The Season 1 beta will add a map maker to both PC and console, letting you create your own levels for custom matches. What's more, you can use the map maker with up to eight players - a whole group can work together on creating something. Right now, there's no way to share these maps aside from hosting a custom lobby, but 1047 Games stressed that this is something it wants to develop in the future.
Splitgate's first season is also adding a Capture the Flag mode which the developer has tried to work into the game since launch. It's finally found a version of the mode that works with Splitgate's unique, portal-based arena shooter mechanics. There's only one flag and each team takes turns between capturing and defending - if you capture successfully, you earn a point. If you defend and the other team does not capture, you earn a point. Simple.
A big part of this update is starting 1074 Games on the path to becoming a triple-A developer while also transforming Splitgate into a triple-A shooter. An integral means of doing that is expanding the studio which has already grown to a 50-person team after starting with only a few people. But it wants to go further than that.
Lighting, graphics, and cosmetics are all being improved in an attempt to capture that triple-A feel with various updates to maps such as Stadium. That want to become more triple-A is why the new Battle Pass has an overarching theme, tying all the cosmetics together rather than being a jumbled collection of disconnected skins. That theme is also tied to the games' developing aesthetic, creating a more cohesive visual art style.
The Battle Pass features 100 levels with some paid and some free. You can buy it and get stuck into Season 1 tomorrow January 28.
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