The Finals Announces $200K Esports Season

After a successful debut championship last year, Embark Studios is bringing back The Finals’ TGM Online Series tournaments. The global tournament will be a region-based competition hosted in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC via FACEIT, and will feature a prize pool of $200,000. The season will end in The Grand Major 2026 at DreamHack Stockholm between November 27 and November 29.

The season will be broken up into four cycles per region, with $50,000 of the prize pool being distributed across those cycles. The other $150K of the prize pool will be the reward pool for The Grand Major.

To compete, players of the free-to-play shooter will need to be part of a team of three. They can then enter directly with no need for qualification. Up to 256 teams will compete in 3v3 Final Round matches, with the top 16 teams moving to Cashout tournaments. Out of those eight teams will advance to Show Day. This will consist of fully broadcast matches where they will earn points and money determined by their placement.

At the end of the series, the first-place winners will receive a direct invitation to the Grand Major. Second through fifth place will be admitted directly to the Closed Qualifiers, and sixth through ninth place will be admitted into the Open Qualifiers but receive advantages. Those who didn’t take part in the regular season but would still like to take part can try their luck at the Open Qualifiers as well.

Registration for the tournament is available on FACEIT. Players can find out more via the game's website.