Splitgate, the smash hit "Halo meets Portal" arena shooter you might've heard about lately, has reached 10 million downloads — and it isn't even out yet. Well, not fully. An open beta on PlayStation 4 and other platforms has been running since July, and it's been an immense success. In fact, developer 1047 Games has just announced the beta client has already been downloaded 10 million times, which is pretty crazy.
Because of the game's explosion of popularity, the beta was extended in order to ensure the servers could keep up with demand. This pushed back the release of the full game into August, while a queue system was put in place to try and keep player numbers under control while engineers fought the fires. Now, the studio is saying it needs more time to set things on the right path; Splitgate's full release has been delayed further, this time with no date attached.
While there may still be a wait for the final version of the game, the open beta will continue in the meantime, so you can still get your fix of portal-enhanced deathmatches. At some point in the future, the game will be getting a PS5 upgrade too, so there's plenty to look forward to in the title's future. The best part is that, even when the full release is out, it'll be free-to-play, so there'll be nothing to prevent you from picking up where the beta finishes.
Have you been enjoying Splitgate? Frag us through a hole in space in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via gamespot.com]
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Sounds like these guys got something right
1047 games is such a dumb name that I had to google it’s origins, my guess was street number, nope dorm room number at Stanford. 😩
I tried this just to see what the hype was about and it’s seriously great fun. I recommend this highly, even for people who play mostly single player games.
I've been playing this here and there on PC for the last few weeks and I like it quite a lot. I'm not the biggest multiplayer shooter guy, but I love me some portal mechanics and it does have a distinct Halo "feel". It's got promise!
This has been my go to MP game this past week. I'm super into it! Good to see them having success with the game they deserve it.
This kinda scares me that they said the full release is delayed indefinitely. It sounds to me like they are going to keep the game F2P and are now looking into ways to add micro transactions.
I hope I am wrong.
@Tasuki What makes you think that MTX will go away if they charged for the base game?
Every time i tried playing it, I couldn't get in a lobby with anyone.
I mean , the betas free . still havent tried it yet but definitely will . it looks like my type of game since i love (the old) halo , and destiny's more of a looter-shooter rpg so i never got into it .
Can they at least make the trophy list live on PSN servers? It's throwing off my trophy count and milestones. First world problems...
I'm really enjoying Splitgate, it's nice that a f2p shooter isn't just another battle royale. It got patched yesterday which finally got trophies to sync up to PSN
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