After her surprise in June, Splitgate 2 Now “inevitably”. Sagittarius from the first multiplayer will remain online in the Beta state and will continue to get support by updating season 3 and error corrections, but the 1047 Games developer otherwise stops the planned road map to review the project before restarting at the beginning of 2026. Splitgate as reducing measures.
“Basically, it seems to me that we missed the sign and I do not think that this is a secret”, the general director of 1047 games Ian Proulx told Polygon in a video interview before today’s announcement.
Splitgate 2 Started on June 6, after the controversial announcement at this year’s Summer Games Festival, in which Proulx went to the stage in the hat “Make FPS Great”. While this moment generated heat for the studio, the game itself met with its own negative information from the community, which expressed criticism of its mistakes, no ranking mode during the premiere, exorbitant cosmetics and many others. Today, 1047 games have published a statement regarding these fears and describing the future in detail SplitgateHis continuation and the entire studio.
“We’ve heard your opinion and we agree with you: We started too early, “we read the game community note.” We had ambitious goals with Splitgate 2And excitement to share it with you, we bit more than we could chew … So we’re coming back to beta. “
When talking to Polygon, Proulx pinned part of the part Splitgate 2Problems with the lack of community involvement in areas. Despite organizing extensive tests before starting, modes such as Battle Royale were close to the chest to surprise the players. 1047 games intend to cooperate with players, returning to the original SplitgateMore bottom -up development cycles.
“There was a gigantic thread of Reddit, which we literally read every post,” said Proulx. “I read everything on Reddit, everything, any tweets, incompatible, all these things. We have a good feeling of what you need to do, what are the problems. Still a lot of details to come up with, but I think that the big change that we will do this time, how we really do it next to the community, get opinions, PlayTest, and then we will feel good, it is that it is that it is that it is Remaunn, unlike doing things in secret, and then surprise them. “
1047 Games has a list of feedback that plans to add a review, including ranking boards of leaders and more playback lists. He adds more walls of the portal to the arena, after criticism that the continuation recognized the central mechanics of the series. The reconstruction of the game mode is also coming, because 1047 will focus on the round modes to recover the original Splitgateflow.
“I think there are many things Splitgate 2 It gets very good, “Proulx said. “I think we have a very refined actual basic experience in terms of movement of weapons, graphics, etc. But I feel that we played more than we could chew, and we have three games in one between Arena and Battle Royale and our own map creator. And so we tried to do a bit with a little and I think that we ended up with a game, which is like 80% road, instead of 100% road on a smaller number of things.”
Proulx noticed that monetization will also be converted. This will take place after the game of criticism for inclusion Skin package 80 USD During the premiere, among other exorbitant cosmetics. “
I made a lot, many, many mistakes …
– Ian Proulx, CEO 1047 games
This controversy has concluded another premiere: Proulx is now infamous Summer Games Festival. The general director was examined for spending a hat, which appealed to US President Donald Trump “Make America Great Again”, a movement that took place when the current administration increased the efforts to deport thanks to deportation rally wave – Some ordinary blocks from the YouTube Theater, the place where the Summer Games Festival took place.
After the initial standing behind the feat as a non -political statement in Interview with IGNSince then, Proulx apologized for this. Despite the control of the generated moment, he confirmed that it had nothing to do with the decision about the unfavorable side, although he still believes that the species of first person shooter is not “in a great place”.
“Of course, vibrations are worse because of the hat, but I think that if it were 10 out of 10, a complete game that provided everything that the community wanted, play it now,” said Proulx.
“I made a lot, many, many mistakes since we started it in January 2017 and this is one of them. And I did a lot more, which the world does not know” – he added. “So for me, it’s about going forward and I believe in this game, I believe in this team and there are a lot of things that I would do differently, it’s one of them. But I’m focused on the future.”
As for what it means “unfavorable” for the game as it is now, Splitgate 2 Does not go away. The studio will overtake the planned third season and will continue to conduct several special events. Work is holidays, as well as improvements in the quality of life, such as adding a playlist with maps made by players. Despite this, Proulx said that “95%” of the studio’s efforts would be devoted to restarting. The team is directed to the re -window, “as soon as possible” in 2026, but Proulx said that the previous window could be possible if the team was ready.
In the dismissal studio it will be part of the change, but 1047 games will not confirm the number of reduced roles or tell you what departments would affect when he would ask polygon. This is Second wave of layoffs In the case of a studio in the last two months, because the studio parted with the “tiny group” of staff members in June, which included members of his artistic team.
Original Splitgate He is also drawn into efforts in the studio. 1047 games will win the shooter servers next month, although in a statement sent to the community today, the studio “examines the possibility of supporting offline or peer-to-peer matches.”
This is not the first failure in the history of Splitgate. The original game first began to the average review in 2019. 1047 games would postpone her over the next two years and make a successful restart in 2021. staff With the purpose of the game from the inside, the studio would then do Suddenly I stopped my plans a year later And instead, stop developing a full continuation. Proulx hopes Splitgate 2 He will be able to maintain the trust of the community, which has seen the transformation of the series in the last six years.
“We have been here earlier and we are as determined as always,” said Proulx. “We had much darker days Splitgate Where we almost gave up and I am very ecstatic that we did not do it because 99% lived a dream of it. So we’re not going to give up. We will simply grind it and still listen to it and we make this game as amazing as possible. “
