In a surprising turn of events, it seems that the high-flying shooter Splitgate will not receive any content updates. However, the franchise isn’t going away entirely.
Pitched as Halo-like arena multiplayer with portals, Splitgate grew immensely popular in 2021 after entering Steam’s early access program. Many thought Splitgate would be the next global esport, with 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx even likening its success to Riot Games last fall.
However, on Friday, developer 1047 Games announced that it’s sunsetting ‘feature development’ for Splitgate.
“After careful consideration and much deliberation, the 1047 Games team has determined that in order to build the game fans deserve – and to build it in a way that isn’t trying to retrofit and live operate an existing product – we are ending feature development of Splitgate,” 1047 Games said.
Important announcement from 1047 Games about the future of Splitgate: pic.twitter.com/5E0YG1DWQm
— Splitgate (@Splitgate) September 2, 2022
As per the FAQ page, Splitgate‘s official matchmaking servers will remain online, and there’ll still be bug-fix patches – but nothing beyond that. Curiously, 1047 Games appears to be turning its attention to an all-new project set within the franchise.
“We’re turning our attention away from iterative, smaller updates and going all-in to focus on a new game in the Splitgate universe which will present revolutionary, not evolutionary, changes to our game,” 1047 Games continues. “It will be a shooter, it will have portals, and it will be built in Unreal Engine 5. Oh, and it will be free.”
This new project doesn’t even have a name yet, so it’ll probably be a long time before the public sees it.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
