Followers of Splitgate, the sci-fi multiplayer shooter with portals, obtained some bittersweet information right this moment. Developer 1047 Video games has introduced it’s lastly bringing the sport out of its prolonged beta and launching it in 1.0 subsequent month. It additionally revealed plans to create one other title inside the Splitgate universe. However to facilitate work on this subsequent mission, it should stop characteristic growth of Splitgate.
1047 explains in a press launch that it’s growing a brand new shooter in Unreal Engine 5 set on the planet of Splitgate, which suggests it should additionally characteristic portals. There are no extra particulars past this, however will probably be the staff’s full-time mission going ahead.
As such, 1047 is launching Splitgate out of beta on September 15, however it should transfer away from creating substantial content material after that. Nevertheless, the staff assures followers that Splitgate will stay on-line. The sport’s launch will kick off a brand new season, which features a new, free battle go that includes an infinite variety of ranges together with new characters, skins, and different goodies. Splitgate’s weekly featured playlists, and merchandise drops will proceed, and the staff will nonetheless work on smaller fixes and updates.
You possibly can learn 1047’s full assertion under (click on to enlarge):
Splitgate launched in PC beta in 2019, however the sport actually caught hearth when its console beta started in 2021. The sport grew to become so common on PlayStation and Xbox that servers usually grew to become congested, to the purpose that 1047 determined to postpone the complete launch and maintain the sport in an indefinite beta to deal with additional stabilizing the net infrastructure because the mission continued to obtain extra funding. Season 0 started final August, including a brand new map, sport mode, and different options.
