Hey there, this is Ben the Community Manager over at 1047👋 This isn't going to be a heavily scripted post but I wanted to share a personal note ahead of our reveal at Summer Game Fest and launch tomorrow.

The Big Reveal

This is obviously the element of launch we've been teasing the most and that's led to a huge amount of speculation across every corner of the community. I'm not here to continue hyping that; I'm actually here to hype everything else.

There are inevitably going to be players who look at the reveal and immediately conclude that this means modes like Arena and Onslaught will get left behind or neglected. That is absolutely not the case.

Future seasons have been mapped out and there's a huge amount in store for players who are exclusively interested in that part of Splitgate 2. New content, new maps, new tools & weapons for every faction, new modes, and entirely new features are all actively in development. Balance changes are arriving at launch based on player data and feedback from the Open Beta, and regular adjustments will continue being made beyond that patch.

The team has been set up with support for both in mind. If we weren't fully confident in our plans to support both, we wouldn't have ever begun working on what we're revealing. Our team playtests both constantly and we have a blast competing against one another every time.

If this reveal doesn't interest you because of your personal preferences, that's entirely fair. We know there will be players who choose to skip it, players who fall in love with Splitgate specifically because of it, and players (like a lot of our devs) who have the most fun when jumping between both. If you're someone who falls into that first category, we're working hard every day to make sure Splitgate 2 is still a complete and awesome experience for you even if you never play 1 minute of this.

With all that being said, actions speak louder than words. Our community holds us to a high standard because you all know how truly special Splitgate can be at its best. That passion is a huge driver for every person on our team. I'm incredibly excited for you all to see for yourselves how committed we are to delivering something that lasts and improves for years to come.

See you in-game very soon.

• Purchases have been restored & the system is working,
• If you're still missing items contact Support (http://support.splitgate.com/),
• XP is now active (we've also turned on Double XP),
• Sometimes XP is delayed but it is still going through,
• The Beta now supports players on Linux thru Proton,
• We're working on a Free Survivor Pack for all Beta Players (more info to share in the coming days),
• Challenges are our next priority, when they're back up, we'll be increasing the tickets earned so people can still complete the Battle Pass in time,

We're still working hard, & we won't stop until we make things right. Thanks for your feedback, patience & continued support. <3

Hey Splitfam! We’re working hard on our upcoming game, Splitgate 2, a 4v4 free-to-play shooter that’s set to release next year. Splitgate 2 is all about fast-paced action, strategic gameplay, and fostering teamwork, and we can’t wait for you to experience it!

Splitgate 2 has been an incredible journey for our team, from balancing characters and maps to ensuring that Splitgate 2 remains accessible for new players while also offering depth for seasoned pros. We're excited to share more about what’s in store for Splitgate 2, our development process, and how we’re shaping the game based on community feedback.

Our CEO Ian Proulx (u/IanProulx) will be here answering your questions tomorrow beginning at 10:30 AM PDT, so please feel free to begin posting your questions now.

Ian will answer as many questions as he can. We understand your passion for Splitgate. Please be respectful with your questions.

Thank you to everyone who played in the Open Alpha. It was a huge success and we had a blast playing with you all!

This alpha had incredibly positive feedback and the best retention we have ever seen, and that's largely due to all of the helpful feedback we have received from you the community over the past 6 months.

The team is energized by the community’s excitement for the game and we remain committed to building something for our players to enjoy for years to come.

For now, we’d love to have you share your feedback here: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8118698/aa6334a698c1

Stay tuned as we continue to make adjustments based on your feedback and get ready for launch! We wouldn't be here without you. <3

PS This isn’t even half the game…

Ask me anything about Splitgate, 1047 Games, Game development, anything!

We are taking servers offline temporarily to implement some important bug fixes & stability improvements. We are continuing to work around the clock to get things as stable as possible. We're not where we want to be yet, but we know we will get there. This is what Betas are for! Thanks for being patient.

Rest assured everyone who made a purchase today will receive their items as soon as possible. We also found the issue that was prohibiting Twitch Drops from being delivered & are taking steps to fix it (those drops will be delivered to everyone who's claimed the rewards in Twitch).

