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[ 2025-06-06 22:53:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey, Splitfam, we told you that we still had another ace up our sleeve and we are so excited that we finally get to share it with you:

Splitgate: Battle Royale!

Thats right, in addition to our core Arena modes like Hotzone and Firecracker, our 24-Player Onslaught modes like Domination, and The Lab (our map creator), Splitgate 2 has a Battle Royale! [previewyoutube=fbSy_htoqHU;full][/previewyoutube]

HERES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• 15 teams of 4 drop in and battle it out to be the last team standing
• At the start, you and your team decide when to drop from an airship flying above Split Worlds, a gigantic map comprised of 5 unique biomes connected by huge World Portals
• You start with just a pistol and collect powerful loot from Chests, Air Drops, and Player Pods that get left behind after you take down an enemy player
• Collect Credits and spend them at Buy Stations for Power Weapons, Upgrades, and more
• Find Armor Plates and Armor Upgrades to stay in the fight longer
• Pick up Portal Gun Upgrades to use your portals to their full potential
• Chests refill with better loot each round, so be sure to keep checking them
• The Ring gradually forces teams together, closing Worlds from play and dealing damage to players who get caught in its path
• If you are killed you can be revived by teammates, and you also have a chance to respawnbut only if your team stays alive
• Lastly, watch out for Events that temporarily change gameplay, like the Portal EMP Event, which disables portals, or the Drop Frenzy Event, which increases Air Drop frequency

A FEW MORE TIPS:

• At the beginning of the match when you drop from the ship, you will travel the direction youre looking.
• As the match progresses, World Portals will close if they lead to a biome that is outside of The Ring.
• Remember to use your armor! Weve found that players familiar with the Arena modes of Splitgate 2 sometimes dont realize you need to press a button to armor up after you take damage (you start with full armor)
• After youre killed, if you have teammates who are still alive, a countdown will appear for when youll respawn back into the action. Youll respawn near the teammate youre spectating (and will be blocked from respawning if the ally you are spectating is in combat)

SOME USEFUL KEY BINDS:

• Macro Map: Tap M
• Scoreboard and Inventory: Hold Tab
• Apply Armor: Tap 4 to use your Armor Plates
• Player Pods: Hold F to Revive a teammate; Tap F to loot an enemy or to pick up and carry a teammates Player Pod

THE FIVE BIOMES OF SPLIT WORLDS

• Drought the desert biome
• Fracture the floating asteroids biome
• Glacier the snow biome
• Inferno the volcano biome
• Sanctum the central ruins
  • Sanctum is filled with special loot and connected to all the other worlds. In our lore, only the Sanctum is on Earth. The other worlds are spread across the galaxy, each connected by giant World Portals at the Sanctum, the hub of Split Worlds. Pockets of geothermal activity, mysterious gravitational patterns, and other emerging anomalies all seem to be connected to the presence of proelium, the mysterious substance that makes portal travel possible.

[ 2025-06-06 22:52:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tomorrow at 9:00 AM PT we'll be taking all servers down for maintenance while we prepare for launch. At that time, the Open Beta Battle Pass will end and all tokens earned for that pass will expire. Faction unlocks, store purchases, and Twitch Drops from the Open Beta will NOT be wiped. Summer Game Fest kicks off at 2:00 PM PT and we encourage you all to tune in for our exclusive reveal! Game servers will be back up following our segment.

You can watch SGF here tomorrow:

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[ 2025-06-05 21:13:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

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[ 2025-06-03 14:30:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have pushed a hotfix to steam with console updates coming this week. The update contains the following:

• Fixed Frontier shadows on low/medium shadow quality. Frontier has been added back to Arena Quickplay
• General client crash fixes and stability improvements, including crash when saving maps in The Lab after grouping and ungrouping actors
• Fixed issue where ammo reserves would not be dropped into weapon pickups on death
• Fixed Big Grey Wall at the back of Drought
• Minor server optimizations

NOTE: this may reset your loadout configurations to help fix certain players who became corrupted during the server outages. No one has lost any items.

[ 2025-05-28 03:41:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=FB6lTW04oWM;full][/previewyoutube] Find out what's new in the Open Beta in our latest blog update and earn rewards by watching your favorite streamers with Twitch Drops.

[ 2025-05-22 17:35:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Open Beta starts on May 22nd, and will stay live through the launch of the full game this summer. The Open Beta has way more than our last Alpha this past February, and it still doesnt have everything that will be in the full version of the game at launch (Splitfam, keep that quietall shall be revealed soon). For now, we want to tell you about some of the exciting new features in the Open Beta.

