After both teases and leaks, Hazelight Studios’ new game, Split Fiction, has been officially revealed at The Game Awards.
Director of Hazelight Studios Josef Fares was on hand to rapidly explain several features of his team’s upcoming co-op adventure, which stars two aspiring writers who inadvertently wind up inside the same simulation of one of their stories. Discovering their stories are about to be stolen by a sinister tech company, they need to figure out how to escape “through the very worlds that they created.”
With each level jumping between a sci-fi world and a fantasy world, Split Fiction also promises unique mechanics for every level, including dragons that emerge as hatchlings before growing into “full-ass dragons” that can “fly around and kick ass.”
Fares confirmed that, as with previous Hazelight games, you will only need to buy one copy of the game to enjoy it co-op with a friend.
“That’s what Hazelight is about,” explained Fares. “No loot boxes, no microtransactions, and no bulls–t. You just get the game.”
Split Fiction is being published by EA under its EA Originals label, just like It Takes Two and A Way Out before it. It’s coming to PC and consoles on March 6, 2025.
There’s plenty of pressure on Split Fiction after how well It Takes Two was received. It Takes Two netted a 9/10 review score here at IGN, with our reviewer calling it “a spectacular co-op adventure that lays down a path of great gameplay ideas and uses it to play a giddy game of hopscotch.” It also won Game of the Year, Best Family Game, and Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards 2021, along with numerous other awards at other shows. There’s currently a film adaptation underway at Amazon Studios, produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
For more, IGN went hands-on with Split Fiction ahead of today’s reveal.
You can also visit IGN’s expanding round-up of everything announced at The Game Awards 2024 for an overview of all of today’s news and announcements.
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