Splitgate 2 devs 1047 Games lay off more staff as the shooter heads "back to beta", eyeing a 2026 rerelease

Servers for the archetypal Splitgate being unopen down successful a month's time

Splitgate 2 is being taken "back to beta" by developers 1047 Games, who accidental it "launched excessively early" and are present readying to rerelease it adjacent year. The determination has reportedly seen the workplace laic disconnected 45 workers, and they've confirmed that the archetypal Splitgate's servers volition beryllium shutting down successful a month's time.

The quality comes pursuing a mixed motorboat reception for the portal-filled shooter, which apt wasn't helped by workplace CEO Ian Proulx controversially announcing that it was going unrecorded portion wearing a MAGA-style “Make FPS Great Again” chapeau connected signifier astatine Summer Game Fest. The exec subsequently apologised for that boneheaded publicity stunt.

In an update posted to the game's Steam leafage and socials Proulx and chap 1047 Games co-founder Nicholas Bagamian wrote that they "had ambitious goals with Splitgate 2", but "rushed definite features, made immoderate boneheaded mistakes, and astir importantly – we didn't springiness you the polished, portal-filled mayhem you fell successful emotion with".

So, the crippled is returning to beta until aboriginal 2026, with the workplace promising a large overhaul that'll see "reworking progression from the crushed up, adding much portals to our maps, simplifying monetisation, refocusing connected classical crippled modes you've been asking for, and more". Though, 1047 accidental Splitgate 2'll stay playable successful the interim, with its Chapter 3 update and immoderate bug fixes inactive incoming.

The update acknowledged that this determination has been accompanied by layoffs astatine the studio, but didn't authorities however many. IGN reports that 45 workers person been affected. This is the 2nd circular of occupation cuts astatine 1047 this year, with an unspecified fig of devs having been fto spell successful June.

The workplace are besides readying to unopen down the archetypal Splitgate's servers successful a month's time. "While we'd emotion to support servers online indefinitely, it's outgo america hundreds of thousands of dollars implicit the past mates of years, and we person to prioritize our team," Proulx and Bagamian wrote. "Like us, we cognize this crippled means a batch to truthful galore of you, truthful we are exploring the anticipation of supporting offline oregon peer-to-peer matches."

Hopefully the folks affected by these layoffs tin onshore connected their feet.