The 2021 It’s been a really exciting year for arena shooters, with so many new games helping to breathe new life into the genre. Among these they certainly stand out Splitgate e Halo Infinite: Although the first was released a few years ago, this year’s updates have put it back on the crest of the wave and now the developers have stated that the two games can help each other.
Splitgate and Halo Infinite can help each other
To explain that Splitgate and Halo Infinite can coexist by helping each other is Ian Proulx, developer and CEO of 1047 Games. Speaking to the editors of The Loadout he explained: “There is so much noise and so many battle royales right now. Halo Infinite and Splitgate are bringing people back to the arena shooter genre, ”thus underlining how both games are based on the same spirit.
The success of the two games is therefore good for the entire genre, with new users approaching this type of video game for the first time. What’s more, the CEO explained that with the launch of the new chapter of Halo, the number of players of Splitgate he got up. The second reason Proulx it is self-evident.
After trying the Halo Infinite formula, players started looking for similar products, to satisfy their hunger for arena shooter even outside the ecosystem Xbox. According to the developers of Splitgate, offering alternatives that are similar to Halo Infinite can be beneficial for both sides, as there are no other proper “Halolike” titles outside of Splitgate.
Having said that, however, it should be noted that the numbers of Splitgate are not comparable to the boom it had this summer, but the 1.0 update of the game, currently in early access, could turn the situation around.