As we wrote a couple of weeks back at the dawn of the Splitgate explosion, this Halo-meets-Portal multiplayer FPS has become too popular for its own good. Though wait times have dropped dramatically, there was a point where players were enduring through 90-minute queues to play.

Splitgate was supposed to leave early access in July, but an open beta release on consoles acted as a catalyst for a massive surge in interest and player numbers, causing developer 1047 Games to extend its open beta into August. Now, still struggling to keep up with its own success, the studio has announced that Splitgate will stay in open beta indefinitely.

“We never dreamed of having to scale this big this quickly, and as a result we have had to overcome challenges to keep up with player demand,” said 1047 co-founder and CEO Ian Proulx. “We met several major milestones in a short time, creating a stable platform where fans can expect to find a server to play on relatively quickly, and I’m proud of what our team has accomplished – but there’s a lot more to come!”

1047 says Splitgate went from hosting 4,000 concurrent players to more than 175,000 in a matter of weeks. A jump like that requires fortifying the backend framework and rolling out smaller updates and bug fixes on a regular schedule, so it’s understandable that the studio needs a little longer to prep the game’s full release.

In the meantime, check out these handy Splitgate tips to get the edge on the enemy even when your own team is a bunch of goobers.

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Original article: Splitgate could be coming to the Nintendo Switch and mobile platforms in the future.

During a developer Q&A session via Twitch (opens in new tab) this past week (thanks, Gamespot (opens in new tab)), Splitgate leads at 1047 Games spoke about platform accessibility for the shooter. “We haven’t started on it, but it’s absolutely part of the vision,” 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx said of platform accessibility for Splitgate. 

“Part of the vision is we want to be available on everything. We want to be available on mobile, Switch – I mean, everything,” Proulx continued. However, turning his attention to cross-play between the proposed mobile devices and other platforms, Proulx said the possibility was a “maybe” due to the workload involved.

If you’re unfamiliar with Splitgate, it’s an online arena shooter which blends the feel of classics like Halo 2 with Portal’s, well, portals, and the results are brilliant. In fact, the recent open beta for the game was so popular that players were queueing for well over 90 minutes to just get into the game and get a match going, and the shooter was catapulted into the top 20 most popular games on Steam.

Unfortunately, this popularity has taken a toll on Splitgate, with the developer forced to delay the game out of launching last month, due to the servers being absolutely overwhelmed during the recent beta. Splitgate is now slated to launch at some point later this month for August, for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.

If you’re looking to hit the ground running with the shooter when it launches later this month, head over to our essential Splitgate tips guide for more.

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