For any multiplayer shooter, great gameplay is of course king. However, building a novel world to host that action still carries importance. As was evidenced by its cinematic reveal trailer and a mobile app full of comics, it’s safe to say that Splitgate 2 is taking its storytelling fairly seriously. At Gamescom 2024, we spoke to the co-founder of developer 1047 Games, Ian Proulx, about the shooter’s “positive, sporty future” aesthetic and how it won’t take itself too seriously.

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