What is Splitgate? \u201cHalo meets Portal\u201d shooter taking Steam & Twitch by storm 1047 GamesEver sat down and wondered what it would be like if Halo and Portal had a baby? Well, wonder no more because 1047 Games\u2019 FPS Splitgate: Arena Warfare is here to provide an answer. Splitgate is 1047 Studios first flagship game and originally released for beta in May of 2019. Fast-forward to 2021, and things are only looking up for this unique arena shooter. In August, the game has started to absolutely explode on Twitch, with big names like xQc and shroud giving it a shot. which in turn has led to an increase in popularity on Steam as well. So let\u2019s take a look at what makes the game fans call \u201cHalo meets Portal\u201d tick. What is Splitgate? Portals\u2026 Portals everywhere. Just imagine a game that has movement and gunplay similar to Halo, and the mobility provided by Portals, and you pretty much have Splitgate. There are no classes and there\u2019s no supports or tanks \u2013 just a variety of different weapons players can choose from. Like Halo there are a variety of modes and different maps, but when you break it down it\u2019s frag \u2014 or be fragged. What sets Splitgate apart though definitely has to be the Portals. They can be used to flank an enemy from almost every direction, send your character flying across the map, and a ton of other uses to add another dimension to play, literally. Splitgate has technically been out since 2019, but like we mentioned it\u2019s experiencing a bit of a renaissance in 2021, and there\u2019s no better time to try it out. Did we mention it\u2019s free-to-play too? How to play Splitgate Splitgate: Arena Warfare is available for free on Steam. As with most F2P games these days, there are microtransactions. But, developers have stuck to their original promise of keeping them confined to cosmetics. \u201cAs Splitgate evolved, we realized that players would be best served with a free-to-play model. We want to ensure that everyone who wants to play has the opportunity to do so,\u201d Ian Proulx, CEO and co-founder of 1047 Games said in 2019. \u201cRest assured this will not detract from its hyper-competitive design \u2013 all items for sale in the game are purely cosmetic.\u201d So if you\u2019re looking for something to play besides Warzone or Apex Splitgate could be just what you\u2019re looking for. Especially if you want a little practice before Halo Infinite comes out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is Splitgate? \u201cHalo meets Portal\u201d shooter taking Steam & Twitch by storm 1047 GamesEver sat down and wondered what it would be like if Halo and Portal had a baby? Well, wonder no more because 1047 Games\u2019 FPS Splitgate: Arena Warfare is here to provide an answer. Splitgate is 1047 Studios first flagship game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}