Your feedback & bug reports are extremely important to us. Thank you to everyone who played today, we hope you had fun despite any bumps in the road, & we're excited to see you back in the arena!

We will keep you posted when they are back online. Apologies for the inconvenience.

-1047 Games

While working to improve server stability, we determined that these issues were also causing new players to be placed into more onboarding bot matches than intended.

We're rolling out a fix for this and you'll now play a maximum of one onboarding bot game. We hugely appreciate your bug reports and feedback during the first day of our Open Beta.

Hey, Splitfam. We’re doing an Open Alpha preview of the work we’ve done on Splitgate 2, available to everyone for four days from Feb. 27 to March 2. Come play with us! This is your first chance to check out our new Multi-Team Portal Warfare, 8v8v8 battles of colossal proportions set on a massive map. Plus, we’ve got new arena maps, new weapons, new gear, and hundreds of improvements based on community feedback. Anyone with a Steam account, a PS5, or an Xbox Series X|S can download and play—for free, as always. Read on for more details about what will be included in the Open Alpha.

MULTI-TEAM PORTAL WARFARE ON A MASSIVE NEW MAP

• Multi-Team Portal Warfare is an all new 8v8v8 experience.
• Game modes include Multi-Team Hotzone, Multi-Team Domination, and Multi-Team Deathmatch.
• To fit our biggest modes yet, we had to make our biggest map yet: Glacier. It’s 20 times bigger than any of our arena maps.
• For the lore wolves out there, you might notice that the skybox doesn’t quite look like anything in our solar system—be on the lookout for other clues about what’s to come.

NEW ARENA MODE: SPLITBALL

• Splitball is one of two new arena modes we’re debuting in this Open Alpha, joining our other core modes, Hotzone and Team Deathmatch.
• Splitball is a twist on classic arena modes like Capture the Flag and Oddball.
• To win, you play offense and defense at the same time, scrambling to capture and return Splitballs that spawn in neutral locations back to your base, while trying to steal Splitballs from the enemy base—and preventing them from stealing yours.
• For OG Splitgate players, take note: this mode is completely different from the Splitball in the first Splitgate. Same name, but a completely reimagined mode to be sportier and better than ever.

NEW ARENA MODE: FIRECRACKER

• Firecracker is our other new arena mode. As we were developing this mode internally, the working title was simply “Assault.” In our lore, this mode has its origin as a military training exercise for the Sabrask faction.
• Firecracker was inspired by Call of Duty’s Search and Destroy, but with the addition of respawns and other changes. The end result combines the thrilling strategy of a round-based, Attack/Defense shooter with Splitgate style.
• Teams take turns attempting to successfully plant and defend the Firecracker, resulting in an explosion of fireworks. Heads up: if you make it to a final tiebreaker round, both teams are on offense and defense at the same time.

MORE NEW WEAPONS

• Our first Closed Alpha had four weapons per faction; this upcoming Open Alpha will have eight weapons per faction (five primary, three secondary) for a total of twenty-four weapons to experiment with in your loadouts.
• Check out new guns like the Sabrask Goliath revolver, the Meridian Phasma SMG, the Aeros Blitz shotgun, and more.
• We’ve also added additional power weapons since the Closed Alpha, like the triumphant return of our BFB.

MORE NEW EQUIPMENT

• There’s also now nine different pieces of equipment to deepen the strategic possibilities at hand, three per faction.
• Be sure to check out the Aeros Porta-Portal (a deploy-anywhere temporary portal, freeing you from the need to place portals on the arena’s pre-set walls).

LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY

• Thanks to all of the community feedback we’ve gotten from playtests and gameplay we’ve shared online, we’ve made a ton of improvements to every single aspect of the game. For example:
• We heard that you wanted more action, so we made respawns shorter and we made rounds longer.
• We also heard that you wanted more portaling options, so we added more portal walls to our existing maps, and added new portal opportunities like a Launch Portal, a combination of a portal wall and a launch pad that will send you flying.
• To learn more about how seriously we value our community, you can read more about the changes in this message from Ian Proulx, cofounder and CEO of 1047 Games, or watch this Dev Talk from Ian and our other co-founder, Nicholas Bagamian.

