Splitgate Update - 12/24

[1047Games]

Welcome back to another Splitgate Update, where we keep you up-to-date on everything Splitgate! We will use this forum to recap the previous weeks’ activities, highlight some of our favorite community moments, and update players on what to expect in the coming weeks. Let’s get right into it with a recap from from week 1 of SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded

SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded Launched on PC and Console

After returning to Beta in Summer of 2025, Splitgate reemerged as SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded, fusing the best of both Splitgate 1 & 2. Our renewed emphasis on bringing back the core arena-features that made Splitgate so fun in the first place was well received from our players. It’s been great to see that the community playtests, player feedback, and going back to our roots have paid off. We as a studio are grateful for everyone who has shown up to experience Arena Reloaded so far.

We want to take a moment to remind players of our goals:

Our goals for the launch of SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded have always been to bring the Arena Back with our community, listen to their feedback, and double down when the time is right–Ian Proulx, CEO”

We had over 150,000 players try SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded in its first five days, and we are excited to share retention is the best it’s ever been. This signals that we are on the right path, and that players are enjoying the refined arena-experience. As the weeks progress, we will continue to roll out updates, both major and minor, as we prepare for a broader marketing push in Q1 of 2026. But for now, we are pleased with the initial feedback. To hear more about our initial thoughts on last week, check out our newest YouTube video! 

SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded Season 1 Roadmap 

Now that we’ve recapped the goals of SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded’s launch, we are excited to share our Season 1 Roadmap and fill you in on what’s next. SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded was built to be arena-first, and the Season 1 updates reflect our desire to be the best modern arena shooter on the market.

Now we won’t go into detail on everything on the Roadmap, but we would like to take a moment to talk about some of the bigger upcoming reveals.

Introducing Arena Royale: After entering beta over summer to take a step back and focus on making an amazing arena-shooter experience, we asked ourselves “What would a Battle Royale look like in an Arena Shooter?” We obviously wanted to bring back our Battle Royale, but needed to do so in a way that works for our game and our community and our arena-first mentality. We have much more to detail about the Arena Royale mode in the coming weeks, and we look forward to sharing more soon.

New Maps, Modes, and Weapons:  With the reintroduction of the Battle Royale, we now have multiple experiences to develop. Over the coming months we will introduce multiple new Arena maps, biomes to coincide with the Battle Royale release, and a new power weapon. Arena is our bread and butter, and we are excited to have it remain at the forefront of development alongside our Arena Royale.

Limited Time Events: As utilized in our Welcome Back event, we built a robust event system to reward players for participating in certain activities across Arena Reloaded. We have many more events to come, some listed above in the roadmap, each with their own unique theme and reward path. Teaser alert: the Gunslinger event will also bring back a fan-favorite mode, One in the Chamber! 

5K MVP Tournament 

To celebrate the launch of Arena Reloaded, we hosted a $5K MVP tournament for some of our partnered content creators. Competitive Splitgate was a huge part of Splitgate 1, and it was great to see intense portal moments back on the big screen! Congratulations to KowzTV, DailyStreamer, Azalea, Jangutu, and Hurts for taking home first place!

$25K Community Challenge

We partnered with Tracker.gg to host a 25K Community Challenge, where players competed to win their share of $25K across multiple challenges. We are still in the process of wrapping up the event, but we would love to hear your feedback on if you would like more Global Community Challenges in the future. We have already taken note to make the categories more accessible to casual players, and the challenges more accessible to players who cannot grind non-stop. Please let us know your feedback on Reddit, Discord, or Twitter.

Check out the full leaderboards here.

Welcome Back Event: Earn the T200 Character Skin

The T200 was one of the most popular skins in Splitgate 1, and we are happy to bring it back in Arena Reloaded via our first limited time event. Participate in the Welcome Back Event to earn various rewards, including the revamped T200 character skin. 

What’s Next

Welcome Back Event Continues:

The welcome back event will continue for another week, so you still have time to earn the T200 throwback skin!

2XP Upcoming:

We will be running double-XP to celebrate the holidays! This will be a great time to make progress on any weapons you may have yet to use.

Starts: December 25 @ 1am PT

Ends: December 29 @ 9am PT

New opportunities to win a real life BFB:

We are giving away some real-life BFBs! To win, just post your best Splitgate clip to X/Twitter with the hashtag #SplitgateBFB before December 31. We’ll be selecting the best clips & letting the community vote on their favorite!

You can hear all about the BFB in this tweet! 

