1047 Games, the studio behind the 'Portal meets Halo' FPS Splitgate, says that it would like to see the game on Nintendo Switch and mobile in the future.
During a developer Q&A streamed on Twitch, the development team was asked whether players could expect to see the game ported across to other platforms in the future.
"We haven't started on it, but it's absolutely part of the vision," 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx said. "Part of the vision is we want to be available on everything. You know, we want to be available on mobile, Switch... I mean, everything." he said. Splitgate's popular open beta is currently available for Linux and Windows on Steam as well as Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
Elsewhere in the Q&A, Proulx spoke further about the future of Splitgate and whether the game would likely be ported to Unreal Engine 5 to take advantage of additional features the new engine offers. "I'm not going to say no, but we haven't looked at it. That's not happening anytime soon realistically." Proulx said.
"We have done a lot with Unreal Engine 4 and we have a game that is extremely well optimized, that works very well. In five years, are we going to port to Unreal 5? I don't know, maybe, or maybe we'll just take pieces of Unreal 5 and plug it in," he continued before finishing and noting that Rocket League, the highly popular vehicular soccer game, currently runs on Unreal Engine 3. Though it would certainly be a sight to see UE5's dynamic lighting playfully bounce around Splitgate's constantly opening and closing portals, it seemingly won't be a reality any time in the next few years.
Whichever engine the game is running on, it seems that the team behind Splitgate is doing plenty right. The free-to-play shooter recently saw such popularity during its open beta that 1047 Games took the decision to delay the title's full release date while it works to increase server capacity. Fans of the title shouldn't worry too much about the delay though, as the full game is now due to release sometime later this month.
For more on Splitgate, make sure to check out our review in progress for the game where we have so far awarded it a 7/10.
Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. When he's not writing news articles, he can currently be found portal flanking enemies across Splitgate's many maps. You can follow him on Twitter.
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During a developer Q&A streamed on Twitch, the development team was asked whether players could expect to see the game ported across to other platforms in the future.
"We haven't started on it, but it's absolutely part of the vision," 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx said. "Part of the vision is we want to be available on everything. You know, we want to be available on mobile, Switch... I mean, everything." he said. Splitgate's popular open beta is currently available for Linux and Windows on Steam as well as Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
Elsewhere in the Q&A, Proulx spoke further about the future of Splitgate and whether the game would likely be ported to Unreal Engine 5 to take advantage of additional features the new engine offers. "I'm not going to say no, but we haven't looked at it. That's not happening anytime soon realistically." Proulx said.
"We have done a lot with Unreal Engine 4 and we have a game that is extremely well optimized, that works very well. In five years, are we going to port to Unreal 5? I don't know, maybe, or maybe we'll just take pieces of Unreal 5 and plug it in," he continued before finishing and noting that Rocket League, the highly popular vehicular soccer game, currently runs on Unreal Engine 3. Though it would certainly be a sight to see UE5's dynamic lighting playfully bounce around Splitgate's constantly opening and closing portals, it seemingly won't be a reality any time in the next few years.
Whichever engine the game is running on, it seems that the team behind Splitgate is doing plenty right. The free-to-play shooter recently saw such popularity during its open beta that 1047 Games took the decision to delay the title's full release date while it works to increase server capacity. Fans of the title shouldn't worry too much about the delay though, as the full game is now due to release sometime later this month.
For more on Splitgate, make sure to check out our review in progress for the game where we have so far awarded it a 7/10.
Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. When he's not writing news articles, he can currently be found portal flanking enemies across Splitgate's many maps. You can follow him on Twitter.
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