Splitgate Developer Announces End To Feature Development, Shifts Focus To New Game
1047 Games announced today that its free-to-play portal-based arena shooter, Splitgate, will end feature development following the release of its next and final battle pass. Given the fact that the highly popular game is still in its infancy (and only came to consoles just over a year ago), many fans were caught off-guard by the announcement. Even more surprising was the revelation that the team at 1047 Games is working on a new game set in the Splitgate universe.
Important announcement from 1047 Games about the future of Splitgate: pic.twitter.com/5E0YG1DWQm
«After careful consideration and much deliberations, 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,» read a portion of a message tweeted from the official Splitgate Twitter account earlier today.
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«Splitgate achieved a level of success that we could not have anticipated and that few indie games are fortunate enough to reach,» the post continued. «That initial success brought an opportunity to turn what started as a college dorm dream project into a AAA game that could stand toe-to-toe with shooters from the biggest publishers in the industry. But this also meant that as we've brought on top-tier talent from across the industry, we've spent a lot of our time trying to rework old content and systems that were originally built by a handful of
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