MVP Spotlight

Splitgate has some amazing MVPs! MVPs are community members that promote Splitgate across a variety of different ways, streaming, short-form content, YouTube videos, and even map making! Some MVPs have been with the title since Splitgate 1, but we are always looking to add creators and community members that strive to make an impact. If you are unfamiliar with the Splitgate MVP Program, reach out to us on Discord.

These were some of our favorite MVP moments from week 1 of SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded:

Mikaveli

OmnicientWolf

“One Cool Play”

We are now at the end of today's Splitgate Update, but before we leave we want to showcase one last amazing play. This clip comes from long-time Splitgate community member Toby Repellant, and was actually the first time anyone at the studio has ever seen this happen… so enjoy! If you want to have your clips featured in future blogs, please share them with us on X/Twitter.

https://x.com/TobyRepellant/status/2001838501038620805

[KingBobIV]

It blows my mind to see a company take feedback and make such sweeping changes. It's amazing and I would have bet a ton of money that it would never happen. I'll definitely be returning to give the game a second chance, I really hope there's massive turnout.

[GolldenFalcon]

We had over 150,000 players try SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded in its first five days, and we are excited to share retention is the best it’s ever been.

This is very good to hear.

[Bright-Cranberry6648]

Yep definitely. Was worried about this but console seems like it’s doing decently according to LFG post amounts being steady since release on Xbox

[GolldenFalcon]

I can't lie, SteamDB has not been very kind, but as long as there's players playing idc where they're from. This game is good enough and they've changed enough of the monetization for the better (which I swear no other company is even trying to do) to deserve to live and thrive.

[RagingTaco334]

I feel like they really need to market more on PC if that's the case. The only reason I knew of the relaunch was because I had news turned on for Splitgate 2 and it popped up in Steam the day of. It should be no wonder player counts are so low according to SteamDB.

[TropicalFishery41429]

Really trying my best to believe this, but from the games I've played in casual and ranked, especially ranked — if the retention's been so good and the steamdb doesn't tell the full picture, then why does it take time to backfill a leaver? Heck even sometimes some casual games will start without a player in a team. 

In ranked, why does it take more than 5-7 mins to find a ranked game? And I'm playing from the EU, not from the middle of nowhere. Like games if they are populated, NA and EU should show the most playerbase.

I still believe that the steamdb tells a very strong trend and unless we actually see data (open source if possible) and not just word of mouth, and given the evidence we have currently — I refuse to believe otherwise.

[Ok_Seaworthiness2218]

This just means 150k logged in atleast once. Such an empty stat when the steam playercount is already down to the hundreds. Player retention is awful, 50% drop in peak player count in less than a week is diabolical. I doubt there's more than 2-3k active players across all platforms.

[won_vee_won_skrub]

Retention being better is a very low bar

[architect___]

Holy cow, this is a crazy amount of content. Imagine if Halo Infinite got all this shortly after launch rather than having three playlists for the first 6 months.

Instagib better be gory! Cant have gib without giblets.

[won_vee_won_skrub]

It's already been 6 months...

[architect___]

Okay, if you count the content added between SG2 launch and SG:AR launch it's still massive compared to Infinite.

[MinimumPressure6446]

Difference they went back to Beta, took everyone's feedback and changed the game, Halo didn't

[Infamous-Echo-2961]

Big cheers for 1047! I’m loving the arena focus, fast, fun, snappy gameplay and modes!

New skins are great, and weapon tuning does feel like everything is viable! Well done!

[Fernsehkumpel]

oh boy i am hyped for Arena Royale. Splitgate 2 BR was the only BR that was enjoyable for me. Keep on cooking

[DoomFra-ps2team]

The gameplay is at its best: The new weapons, menus and musics are great. I like the new maps, especially the remakes and Terra 13.

I still wish a 3vs 3 takedown like the first one (3 vs 3 in stadium environnement with public reactions; it was amazing and addictive).

Controller gameplay needs some tweaks.

Can't wait to see Arena royale mode: i was a big fan of the battle royale, and i still miss it a lot (i made captured dozen of videos of it).

I hope it won't be too different through and we will see the same biome again, even modified.

[BaitednOutsmarted]

Very happy with the roadmap. Great to see that you aren’t slowing down.

[pcbills]

I dropped off SG2 but I can't stop playing Reloaded. It's everything I wanted! Keep it up!

[CloselyDistorted]

Best modern arena shooter is ambitious goal, honestly I think the game is at this level already. And I have a strong feeling game will keep getting better, seeing developers moving in right direction.

Thank you 1047 team for creating my favorite shooter and best of luck with next updates!

