Splitgate ‘feature development’ ending, 1047 Games shifts to a new FPS

It seems that the high flying shooter is actually quite successful, in a shocking twist of events. Splitgate No content updates will be sent to this address. However, the franchise isn’t going away entirely.

Pitched as HaloPortals and multiplayer in a similar arena to the original. Splitgate grew immensely popular in 2021 after entering Steam’s early access program. Many believed Splitgate Ian Proulx, 1047 Games CEO, said that the next global esport would be called “1047 Games”. Riot Games was its success last fall.

Developer 1047 Gaming will host a Friday event. Announcement 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 by 1047 Games regarding the future of Splitgate pic.twitter.com/5E0YG1DWQm

— Splitgate (@Splitgate) September 2, 2022

According to the FAQ page, Splitgate‘s official matchmaking servers will remain online, and there’ll still be bug-fix patches – but nothing beyond that. Curiously though, 1047 Games seems focused on a new project 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.

Kyle Campbell, for GLHF.