Splitgate 2 is going cross-gen, and that’s good news for PC players

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Splitgate 2 The Game Awards Trailer The Game Awards This story is part of our coverage of The Game Awards 2024 Updated less than 0 just now ago Table of Contents Staying cross-gen Still to come

In the avalanche of trailers at this year’s Game Awards, Splitgate 2 got a brief moment to shine. The shooter sequel showed off a clip that highlighted its portal-based action and teased a new mode. There was one detail nestled in there, though, that your eye may have glazed over. It isn’t just launching on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S; it’ll launch on PS4 and Xbox One too. It’s a decision that’s becoming rarer and rarer over four years into this current console generation.

Following the Game Awards, I caught up with 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx to break down the details of the new trailer. While we talked about a range of topics, from what the studio learned from the game’s first beta to what to expect from its new mode, we spent a lot of time getting into the nuances of developing a cross-generational game. While you might assume that studios would be eager to develop for only the most powerful tech to push performance, Proulx explains how developing around older systems ultimately benefits PC players.

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Staying cross-gen

Compared to its predecessor, which started its life as a small-scale indie project, Splitgate 2 is an enormous production. Proulx says that it has five times the content as its predecessor and is delivering polished visuals that make it look like a AAA game. With a grand vision for it laid out from the start of production, 1047 Games was faced with a hard choice about what platforms to launch it on as it would likely land awkwardly in the middle of this current console generation.

“That was a heated debate two years ago. I’ll tell