compete in the virtual game show while it&#8217;s been hacked by the group known as CNS. The new Playstyle added to The Finals is called Hacker and will be able to use abilities such as removing walls, tunnelling across the arena, and transforming items to hinder opponents. The Hacker Playstyle comes with new gadgets and a specialisation that can be mixed and matched with existing toolsets, Embark said in its announcement (on Steam). 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