The brand new undertaking shall be inbuilt Unreal Engine 5

Developer 1047 Video games is shifting on to a brand new undertaking. The studio introduced right now that it’s ending function growth on its portal-based shooter Splitgate, and shifting on to a brand new recreation.

In a brand new assertion shared on the Splitgate website, 1047 says that the FPS has reached a degree of success it couldn’t have anticipated. This has led to the studio rising considerably and bringing on new expertise. It’s additionally meant numerous time attempting to transform older content material and techniques, in what it characterizes as “bailing water” from a ship.

In mild of this, 1047 Video games has determined to construct one thing new. And to take action, it’s ending function growth on Splitgate.

“We’re turning our consideration away from iterative, smaller updates and going all-in to give attention to a brand new recreation within the Splitgate universe which can current revolutionary, not evolutionary, adjustments to our recreation. Will probably be a shooter, it’ll have portals, and it will likely be inbuilt Unreal Engine 5. Oh, and it will likely be free.”

A portal to a brand new world

That doesn’t imply Splitgate goes away, although. 1047 Video games says Splitgate will stay on-line, as will objects and development. There’s additionally a brand new Battle Cross rolling out on September 15. The cross shall be free for everybody, as a thank-you to everybody who’s performed Splitgate.

Help will even proceed, although it will likely be restricted in scope to smaller updates and fixes. The majority of 1047’s focus, the studio says, shall be on a completely new shooter.

Splitgate began out as an fascinating mixture of Portal and Halo, which labored fairly effectively on the time for these ready on Halo Infinite. It’s since grown to be its personal factor, and it’ll be fascinating to see what 1047 does with a brand new engine, bigger crew, and all the teachings realized from making Splitgate.