Roadmap for The Finals: Season 12 (Prime Time) Release Date Confirmed, Bringing Massive Changes to the Shooter Sensation

We’ve listed the launch dates for the upcoming season of the multiplayer shooter.

The Finals is far from over: Developer Embark has already confirmed how the multiplayer shooter with the world’s best level destruction will continue. Here, you can find out everything about the release, setting, start time, new maps, and gameplay improvements for the new seasons.

• Release date of the latest season
• Season 13 content (TBA)
• Season 12 content (Prime Time)
• Season 11 content
• Season 10 content
• Season 9 content
• Season 8 content

Based on the release schedules of previous seasons, we can already predict when the major new updates will be released.

Release Date of the Latest Season

• The Finals Season 10: Starts March 26, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. ✅
• The Finals Season 11: Starts July 9, 2026, at 2:30 PM ✅
• The Finals Season 12: Starts October 20, 2026, at 3:00 PM ✅
• The Finals Season 13: Starts January 21, 2027 (projected)

Here’s the latest video from the developers about the new season of The Finals:

The Content of Season 13 (TBA)

• TBA

Season 12 Content (Prime Time)

• Improved Level Destruction

  • Gradual destruction
  • Leverage
  • Shockwaves
  • Piles of rubble
  • Smoke effects

• Graphics upgrade

  • Lighting
  • Materials/textures
  • Physics
  • Arena Sponsor Branding

• New Playstyle: Infiltrator (Light)

  • True Sight (new Light specialization)
  • Mimic Device (disguises players as level objects)
  • Translocator (swaps player’s position with a level object)

• Map Reworks

  • Monaco
  • Seoul
  • Skyway Stadium

• New Game Mode
• Deeper Progression
• Sponsor Update
• More Game Show Lore
• New HUD/Interface
• Improved Footstep Sounds

Season 11 Content

• Theme: Retro Sci-Fi
• New Map: Galaxy Estates
• Speed Tunnels on Galaxy Estates
• New Melee System

  • Stamina
  • Precision Mechanics
  • Assault

• Cashout Bot Mode
• Personal Performance RS (Ranked)
• Improved HUD and Interface

Season 10 Content

• Theme: Medieval Fantasy
• Platform Change: PS4 version is being discontinued
• New Weapon: Chimera-XB Armbrust (Medium)
• New Specialization: Shockwave (Medium)
• New Gadget: Hover Pad (Medium)
• New Map: Starlight Hollow (TDM)
• Match Recap & MVP Reworks
• The Finals Academy Onboarding

Season 9 Content

• Theme: China
• New Map: Fangwei City
• New Mode: Point Break (8v8, Attackers vs. Defenders)
• New Cashout Mechanic: Double Jeopardy
• Rework for World Tour Mode
• Rework for Ranked Mode
• Dynamic Sponsor Changes During the Season
• Improved destruction physics

Season 8 Content

• Topic: Esports
• P90 (new weapon, Medium)
• BFR Titan (new weapon, Heavy)
• Smooth Destruction
• Head2Head mode becomes permanent
• Instant Replay
• Playstyle Loadouts
• New tutorial
• Match Recap

As usual, in each new season, Legacy Battle Passes from previous seasons can still be leveled up using earned tokens, even if they have already expired. This way, missed content isn’t completely lost but can be caught up on—provided you’re willing to put in the grind, of course.