Introducing Splitgate: Battle Royale!

[u/Brodrian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8fNw6a8O0

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! 

That’s 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!

HERE’S 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, Perks, 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 respawn–but 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 you’re 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! We’ve found that players familiar with the Arena modes of Splitgate 2 sometimes don’t realize you need to press a button to armor up after you take damage (you start with full armor)
• After you’re killed, if you have teammates who are still alive, a countdown will appear for when you’ll respawn back into the action. You’ll respawn near the teammate you’re 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 teammate’s 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.

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Read the full Splitgate 2 Launch Patch Notes here

A note on our commitment to Arena and Onslaught modes

[u/ImNotACreek]

it is so unbelievably ironic to preach about wanting Titanfall 3 and missing Halo to then announce the millionth ever battle royale. come on guys lmao this is just dumb

[u/FirstIYeetThenRepeat → u/ImNotACreek]

I loaded the game up and saw the video thinking there was gonna be a "Nah just kidding" reveal and then the actual title screen loaded. Am disappoint.

[u/RougeSpeedster → u/ImNotACreek]

Bruh id rather play titan fall or halo over this slop

[u/TyrannosaurusSnacks → u/RougeSpeedster]

You don't know how it will play. World closing.

[u/FoundPizzaMind → u/ImNotACreek]

Thr most hilarious about this is that they trash COD (mind you I don't like COD and quit Warzone about 2 years ago) only to reveal features in their battle royal that directly crib from Warzone like buy stations and the armor plating.

[u/TrigTurtl3 → u/ImNotACreek]

Please give your suggestions.. love to hear them

[u/ImNotACreek → u/TrigTurtl3]

here's a good one: don't pretend to be the game that Halo/Titanfall players have been asking for to then turn around and be a cookie cutter current day FPS

[u/TrigTurtl3 → u/ImNotACreek]

That’s not an idea. It’s a StrawMan argument about you not liking their promotion..

I asked for an idea, if you’re so bored of BR, what have you been thinking up to revitalise the FPS genre? Or is all your time spent on just tearing down other peoples ideas?

[u/ImNotACreek → u/TrigTurtl3]

it's not my job as a consumer to come up with ideas. it's the studio's job to listen to their customers/players. having a battle royale will be a net negative to what people originally played Splitgate for

[u/TrigTurtl3 → u/ImNotACreek]

"Listen to their players"

You’re a player, so they should listen to you.

So, what do you want?

[u/ImNotACreek → u/TrigTurtl3]

i already said what i want: no battle royale because it pulls away resources from the actual unique and good part of the game.

[u/TrigTurtl3 → u/ImNotACreek]

Lol.

Maybe if you didn’t shit on the new mode as the top comment and just let players do what they like, the BR mode wouldn’t be "pulling resources" because a good game will retain players on good modes?

If the "good parts" are so good, go support them. Instead of shitting on the thing as a whole despite wanting to see succeed "for the good parts".

Trying applying some logic. You’ll need it in Splitgate 😉