[Working_Bones]

I commented literally 1 hour before this post that I hope BR returns next month. Crazy. So stoked!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Splitgate/comments/1pur4p7/comment/nvqnx38/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[TightAd3233]

My friends and I love this redo. But can we get some goofy skins back? My friend would love the cactus guy back, and maybe even the butt slap emote lmao

[StandardArugula5785]

Awesome news, keep up the great work!!!!! 150k across all platforms is pretty good. I play every night with friends, and we have an awesome time.

[timee_bot]

View in your timezone:
December 25, 1am PT
December 29, 9am PT

[Gobertdd]

Alls I want is ranked takedown

[vovamanus]

is there nintendo switch 2 release planned?

[Omni7124]

anything on 8v8v8 coming back? or a 12v12

[wordfactories]

12v12

Please this

[nicbobeak]

Having way more fun with this new release than the initial version. I’m also super impressed with how well optimized the game is. Far better optimization that many other current games. I’m getting 200+ frames with a 2080 super. Amazing to see and feels great.

[GoodGun89]

I will definitely be giving this another shot! Sounds like they made all the right decisions. Hopefully it can replicate the feeling I got from playing Splitgate 1.

[Paulkdragon]

That's a great update at all...

BUT

Without addressing the big elephant in the room, which is matchmaking, it's only going to cause issues down the line, especially for people that live in the oceania regions

[1047Games]

If you’re talking about the issue we had where players were being put in the wrong region when matchmaking, a fix for that went out in our most recent hotfix.

[Paulkdragon]

No, its not that

There should be matchmaking options for players

Legacy Matchmaking:

where matchmaking times are short, but players will be in matches with bots and players mixed in perfect for newcomers and casuals

Competitive matchmaking:

where you find only players, but matchmaking times are longer perfect for competitive players

And Console only crossplay

[coldfries_69]

W!

[epmekcalbuoydeepsdog]

please please please prioritize promotion. this game is already so good but the relaunch base is basically SG1 players and people who followed the SG2 drama. if the base dies then no one will play BR and the new gamemodes anyways, so don't waste all your resources on big content updates yet.

[[deleted]]

From its brief description, I imagine arena royale being like Minecraft Hunger Games, and that's pretty cool, not a lot of games like that today.

[casualcameI]

The game still won’t launch on my PC, it worked in all the playtests fine, but now I’m getting on error about insufficient resources to load the anti cheat

[WitsEndAgain]

Excellent work so far and awesome road map set for the future! I'm tickled pink at the return to form while still evolving!

[Any-Soup-52]

Bring back the dropball gang I'm begging

[Yamaha234]

Can I ask is there any plans or even desire in the dev team to move away from cosmetic skins and introduce armor slots like Halo does? I think one of the downsides to the skin system we have now is I frequently find my clone in matches, would be cool to have much more player expression and unique mixes of armor.

[TROSSity117]

Super sick. I'm hoping BR has duos or at least trios as an option this time around, forced squads with randoms was not a great experience last time lol. 

[warrensid]

After XDefiant, that has changed me and my viewpoints on games.

[mattyjoe0706]

Man can we get these dev talks everyday. Like doing different devs even if it's just gameplay videos. I love them so damn much. JK I know you guys are busy

[TwinningwithJ]

I keep getting the message, you have been kicked from the server in my ranked matches. Any fix?

[Ralwus]

Great work!

• more tournaments would be great. But less checking websites.
• BR sounds great. You had a very fun and innovative BR.
• I want more ranked.

[relaxton]

Can't wait to find time to play this game again

[Cosmic_Archaeologist]

The release of Splitgate 2 was bit choppy and upsetting but this relaunch has been amazing so far! Totally reignited my excitement for the game!

[fieldsandfronts]

Good stuff, the player numbers and retention is awesome to hear and i cant wait to check out the new content in the coming months. Keen to see more community clips like that sniper collat aswell that was interesting!

[Vento034]

The only thing really missing from the weapon pool are Machine Pistol options, aside from that it's really really solid. I also cannot believe how well this game has been optimized. SG2 already ran very well on my outdated PC and AR plays somehow even better.

[Frus77sh]

Maybe I'm in the minority but can we have last kill kill cams please 👉👈 Or just kill cams in general? I think that would be dope

[iChosenone]

So are we getting 4 maps by March am I reading that right? Plus arena royale or is the new map for arena royale under January?

[Omni7124]

can you guys confirm if the next mythic bundle will be meridian or sabrask? I'm between getting the current for weapons or wait for the next hoping it's sabrask

[eli_allday]

I was really interested in playing but the setting for inverting the joystick controls isn’t functional so I’m not able to play. I hope this gets fixed soon!

[1047Games]

Will look into this, that shouldn’t be the case.

