Alright, so here’s the deal. Forget Call of Duty! Nope, not this time. You know, I’ve been on tenterhooks for Splitgate 2 like you wouldn’t believe. The first one? Kind of like if Halo and Portal had a baby—fun, right? But yeah, it kinda fizzled out because it didn’t have the legs to carry it long-term. So here comes Splitgate 2, charging in to fix all that, and guess what? The open beta just kicked off, and it’s packed with stuff that’s gonna be in the full release later this year. Oh, and your progress? Sticks with you. Sweet deal.
Anyway, I took it for a spin in its previous playtest thingy, and boy, it’s got the goods. Thanks to Unreal Engine 5, everything’s slicker and prettier. Those Halo-ish gunfights? Still rock solid. I swear, the portaling mechanic has enough depth to get lost in, and now you’ve got class abilities stirring the pot a little more.
But yeah, making it big in the live service game world is tough stuff. 1047 Games, the folks behind this, they’re packing Splitgate 2 with more modes than you can toss a grenade at, and you can try most of them out now in the beta. Imagine: old-school arena battles, and new Onslaught modes cramming 24 players in! Maps galore too. Oh, and this power weapon named Borealis? A carbine that charges? Yeah, count me in.
And hey, there’s this nifty little open beta battle pass. But here’s an exciting twist: 1047 Games developers are hopping into matches, rocking unique ‘flaming disco ball’ skins. Bag one of them in-game, and you snag a free skin. Now that’s what I call incentive.
The absolute jewel of the beta, though, has got to be The Lab. Think of it like that map editor from Halo, Forge I think? You can dream up your own Splitgate levels, and even drag 15 of your pals into the chaos to build stuff together. Madness, right?
So, the Splitgate 2 open beta is happening right now, all the way till the full launch this summer, with progress rolling over. You can jump in on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, wherever. It’s everywhere, basically.
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