"Splitgate 2, the "what-if- Halo-but-also- Portal" shooter, had a rocky launch this year following a controversial Summer Game Fest appearance and aggressive monetization practices. But the game is hoping to open a new chapter with players after it went back into beta status in July 2025, after launching just a month prior. It's marking that new chapter with a name change. The game will now be known as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded. A promotional video describes it as being rebuilt "from the ground up.""
"In a video posted to the official Splitgate YouTube channel ( h/t Eurogamer), 1047 Games' design director Josh Watson describes the game as a tribute to classic arena shooters such as Unreal, Quake, and of course, Halo. To that end, Splitgate has ejected factions and unique abilities to hopefully lock into that old-school arena style gameplay, just with fancy portals. The full experience is expected to launch for free on December 17, 2025. Check out the gameplay here:"
Splitgate 2 experienced a rocky launch after a controversial Summer Game Fest appearance and criticized monetization. The game returned to beta in July 2025 to be reworked after its initial release one month earlier. The title has been renamed Splitgate: Arena Reloaded and is described as rebuilt from the ground up. Design emphasis now targets classic arena shooters, with factions and unique abilities removed to favor old-school arena gameplay augmented by portal mechanics. The full experience is scheduled to relaunch for free on December 17, 2025. The studio previously impressed in 2019 with portal-enhanced arena mechanics.
Read at Kotaku
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]