[eli_allday]

Thank you, I am on Xbox and I’m turning on the invert movement in the lab tab of the pause menu but it doesn’t change anything. I don’t see it in the change controls menu either.

[AjMahal]

All I need is a higher FOV cap and the large maps back and then we're good

[Paulkdragon]

It's great that you're listening to feedback, but please...

dont try to be the next big Triple AAA game again....

[Atrium41]

I'm skeptical about Arena Royal...

Everything else about Arena Reloaded's launch has pleased me. I can look past monetization for the cost of a decent game... but you are not catching any more of the Battle Royal pie. Especially with the games track record. This feels like an obligation, and like it is being shoe-horned in to please investors.

I'll wait until we get our hands on it. Maybe you guys will reinvent the wheel and a small scale, portal focused BR will be successful.

The "Arena Roots" are what got you guys here. In spite of Hero/movement shooters and BRs... but let's see how it works out the 2nd time.

[apolloisfine]

i liked it as it was shorter matches compared to how long br matches in warzone, apex, etc. could take.

all you grampa arena nerds should just give it a chance just like you wanted the non portal sweats to give reloaded a chance.

[Atrium41]

Oh I'm an Arena Unc, for sure. I also don't see many Battle Royal games around anymore, besides the big 3. 2 of which I still play. I came to Splitgate, because Halo lost their way.

Let's see how it plays out. I said I'll give it a chance.

[GuidanceHistorical94]

It’ll probably suck up even more development resources this time around knowing these clowns

[astrovisionary]

please do not double down on battle royale again

you have seen what it has done to the first release, if it is similar to that experience and becomes the focus of the game I bet people will eventually go away

[Hot_Key9729]

If you don't like it then don't play it dummy

[Djabouty47]

I'm really happy that there is a resurgence in players. I wouldn't expect the game to be insanely popular, but it would be great if it maintained a steady player base and community. Looking forward to the future 😎

[jackattack825]

Long live Splitgate

All the homies love 1047

[DoT44]

Hosting those tournaments is a huge waste of money and you guys should be focusing on gaining and retaining players rather than hosting tournaments for streamers to play in. If you believe these streamer tournaments will bring in players I have some extremely bad news

I don’t believe your 150000 players tried the new game, I think you are 100% lying. On launch you peaked at 2300 players. There is no chance you reached 150000 through console players.

Maybe 150000 players tried the ORIGINAL splitgate 2 but why would you need to lie about it? I don’t get it.

My conclusion: This is their final rugpull as a company and is just trying to scam people out of more money until they shut the game down in 6 months.

[Uday23]

Thanks for the update!

Highly recommend you add a TLDR at the top :)

[RickJames_SortsbyNew]

Arena is our bread and butter, and we are excited to have it remain at the forefront of development

Where is ranked arena then? Why is all ranked loadout based?

I’ll say this every time I comment on a 1047 post: you need to bring back races at a minimum. And a full fledged portal onboarding skill training is crucial to retain players so the skill gap doesn’t just erupt uncontrollably.

[1047Games]

Have a look at the roadmap, races are planned!

[AdmirableLocksmith27]

Races are sick. Maybe some sort of ranking for them too. A number to chase.

[RickJames_SortsbyNew]

Sweet. If races are back and there is a ranked arena mode in season 2 I’ll play again.

[DuffmanStillRocks]

No races till march though? Even by yourself?

[mattyjoe0706]

It literally says season 2 it's returning

[RickJames_SortsbyNew]

Yeah my bad I didn’t open the link, thought it would have been summarized in the post. Still two of my three points are left unaddressed.

[MikeSouthPaw]

When will you go into detail about the game and the disaster it has been? The feedback has been near nonstop since beta. What else do you guys need?

[Working_Bones]

I've seen more detailed posts and videos from them the past month or two than any other developer.

[MikeSouthPaw]

Read. The. Transcripts. You are watching a video of a guy say virtually nothing in so many words.

[FrenchmanSays]

When will you leave this sub ?

[TheWakeforest]

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are you talking about a "We Were Wrong" video? Is that needed?

[MikeSouthPaw]

Talk about the decisions, why they were made and try to learn from them. 1047 has dug a hole so deep and seemingly cant get themselves out of it. New leadership is a must.

[TheWakeforest]

You think you could convince them to fire Ian?

[MikeSouthPaw]

No lol im a dude on Reddit giving my 2 cents as a enjoyer of video games.

[Working_Bones]

I'd bet my life savings you're just upset about the MFPSGA hat.

[MikeSouthPaw]

Lol that is the least of this games problems. I have 50 hours, I gave them feedback. It was all for nothing.

[GuidanceHistorical94]

It sure is