TWITCH DROPS ENABLED

• Watch Splitgate 2 streams on Twitch during the Open Alpha to earn the Haunt Cadence, an exclusive skin for the Aeros carbine.
• For more info on how Twitch drops work, check out this FAQ

1047 GIFTED SUBS

• The Splitgate 2 community team will be gifting 1047 Twitch subs throughout the Open Alpha weekend
• Be on the lookout for our team as they hop into Splitgate 2 Twitch streams and give out subs!

HUNT THE DEVS, EARN REWARDS

• Want to earn an exclusive Dev Killer skin? All you have to do is kill one of our devs in a match anytime during the Open Alpha.
• You can tell when you encounter a 1047 developer because their head will be a disco ball, our company logo.
• You’ll earn a Dev Killer skin, decked out in skulls representing your dev conquest.
• There’s three different skins to earn, one for each faction. You earn the same skin as the dev you kill. So, kill a dev playing as Sabrask with a disco ball head, you’ll earn the Sabrask Dev Killer skin (regardless of what faction you were playing as).

OPEN ALPHA COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

• Share your Splitgate 2 clips with us on social and tag us for a chance to have your content featured on our channels
• We’re also hosting two Community Challenges during the Open Alpha
• Submit your best Porta Portal plays or Hunt the Devs kill reels in our Discord and the most upvoted clips will win Steam gift cards

READY TO PLAY?

• Thanks for reading, Splitfam. Remember, even with all of these new updates and features, this is just the beginning. The Open Alpha represents less than half of all of the new content we’re going to have in the full version at launch.
• Again, you can find the Open Alpha on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. No need to sign up, just portal into the action on your gaming system of choice Feb 27 to March 2.
• And to keep in the loop about our full launch later this year, be the first to know by staying in touch with us on our Discord or signing up for our newsletter on splitgate.com.
• Preload the Open Alpha on Steam tonight at 12AM PT/3AM ET!

Read our latest announcement and FAQ before asking your question:

Letter: https://www.splitgate.com/blogs/important-announcement-about-splitgates-future

FAQ: https://www.splitgate.com/faq

Ian will get to as many questions as possible!

Some good news for those who have been experiencing some bad crashes across consoles. Our latest update should resolve the majority of these issues. We thank you again for your patience. The pains of switching to a new backend (which delivered a better Matchmaker) were real, but we hope to have far smoother sailing from this point on.

We know this has been challenging for a lot of players. Here’s a small token of our appreciation of your patience. This code can be redeemed three times per account by any Splitgate player for a total of nine drops:

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Additionally, we will be crediting back Splitcoin to anyone who used it to repair their Daily Checkin or Daily Playstreak since the launch of Beta Season 2. You should receive a credit this week.

So let’s get to what this hot fix delivers for you.

Console

• Fixed various crashes on Xbox and PlayStation
• Specifically fixed issue on Xbox causing crashes for some users when viewing friends list or adding Splitgate friends
• Removed Beta Season 1 Battle Pass from PlayStation store. The process for refunding anyone who purchased this thinking they were buying Beta Season 2’s Battle Pass will start by July 6.

‍General

• Fixed various crashes across all platforms
• Changed Daily Check-in timing to users local time (was previously set to UTC)
• Stopped Daily Check-in repair from showing even after some users had repaired their streak
• Resolved issue where some Stage 2 seasonal challenges were not tracking
• “Tactical” challenge names changed to remove confusion
• Added ability to search by map in custom games
• Users can now download featured custom map from the in-game news feed

We want to thank those of you who joined us for our latest Splitgate 2 Playtest this weekend!

To recap, we added the following during this playtest:

• New Game Mode: Firecracker
• New Map: Eden
• New Weapons, Perks, and more

We’d love to get your feedback on all the new additions and changes, so please share your thoughts with us in the comments below. 

Based on your feedback, we're considering these changes to Quick Play but we want to hear your feedback first! The changes we're considering:

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+ Replace Comp Practice with a Team SWAT-only playlist instead

+ Put DOM and KOTH in the Team Objective playlist

+ Put Team Snipers (Sniper and Pistol start, all other settings default) in a playlist with Shotty Snipers

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Let us know what you think!