In a curse-filled announcement during The Game Awards 2024, Josef Fares took to the stage to show off the studio’s follow-up to It Takes Two. Split Faction will be a cooperative platformer that blends styles, genres and even realities for something truly creative.
Taking place across two realities, two aspiring writers get pulled into a simulation by someone intent on stealing their work. Together Mio and Zoe need to work together and utilize their distinct styles and genre focuses to get out of the simulation and save their work.
The unique feature is that Mio is a Sci-Fi writer, while Zoe writes Fantasy so the two must work across both of those worlds in mind-bending platforming challenges that blend mechanics and abilities from the two genres. Escape a sun that’s going supernova, challenge a monkey to a dance battle, try out some cool hoverboard tricks, fight an evil kitty and ride everything from gravity bikes to a sandshark. With worlds that are entirely different from each other, surprising challenges await players at every turn.
“At Hazelight, we’ve been building co-op games for 10 years, and with every game we push beyond what players expect for action-adventure co-op games. I’m so proud of what we have built with Split Fiction. Let me tell you guys, it’s going to blow your mind,” said Josef Fares, Founder of Hazelight Studios. “Because Mio and Zoe jump back and forth between sci-fi and fantasy worlds, we’ve been able to do some really wild things with gameplay and storytelling. This is definitely our most epic co-op adventure yet.”
A Hazelight Studios staple feature, Friend’s Pass, which allows one player who owns the game to invite a friend to play for free, is back and pushed even further with crossplay options enabled for PlayStation, Xbox and PC via Steam.
Split Fiction releases on March 6, 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and EA app for $49.99.
