The Finals beta v0.2 patch notes

A new patch has been dropped for the beta of upcoming first person shooter The Finals, Embark has announced.

The game, which is in closed beta for two weeks ahead of a free to play launch later this year, is already proving a hit, with its mixture of competitive gunplay and destructive scenery.

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In fact, it’s the second patch notes in as many days for the game – so here’s a handy run down of both patches, and we’ll try and update this page as more are added.

Here’s the notes, care of The Finals’ official Twitter account:

The Finals beta v0.2 patch notes

• Say goodbye to the crackling noise!
• Fixed a bug that prevented rewards from showing up.
• Made it easier to pick up statues to prevent triggering unintentional revives
• The “phantom footsteps” bug should be gone now
• Fixed a bug that made vaults go flying when goo was attached to them
• A major adjustment to XP for win/loss: now you’ll earn 500 XP for each round played
• Fixed a bug that caused some players to get stuck in the menu
• We fixed the most frequent client crashes
• And smaller bug fixes and adjustments

The Finals beta v0.1 patch notes

• We fixed a bug where bullet hits wouldn’t register for some clients
• We fixed a bug that caused third person characters to get stuck in frozen animation states
• We fixed a client crash that sometimes occurred when downloading avatar images.
• We improved the level of detail for high-quality graphics settings.

We’re keeping our eye on The Finals as the beta progresses – you can check out our tech team’s guides on controller support and DLSS for the game here.

The Finals is expected to launch on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 later this year.