Splitgate 2had a surprise launch during Summer Game Fest earlier this year, and ever since, it’s seen itself embroiled in scandal and drama. Not only did the director turn a lot of people off of the gamewith his antics on stage at Summer Game Fest, but an$80 cosmetic bundle then poured fuel on the fire. Over a month later, things haven’t improved.
Splitgate 2’s player numbers have been dropping rapidly over the past few weeks,leading to significant layoffs, and now the game isstruggling to crack 2,000 players on Steam. Sensing that something needed to be done about the situation, developer 1047 Games has taken inspiration from the likes of MultiVersus and Concord and is going back to beta.
Splitgate 2 Is Going Back To Beta After Disastrous Launch
In a very long Twitter post, 1047 Games admitted that Splitgate 2 “launched too early”. It believes that, out of excitement, it rushed features and made “boneheaded” decisions which have led to the game’s unpolished state.
As a result, Splitgate 2 will now return to its beta testing period, as 1047 Games claims it’s going to be “rebuilding major parts of the game” for a relaunch at some point in early 2026. Splitgate 2 is going to remain playable, and 1047 Games has promised that Chapter 3 will still come later down the line, but updates after that will stop until the game’s relaunch.
“We’ll be heads down until early next year, rebuilding major parts of the game to capture the spirit of what made Splitgate special. That means reworking progression from the ground up, adding more portals to our maps, simplifying monetization, refocusing on classic game modes you’ve been asking for, and more, which we’ll share soon.”
Unfortunately, this move back to beta also means that 1047 Games needs extra time and resources to work on the game, which means yet more layoffs. It doesn’t mention exactly how many people are impacted, but this does come just a couple of weeks after the last round of layoffs. It’s also been announced that the original Splitgate’s servers are being shut down too, as 1047 Games claims they needed “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to maintain.
It’s not a great look for a game that was once touted as an alternative to Call of Duty, and we’ll have to see whether Splitgate 2 can buck the recent trend of games going back to the drawing board, only to get canned in the process.