INTRODUCING THE LAB, OUR NEW MAP CREATOR

• The Lab is what were calling our brand new creative mode, where you can create your very own maps and game modes.
• Our goal with The Lab is simple: we want anyone to be able to jump in (alone or with friends) and build something awesomeno experience required. At the same time, weve built in the depth and flexibility for power users to bring even their wildest ideas to life.
• We took inspiration from Unreal Engine and Halos Forge, and how fun and possible it was to make something really cool with your friends. In fact, Halo Reach was a big reason our CEO and many of our level designers originally got into game development! We hope to bring that level of creativity to a new generation of gamers.
• In The Lab, youll be able to collaborate in real time on maps with your friends (up to 16 players at a time), and youll of course be able to share your maps with the world.
• The Lab has a variety of blank canvas templates for you to begin building your maps, as well as scalable geometric shapes, prefabricated SSL map items, environmental props, and other gameplay objects to bring your vision to life.
• And just like we hope you start working in The Lab, were going to keep working on it, too. We've been building The Lab with the community and for the community. We have lots of content coming to the map creator system post launch. Were planning to continue to support it and add to it for years to come based on community feedback and requests.
• So, go check out The Lab and let us know what you think. Were going to feature the coolest, most fun, and most creative maps that the community creates, so dont hold back. We cant wait to see what you create.
• And for the real map making fiends out there, you can apply to be a Splitgate MVP. We have a map creator category!
• Want to see a glimpse of whats possible? Take a look at Eclipse, an incredible community-made map by UneeQ.

[previewyoutube=BBiSnzHaoxk;full][/previewyoutube] (Full disclosure: The Labs functionality is still in Beta, so maps created during Beta could be impacted by changes to the mode later on. We currently dont anticipate that any major issues will arise, but we want to flag this as a possibility as we continue to update and improve the map creator system.)

TAKEDOWN AND FOUR NEW SIMULATION MAPS

• Takedown is back! OG Splitgate players loved playing Takedown on our Simulation maps. Were thrilled to announce that were bringing back the Takedown game mode.
• For the uninitiated, Takedown is a fan-favorite mode from the original Splitgate with a simple mechanic: teams compete to wipe out the other team before any players can respawn back into the game. But theres a catch: killing makes your teams respawns shorter, and dying makes your teams respawns longer. So, the first team to have all enemy players dead at the same time wins the round.
• That means in the Open Beta youll be able to play Takedown on not one, not two, not three, but four brand new Simulation maps.
• One of those new maps is an updated version of Simulation Charlie, one of our most popular maps in the original Splitgate
• Weve honored the original simplistic style of the Simulation maps with an updated gloss that makes them better than ever.
• And were not stopping at four. Were going to keep adding more Simulation maps in upcoming seasons.
• Plus, the map creator features in The Lab include the tools necessary for players to create their own Simulation maps, so the possibilities for more maps are endless.

NEW ARENA MAPS: CORE AND (THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF) STADIUM

• Were adding two new arena maps: Core and Stadium. Now along with Bypass, Eden, Frontier, Ozone, and Zenith, youll be able to play our arena modes on seven different maps.
• Core: This map takes you underneath the surface of Venus to a mysterious Meridian research laboratory and cybernetic intelligence server. Built around a floating spherical artifact, this map is action packed, with verticality in the center and ramps trailing outward so you can grab some momentum before a quick portal behind your opponent in the OmNom food court area.
  • Note: Core will be coming later in the Open Beta period, shortly after May 22nd.
• Stadium: Takedown isnt the only thing back from the first Splitgate in this Open Beta! Ever since we announced we were working on Splitgate 2, weve had people in the community asking if we were going to bring back Stadium, the most popular map from the first game. With the Open Beta, were stoked to reveal that Stadium is indeed oh so back.
• Fans of the original Stadium will recognize the layout, but also notice some key changes weve made to make gameplay even better, including a launchpad for mid-air combat in the maps center, a death pit in the basement for any portal pranksters who want to go for a sneaky portal kill, and overall improved navigation and portal opportunities.

