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The test kicks off later this month.
The test kicks off later this month.
The team originally moved away from Splitgate development to make something new.
The freeform player mechanic keeps matches feeling not-so-repetitive hours into playing.
Here's a new class to play...but we're shutting the game down. That's one way to deliver bad news!
The new game will be created using Unreal Engine 5.
Maybe getting the axe was the best thing for the game as this looked more Pixar than Marvel.
Players are also given a new way to flex their skills with new badges.
The event will try to return next year in a "big way".
Still in beta "because we have not yet realized our vision for the launch version."
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Plus: Will Daybreak make noise in the new year?
Also near the top: FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, and (somehow) Battlefield 2042.
If you think you have what it takes, marks your calendars now.
Harkening back, but also looking to the future!
On this week's show, Blizzard seems focused on the wrong things right now, there's news from Epic, Splitgate, and Funcom that makes you say, "Wow", and finally we cover some MMOS out of nowhere!...
"Everything is now on the table."
Friend referral pass offers even more rewards.
Splitgate is a free-to-play game that's in open beta -- and developer 1047 Games plans to keep it like that for a long time.
Portal-based shooter Splitgate is all the rage right now, with its enormous player base and melting servers.