\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\n The free-to-play \"Portal meets Halo\" FPS \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/splitgate-arena-warfare/\">\u003cu>Splitgate\u003c/u>\u003c/a> has been around on PC for a couple of years now, during which time it's struggled to maintain a player base. According to \u003ca href=\"https://steamcharts.com/app/677620\">\u003cu>Steam Charts\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, a reasonably strong launch in May 2019 quickly tailed off to an average monthly concurrent player count of just over 100. Things started to pick up a bit in late 2020, but over the past week the player count has exploded, to the point that it can be very difficult to matchmake into a game...\n \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/the-splitgate-crossplay-beta-is-so-popular-the-developers-had-to-take-it-offline?utm_source=steam&utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.\u003c/a>","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:2368286.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:13","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost","apps":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"App:677620","typename":"App"}]},"$NewsPost:2368286.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PC Gamer/4038024692291192822","author":"Andy Chalk","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:13":{"id":"13","display":"PC Gamer","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"App:677620":{"id":"677620","name":"Splitgate","__typename":"App"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"4038024692291192822\",\"limit\":2})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2368286","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"4038024692291192822\",\"limit\":2}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$ROOT_QUERY.newsPostByGID({\"gid\":\"4038024692291192822\",\"limit\":2}).pagination":{"next":null,"previous":null,"__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="eWXhGftv-b6UYVte4Zauv5NbAbe11J3_h0b0";