NEW 24-PLAYER ONSLAUGHT MAPS: DROUGHT AND FRACTURE

• Joining Glacier, our massive multi-team map from the Open Alpha, were adding two new giant maps: Drought and Fracture.
• Drought: Drought is the nickname given to the portion of the desert moon Verdantis, recently discovered and now used as a part of the Splitgate competition. A mostly barren moon that was once full of life, this desert biome is actually a dried out seabed. The cliff walls are infused with proelium dust, but dont get distracted by the sparkles as you navigate these treacherous canyons.
• Fracture: The floating islands of Fracture are the result of an extremely unique gravitational pattern combined with competing magnetic forces in the soil, likely caused by a chain reaction from a proelium-infused geothermal explosion. This Splitgate map is in the Epsilon Eridani star, and is without question our most out-of-this-world map yet. Enjoy the launch pads connecting the floating islands, but watch your step and mind the gap: its a long drop down.
• Note: were now calling the multi-team modes that happen on these massive maps our Onslaught modes. We had previously called them Multi-Team Portal Warfare in the last Alpha.

NEW POWER WEAPON: BOREALIS

• For the first time, in the Open Beta youll get to play with the Borealis, a new power weapon from the Meridian faction.
• The Borealis is a charge-up power carbine. Think of it like a combination of a railgun and an energy beam rifle.
• Its named after the natural electrical phenomenon characterized by streams of color lighting up the skyfire it once and youll see why.
• To see the Borealis in action, check out this video.

BETA BATTLE PASS

• The Open Beta will have our first mini Battle Pass. It includes:
  • Three exclusive character skins
  • Three exclusive weapon skins
  • One exclusive portal skin
  • Multiple emotes, sprays, weapon charms, and player card banners and titles
  • Plus bonus Splitcoin and Proelium (our cosmetic upgrade currency)
• It will cost 500 Splitcoin (roughly $4.99 USD).
• The Beta Battle Pass is the first taste of how well be handling Battle Passes at launch and beyond. Instead of one long Battle Pass for the three months of a season, well have three shorter and lower-priced Battle Passes corresponding to monthly narrative chapters. More info on our mini Battle Pass system can be found on our blog here.

FOUNDERS PACKS

• There are three faction themed Founders Packs, each with:
  • Two exclusive character skins
  • Three exclusive weapon skins
  • Plus a bonus emote, weapon charm, and player card banner
• Gotta have them all? The Aces Founders Bundle includes the cosmetic items of all three Faction Founder's Packs, plus 2000 Splitcoin ($20 value) and the exclusive Chefs Kiss emote.
• Want even more? The Ultimate Founders Bundle has all the cosmetic items above, plus nine additional Primary Weapon skins, six additional Secondary Weapon skins, and 3000 Splitcoin ($30 value).

INTRODUCING: MYTHIC UPGRADES AND COSMETIC VARIANTS

• Were remaining dedicated to our promise to never have any items that have game perks or pay-to-win features.
• Our upcoming cosmetic options will be introducing some exciting ways to flex your style, such as Mythic level rarity character skins and weapon skins that come with unique reload animations (that are cosmetic only and dont actually impact gameplay at all).
• Our plan is to have rotations of Legendary and Mythic items in the store every couple weeks.
• Well also have skin variants and upgrades that you can get by using Proelium, our new upgrade currency. These will be cosmetic only and will not affect gameplay.
• You can get Proelium through the Battle Pass, through Daily Login rewards, or by buying it directly from the store.
• Character upgrades include a new skin with updated geo, a unique emote, and jetpack effects.
• Weapon skin upgrades include custom tracer effects, death effects, and reactive effects.
• For example, the Deadly Harvest Jackhammer is a Mythic level weapon skin that comes with three color variantsRust Bucket, Herbicide, and Lawn Ninjaas well as unique visual effects.

HUNT THE DEVS IS BACK

• For those who didnt get a chance to participate in our Hunt the Devs event during the Open Alpha, were bringing it back!
• This is another chance to earn an exclusive skin without paying a dime.
• How it works: during any match, kill a 1047 Games dev wearing the special flaming disco ball skin, and youll receive the corresponding Dev Killer skin for the faction theyre playing. Kill devs playing Aeros, Sabrask, and Meridian and youll collect all 3.
• Well have some specific times where well invite the community to play in a two-hour Hunt the Devs window when a bunch of 1047 Games devs are playing, too, but the event itself will be ongoing for all of Beta. Check back on our Discord during the Open Beta for more info.

MORE WAYS TO PLAY

• Weve expanded where Splitgate 2 will be available for the Open Beta. In addition to Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, Splitgate 2 will now also be available on PS4, Xbox One, and Steam Deck (through Proton), as well as on Epic Games and the Microsoft store.
• As a reminder, Splitgate 2 has crossplay, so you can play with your friends no matter what platform theyre on.
• So, be sure to wishlist Splitgate 2 to stay in the loop for the Open Beta and our upcoming launch!

FAQ: WILL PROGRESSION BE RESET AFTER BETA?

