Splitgate, an FPS that mixes the very best of traditional Quake multiplayer and Portal, is an unlikely shooter success story. It reached an astounding 10 million downloads throughout its open beta final month, when it made its strategy to consoles and unveiled cross-platform play. And to rejoice that success, immediately developer 1047 Games launched its subsequent beta section: Season 0. 

“In the span of a month, our servers went from supporting 4,000 players at once to 175,000 players!” Splitgate creator and 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx wrote on the PlayStation weblog. “All in all, our servers had some growing pains, so we had to implement short-term solutions to prevent back-end crashes.”

Given the inflow of recent customers, Proulx says he selected to delay the sport’s official launch and prolong the beta section. Existing gamers can count on a slew of recent content material in Season 0, together with Karman Station, a brand new map, in addition to a brand new Infection gameplay mode. There’s additionally a Season 0 Battle Pass and loads of new gear to choose up. They need to help a free-to-play recreation in some way, proper? 

After spending greater than 10 hours within the earlier Splitgate beta, it is easy to see why the sport has caught on so shortly. It combines strong shooter mechanics with one thing solely new: The skill to put portals across the map, which you should use to teleport or take out enemies. If something, it is a welcome respite from the flood of Battle Royale titles available on the market. 

While Splitgate would not have an official launch date but, the beta is fairly secure in my expertise. Proulx says 1047 Games can be work on a map editor, in addition to further maps, weapons and different gadgets sooner or later.