Splitgate is the indie game success story of the moment. The free-to-play first person shooter has seen a surge in popularity since the launch of its extremely successful beta test on PlayStation 4, such that the servers have been strained for weeks. Developer 1047 Games recently secured more funding and delayed the final launch, meaning it can get a handle on things so everyone has a smooth experience. In the meantime, there's a server queue system letting people in periodically.
All this server trouble has meant other priorities have gone out the window, but as it so happens, the team is planning to bring the game natively to PS5 in the future.
In a recent Q&A session, 1047 Games confirmed that current-gen versions of the portal-fuelled multiplayer shooter are on the way. In fact, there might already be a PS5 version of Splitgate were it not for the immense server issues. As for what the PS5 upgrade might bring to the table, there are no firm details yet, but CEO Ian Proulx said "there are some obvious things that pretty much every game is doing that we will explore doing". Perhaps a resolution bump and some DualSense features? We'll have to sit tight for now.
If you want to give this interesting title a shot, you can find out about the current server queue times through the link, and read lots more about the game in our Splitgate guide.
[source gamingintel.com, via gamerant.com]
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Splitgate? More like Timegated!
Yeah, my joke stinks, but thankfully PS5 players can still enjoy the PS4 version so it isn’t any trouble really.
what a wild ride this studio is going through. Could be the halo competitor PlayStation fans needed.
Played a few rounds a couple nights ago and was mostly having fun with it. It'd probably be more fun if I play with friends and had voice chat on. The portal mechanic drew me in to this one since I'm a big fan of the Portal franchise, although this is obviously much more action-oriented and not nearly as mind-bending. I feel like just sniping through portals is kinda cheap and boring, but on the other hand I was racking up kills like a madman while other people were trying to do some of the crazy stuff you see in the trailers - I was probably just playing a bunch of noobs or whatever because my team was absolutely dominating. Not unlike Rocket League, I'm sure high level play would offer some pretty entertaining strategies.
A serious question...is this any good? I love online shooters with warzone being my fave..i didnt like fortshite and i hate apex legends...played overwatch for a weekend once when it was free to play but didnt gel with it so...is this worth a crack?
@Northern_munkey It's free to play, so I'd say it's worth a crack!
I've had a decent amount of games and I'm really enjoying it. It would be great if trophies would sync up.
@Northern_munkey It's free and a pretty small download so id say give it a go. It's normal modes as well not just a BR which is the best thing for me.
@Northern_munkey Apparently this one is a lot like Halo, if you ever played that.
Cheers guys i'll have a look at it...i may be surprised..thanks for the info..
And in other F2P news, Vigor is getting a 60fps upgrade on PS5, with higher resolution to follow.
https://vigorgame.com/news/ps5-dev-blog
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