THE FINALS’ Season 12 Will Let Scotty Call Players by Name
Dynamic Commentary will arrive in beta on October 20, 2026, with a limited initial set of callouts and an Anonymous mode option for players who do not want their names spoken.
THE FINALS will add Dynamic Commentary in Season 12, giving announcer Scotty the ability to work a contestant’s username into callouts during significant moments. The feature arrives in beta when the season begins on October 20, 2026.
Scotty can now say YOUR name live!
THE FINALS Season 12 introduces Dynamic Commentary – allowing player names to be part of match commentary for the first time ever. pic.twitter.com/x72DIAWna5
— THE FINALS – Latest News (@TheFinalsLatest) October 18, 2026
A headshot, for example, could prompt Scotty to name the player instead of delivering generic praise. Embark will start with a short list of triggers, allowing the team to curate and tune the lines. Audio Director Carl Strandberg says limiting those situations will help preserve Scotty’s familiar delivery.
THE FINALS already uses AI text-to-speech for announcer commentary, with dialogue built from recordings by paid actors. Season 12 extends that system to contestant usernames. Players who do not want their names read aloud can switch to Anonymous mode.
The wider season update will add the Mimic Device and Translocator, along with Solo Showdown, a 12-player tournament with three randomly selected rounds drawn from eight mini-modes. Improved footsteps are intended to make enemy movement easier to track. Structures will bend, sag, and collapse more naturally, while smoke will react to forces in the Arena as part of the arena and destruction overhaul.
Would you keep name callouts on for a big match moment, or switch to Anonymous mode? Stay connected for more on Season 12’s game-show presentation through X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
The Finals
Developed by Embark Studios
The Finals is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
- Genre Shooter
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Perspective First person
- Modes Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release December 7, 2023
- Publisher Embark Studios
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