• No, it will not.
• We saw some confusion about this online, so we want to make it clear: player progression will not reset after the Open Beta.

FAQ: WHEN DOES BETA END? WHEN WILL YOU LAUNCH THE FULL GAME???

• As we mentioned, the Open Beta will go straight into our launch.
• So, you can start progressing on your Splitgate 2 journey in the Open Beta on May 22nd and then never stop :)

FAQ: IS THERE MORE?

• Yes! Still so much more to come! Like we said above, this still isnt everything were going to have for launch. Theres more much more still to come for Splitgate 2.
• For example, were going to have weekly rotating playlists of Splitgate 1 community favorite game modes for your portaling pleasure. If theres a mode from the OG game that youve been missing, chances are youll be able to play it very soon :)
• We cant wait to see you in the Open Beta starting on May 22nd at 9am PT and running live through launch (well announce that date in the near future stay tuned).
• And in the meantime, come say hi on our Discord.

[ 2025-05-20 02:31:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=Y_gTw7C8IAU;full][/previewyoutube] Hey, Splitfam. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Open Alpha. It was a massive success, thanks to all of youespecially those of you who filled out the feedback survey or sent us your thoughts on Discord. Were already hard at work making improvements based on what we learned, but we also want to take a moment to celebrate what went well. Across the board, the feedback we got from players was that this was a big improvement from our Closed Alpha last summer. Take a look at this infographic:
We know there is still more work to do, but were feeling confident were headed in the right directionand thats thanks to all of you. Well share more details as soon as we can, but for now, just mark your calendars for May. To be safe, maybe just take the whole month off now? We promise well share the exact dates as soon as we can. Youre not going to want to miss it. The Open Beta is going to have way more than the Open Alpha. Way more. In the meantime, stay in touch with us on our Discord or sign up for our newsletter. See you in May, Splitfam. Wishlist now to stay up to date with all things Splitgate 2. Wishlist now to stay up to date with all things Splitgate 2.

[ 2025-03-08 00:06:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Spot a developer (you cant miss em with their flaming disco ball heads!), take them out, and earn rewards! There are three Dev Killer skins up for grabs, one for each of our three factions, so be sure to take out a dev playing Aeros, Meridian, and Sabrask to unlock them all. The devs will be out in force between 10AM PT and 2PM PT on Saturday, March 1, so dont miss your best chance to unlock all three Dev Killer skins before the Open Alpha weekend concludes. RSVP Here

Community Challenge: Hunt the Devs Screenshot & Video Contest

In Discord, share a screenshot wearing a Dev Killer skin with your username clearly visible and well be giving away Steam Gift Cards at random throughout the Discord event. Post videos of your best Dev kills in the designated channel and well be giving away Steam Gift Cards to the most upvoted clips:

• First Place: $100
• Second Place: $50
• Third Place: $25

Video submission winners will be selected on Monday, March 3 and prizes will be distributed within 24 hours. Play the Splitgate 2 Open Alpha available on PC and next gen consoles through March 2. Wishlist now to stay up to date with all things Splitgate 2.

[ 2025-03-01 01:04:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey, Splitfam. Were doing an Open Alpha preview of the work weve done on Splitgate 2, available to everyone for four days from Feb. 27 to March 2. Come play with us! This is your first chance to check out our new Multi-Team Portal Warfare, 8v8v8 battles of colossal proportions set on a massive map. Plus, weve got new arena maps, new weapons, new gear, and hundreds of improvements based on community feedback. Anyone with a Steam account, a PS5, or an Xbox Series X|S can register and playfor free, as always. Read on for more details about what will be included in the Open Alpha. [previewyoutube=iCPoXdZYz3k;full][/previewyoutube]

MULTI-TEAM PORTAL WARFARE ON A MASSIVE NEW MAP

• Multi-Team Portal Warfare is an all new 8v8v8 experience.
• Game modes include Multi-Team Hotzone, Multi-Team Domination, and Multi-Team Deathmatch.
• To fit our biggest modes yet, we had to make our biggest map yet: Glacier. Its 20 times bigger than any of our arena maps.
• For the lore wolves out there, you might notice that the skybox doesnt quite look like anything in our solar systembe on the lookout for other clues about whats to come.

NEW ARENA MODE: SPLITBALL

• Splitball is one of two new arena modes were debuting in this Open Alpha, joining our other core modes, Hotzone and Team Deathmatch.
• Splitball is a twist on classic arena modes like Capture the Flag and Oddball.
• To win, you play offense and defense at the same time, scrambling to capture and return Splitballs that spawn in neutral locations back to your base, while trying to steal Splitballs from the enemy baseand preventing them from stealing yours.
• For OG Splitgate players, take note: this mode is completely different from the Splitball in the first Splitgate. Same name, but a completely reimagined mode to be sportier and better than ever.

