Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Video games is shedding builders and shutting down the unique Splitgate in an effort to revamp the sport after launching, in CEO Ian Proulx’s phrases, “too early.”
The corporate introduced the layoffs in a prolonged assertion on X (previously Twitter) signed by Proulx and CTO Nicholas Bagamian. In it the 2 stated that they “agree” with gamers that the sport wasn’t prepared for its June 6, 2025 launch date. “We had bold targets with Splitgate 2, and in our pleasure to share it with you, we bit off greater than we may chew,” they said.
After promising to solicit extra neighborhood suggestions, the pair revealed the choice to “scale back sure roles as a way to “give ourselves the time to construct the Splitgate you deserve.”
“These are our teammates and our mates, they usually helped construct what we’ve immediately. They’re receiving severance and job placement assist, and we’re dedicated to doing all the pieces we are able to to assist them via this transition. We hope to carry them again after we can.”
That is the second time the corporate has laid off builders in 2025. In June, it laid off a “small group” of workers.
The layoffs will not be the one cost-cutting measure being undertaken by 1047 Video games. The studio can also be sunsetting the unique 2017 recreation Splitgate as a way to scale back server operation prices, which in keeping with Proulx and Bagamian, price the corporate “a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} over the previous couple years.” They added that the corporate is exploring the potential for offline matches and peer-to-peer multiplayer, doubtlessly sparing it the destiny of different permanently-shuttered on-line multiplayer video games.
Amongst Proulx’s “errors:” a MAGA-inspired hat
Proulx struck a conciliatory tone in an interview with Polygon, stating he is made “many, many errors,” in response to a query concerning the determination to put on a hat sporting the phrase “Make FPS Nice Once more” in an look at Summer time Sport Fest this 12 months. “Clearly the vibes are worse due to the hat, however, I believe that if it was a ten out of 10, feature-complete recreation that delivered on all the pieces the neighborhood wished, they might be taking part in it proper now,” stated the CEO.
Gamers and journalists pressed Proulx concerning the hat not just for its referencing the slogan of President Donald Trump, “Make America Nice Once more,” but in addition for doing so whereas Los Angeles residents protested towards ongoing immigration raids ordered by the Trump Administration. The protests—and the raids—have been happening mere miles from Summer time Sport Fest.
Proulx first declined to apologize for the hat, saying it was not a political assertion supposed by it. He would then apologize three days later.
