# THE FINALS Update 11.7.0 - Product: THE FINALS (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-finals) - Vendor: Embark Studios - Date: 2026-08-27 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2073850/view/678508056965808434 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-finals/releases/2026-08-27-update-11.7.0 - Labels: Platforms: Windows, PlayStation What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Shockwave Specialization now applies a two second long glitch effect to enemy players it hits - **added** — Feedback Looper Set cosmetic bundle available in the store - **changed** — Replaced the salmon team color in spectator slots during private matches with green, updating default spectator team colors to orange, pink, purple and green - **fixed** — Fixed an issue that could cause weapon audio to sometimes crackle on Xbox - **fixed** — Fixed a number of crashes introduced with the upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.7 - **fixed** — Fixed an occasional crash that could occur on PS5 - **fixed** — Fixed an issue on PS5 where the save dialog would repeatedly require user input on the first boot of the game - **fixed** — Fixed a crash caused by inpoutx64.sys, removing the need to uninstall the file to play the game - **fixed** — Fixed a performance degradation issue that could occur when running AMD FSR3 **GUITAR PICK INCLUDED** The show is on in the Arena and the fight still going up in space in this week’s Update! Check it out below. --- ##### **STORE **| FEEDBACK LOOPER SET **Tonight in the Arena, the spotlights are turned towards you!** Shred on your guitar and through the competition with the **Feedback Looper Set.** Leather fit on point, shades on, it’s time to step on the scene and make some noise through the Arena! --- ##### **EVENT **| DEEP SIGNAL Orbital Hitters is still going strong, and we’ve seen plenty of Contestants take the fight in outer space thanks to our sponsor ENGIMO. **There’s still a whole week to complete your daily contracts** and earn up to three tickets a day to spin the new ENGIMO-sponsored Wheel and unlock out-of-this-world rewards. Time to get to it! --- ##### **STORE **| TGM25 BUNDLES This is the last week to get your hands on The Grand Major 2025 Store Bundles! Grab your favorite pack in case you haven’t yet and relive the TGM25 vibes! --- ##### **GAME UPDATE **| BALANCE CHANGES ##### Specializations **Shockwave** - Shockwave will now apply a two second long glitch effect to enemy players it hits. The glitch effect does not impact friendly players, the user or deployables. **_Dev Note: _**_Shockwave has been the least used of the Medium Specializations for a while, yet we see in it the potential to give Mediums more survivability, as well as allowing Mediums a skill-based counter to Specializations like Mesh Shield, Cloaking Device and Evasive Dash. We think the addition of this glitch ‘micro stun’ should elevate the Specialization in desirability as well as effectiveness_ --- ##### **GAME UPDATE **| BUG FIXES & CONTENT ##### Audio - Fixed an issue that could cause weapon audio to sometimes ‘crackle’ on Xbox ##### Game Modes **Private Matches** - Replaced the ‘salmon’ team color seen by players in spectator slots during private matches with a green team color. The default team colors for spectating in private matches will now be orange, pink, purple and green. ##### Stability - Fixed a number of crashes introduced with the upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.7 - Fixed an occasional crash that could occur on PS5 - Fix an issue on PS5 where the save dialog would repeatedly require user input on the first boot of the game - Removed the need for uninstalling inpoutx64.sys to play the game, as a crash the file previously caused has been fixed ##### Performance - Fixed a performance degradation issue that could occur when running AMD FSR3