NEW ARENA MODE: FIRECRACKER

• Firecracker is our other new arena mode. As we were developing this mode internally, the working title was simply Assault.
• Firecracker was inspired by Call of Dutys Search and Destroy, but with the addition of respawns and other changes. The end result combines the thrilling strategy of a round-based, Attack/Defense shooter with Splitgate style.
• Teams take turns attempting to successfully plant and defend the Firecracker, resulting in an explosion of fireworks. Heads up: if you make it to a final tiebreaker round, both teams are on offense and defense at the same time.
• In our lore, this mode has its origin as a military training exercise for the Sabrask faction.

MORE NEW WEAPONS

• Our first Closed Alpha had four weapons per faction; this upcoming Open Alpha will have eight weapons per faction (five primary, three secondary) for a total of twenty-four weapons to experiment with in your loadouts.
• Check out new guns like the Sabrask Goliath revolver, the Meridian Phasma SMG, the Aeros Blitz shotgun, and more.
• Weve also added two additional power weapons since the Closed Alpha, like the triumphant return of our BFB.

MORE NEW EQUIPMENT

• Theres also now nine different pieces of equipment to deepen the strategic possibilities at hand, three per faction.
• Be sure to check out the Sabrask Sandstorm grenade (like a smoke grenade, but sandier), the Meridian Regen Cloud (an explosion of health for you and your teammates), and the Aeros Porta-Portal (a deploy-anywhere temporary portal, freeing you from the need to place portals on the arenas pre-set walls).

LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY

• Thanks to all of the community feedback weve gotten from playtests and gameplay weve shared online, weve made a litany of improvements to every single aspect of the game.
• We heard that you wanted more action, so we made respawns shorter and rounds longer.
• We also heard that you wanted more portaling options, so we added more portal walls to our existing maps, and added new portal opportunities like a Launch Portal, a combination of a portal wall and a launch pad that will send you flying.
• To learn more about how seriously we take community feedback, you can read more about the changes in this message from Ian Proulx, cofounder and CEO of 1047 Games, or watch this Dev Talk from Ian and our other co-founder, Nicholas Bagamian.

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TWITCH DROPS ENABLED

• Watch Splitgate 2 streams on Twitch during the Open Alpha to earn the Haunt Cadence, a weapon skin for the Aeros carbine.
• For more info on how Twitch drops work, check out this FAQ.

1047 GIFTED SUBS

• The Splitgate 2 community team will be gifting 1047 Twitch subs throughout the Open Alpha weekend.
• Be on the lookout for our team as they hop into Splitgate 2 Twitch streams and give out subs!

HUNT THE DEVS, EARN REWARDS

• Want to be the first to earn a Dev Killer skin? All you have to do is kill one of our devs in a match anytime during the Open Alpha.
• You can tell when you encounter a 1047 developer because their head will be a disco ball, our company logo.
• Youll earn a Dev Killer skin, decked out in skulls representing your dev conquest.
• Theres three different skins to earn, one for each faction. You earn the same skin as the dev you kill. So, kill a dev playing as Sabrask with a disco ball head, youll earn the Sabrask Dev Killer skin (regardless of what faction you were playing as).

OPEN ALPHA COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

• Share your Splitgate 2 clips with us on social and tag us for a chance to have your content featured on our channels.
• Were also hosting two Community Challenges during the Open Alpha.
• Submit your best Porta-Portal plays or Hunt the Devs kill reels in our Discord and the most upvoted clips will win Steam gift cards.

READY TO PLAY?

• Thanks for reading, Splitfam. Remember, even with all of these new updates and features, this is just the beginning. The Open Alpha represents less than half of all of the new content were going to have in the full version at launch.
• Again, you can find the Open Alpha on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. No need to sign up, just portal into the action on your gaming system of choice Feb 27 to March 2.
• And to keep in the loop about our full launch later this year, be the first to know by staying in touch with us on our Discord or signing up for our newsletter on splitgate.com.
  
  [ 2025-02-27 17:10:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey, Splitfam! Big news! We just dropped a brand-new trailer at The Game Awards! Watch it below - and if youve already hit that wishlist button, youre the best! [previewyoutube=zncj59QzZIM;full][/previewyoutube] If not, nows the perfect time. Wishlist Now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2918300/Splitgate_2/ Portals change everything.

[ 2024-12-13 02:27:19 CET ] [ Original post ]