Splitgate 2 is getting another shot after its messy debut earlier this year. The devs at 1047 Games are shutting down servers next month to prep for a proper relaunch before the year ends, which is actually ahead of their original 2026 timeline.
The game had a rough go of it when it first dropped. Between an overconfident co-founder making cringy promises, a bad Summer Game Fest moment, and a bonkers $145 cosmetic pack, things went sideways fast. The studio ended up putting the game back into beta after admitting they rushed it out the door. They also killed the original Splitgate servers and laid off workers twice in a month.
A few hundred people have been testing the beta since then, but that player count is not sustainable for a multiplayer game trying to survive. The relaunch needs to be massive if this thing has any chance of making it. Some people think the announcement might happen at The Game Awards since the timing lines up pretty well.
The game had a rough go of it when it first dropped. Between an overconfident co-founder making cringy promises, a bad Summer Game Fest moment, and a bonkers $145 cosmetic pack, things went sideways fast. The studio ended up putting the game back into beta after admitting they rushed it out the door. They also killed the original Splitgate servers and laid off workers twice in a month.
A few hundred people have been testing the beta since then, but that player count is not sustainable for a multiplayer game trying to survive. The relaunch needs to be massive if this thing has any chance of making it. Some people think the announcement might happen at The Game Awards since the timing lines up pretty well.
