Splitgate News

We are excited to announce the launch of Season 3 of Splitgate: Arena Warfare! Season 3 features a ton of new content, including 6 new maps, a new competitive gamemode, new social gamemodes, a new Arena Pass, and MUCH more!

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[h3]New 4v4 Map - Lavawell[/h3]
Lavawell is Splitgate's newest and boldest map yet! Players will fight alongside running lava to control power weapons, highground, and key portal walls in this volcano-inspired arena.

Watch the Lavawell Gameplay Reveal HERE.

[h3]New Competitive Gamemode - TAKEDOWN[/h3]
Two teams of three face off in a best of 7 Series. A team's respawn timer increases by 4 seconds every time a player on that team dies. A team's respawn timer decreases by 2 seconds every time a player on that team gets a kill. For example, if your team's respawn timer is at 3 seconds, and a teammate dies, they will respawn in 7 seconds. If you or your team then get a kill, they will respawn in 5 seconds. If everyone on your team is dead and waiting to respawn at the same time, you lose the round.



Watch the TAKEDOWN Gameplay Reveal HERE.

[h3]Season 3 Arena Pass[/h3]
Progress through 100 levels of the Season 3 Arena Pass to earn awesome cosmetics, including multiple new EXCLUSIVE weapon and armor sets, sprays, emotes, portal guns, jetpacks and more! Everyone can participate; however, players who purchase the Premium Arena Pass unlock more exclusive content. If you make it to level 100 of the Premium Arena Pass, you unlock the STEAMPUNK Shotgun. Good luck!



[h3]Additional Season 3 Updates[/h3]
- 5 NEW Simulation maps for the new gamemode, TAKEDOWN!
- The release of the Splitgate Practice Range! Players can now test each weapon in the Splitgate Practice Range, as well as practice their portal placements and portal movements.
- Multiple new Rumble game modes, including One in the Chamber and Fiesta (starting loadouts are random)!
-Much, MUCH more!

Check out the #patch-notes section of our DISCORD to read more about the Season 3 update. See you in the arena!

Splitgate Season 3 - October 15th

Splitgate's third season will launch in one month, marking the end of Season 2. You now have 30 days to finish your Season 2 Arena Pass. Remember, if you have not purchased the Season 2 Arena Pass, it is not too late! You will receive all the Premium rewards up to your current Arena Pass level.

[h2]Season 3 Sneak Peek[/h2]
Season 3 will bring new ways to have fun and FRAG in the Splitgate Arena.

• Multiple new maps to learn and explore
  
• New Competitive Game Mode to test your Splitgate skills. Can you become a Champion?
  
• New Casual Modes to give players more ways to fight in the Arena.
  
• Brand new Arena Pass with all new characters, weapon sets, emotes, and more!
  

Join our Discord to for stay up-to-date with reveals regarding Season 3 of Splitgate.

[h2]30 days left of Season 2[/h2]
You still have 30 days left to earn your Season 2 Arena Pass rewards! Remember, if you have not purchased the Season 2 Arena Pass yet, it is not too late! When you purchase the premium Splitgate Season 2 Arena Pass, you unlock all the premium rewards up to your current Arena Pass level. The level 100 reward is the Legendary KINGDOM Battle Rifle!


[h3]Season 2 Trailer[/h3]
Watch our Season 2 Trailer from June 15th below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzve7m5xocY
See you in the Arena!

Online
- Continuous Lobbies
- Social games will now automatically start next game after it is finished rather than auto-requeueing you for another game
- You will still have the option to Find a New Match in the post game screen if you want to find a game with new players
- Game Reconnects
- Adding ability to reconnect to games if you were disconnected for any reason other than a manual quit
- Upon returning to Main Menu, you will be prompted to reconnect if one is available
- Temporary bans for leaving in-progress ranked games have been re-enabled
- If you reconnect to a game then you will not be banned
- Other players will be prohibited to leave a ranked match for 1 minute after the first player quits, after that it will be safe to quit unless that player reconnected

Maps
- Helix: Added SMG
- Fixed bad spawn locations on Silo and Outpost

Weapons/Balancing
- BFB spawn time increased from 120 seconds to 150 seconds

Gameplay
- Fixed bug where other players could get stuck in falling state and no longer play movement animations
- Fixed one cause of portal rotation bug
- Fixed issues during countdown on LAN / Practice vs bots game types
- Fixed bug that could cause other player’s movement to sometimes be less smooth
- Tweaked weapon prioritization values when overlapping multiple weapon pickups
Game Modes
- Rocket Domination: Increased jetpack, health, and enabled unlimited clip size

UI
- Added Name Tags to Locker Screen - You are now able to equip name tags that are earned for winning tournaments, etc.
- Fixed bug where weapon charge level UI would incorrectly show sometimes
- Fixed bug where battery weapons wouldn’t show unlimited ammo in HUD
- Locker thumbnail improvements

Audio
- Fixed issue where the BFB sound wouldn’t stop when you died
- Fixed bug with BFB ambient audio sometimes being too loud

Spectator/Replay
- Fixed HUD visibility bugs when joining a match in progress as a spectator

Misc
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Maps
- Silo Revamp - Silo has gotten a graphics boost and is ready for battle
- Stadium Gameplay Changes - BR KOTH hills moved to AR, Sniper moved to Rail spawn, Shotgun moved to Sniper spawn, Railgun moved to Shotgun spawn

UI
- Damage Numbers - Damage number indicators have been added to HUD (toggleable in settings)
- HUD Refresh
- Improving Style and Visibility of all HUD elements
- HUD elements are anchored to center of the screen for Ultrawide monitors
- Redesigned Scoreboard
- In-game scoreboard has been redesigned to show more in-depth stats for yourself as well as medals for your position in game
- Player cards now show Armor Customization as well as equipped inventory (team only)
- Text Chat now shows above Victory screen when game is over
- Ranks are now only shown in post game

Gameplay
- Assists now count as kills for your in-game stats
- Fixing exploit that allows players to skip equip animation
- Fixing inconsistent starting spawn points on various maps

Balancing
- Railgun battery usage: 20% → 25% (now holds 4 shots)

Anti-Cheat
- EQU8 Anti-Cheat - We have switched Anti-Cheat providers and are now using EQU8
- Resolving issues where anti-cheat wouldn’t run when you clicked “Send and Restart” in crash screen

Game Modes
- Zombie VIP - Radar Enabled + Shotgun for VIP
- Rocket DOM - Jetpack Enabled with weaker boost

Spectator/Killcam
- Fixing portal color and indicator issues when switching POVs
- Fixing issue where projectiles weren’t spawning for POV player
- Disabling replay/killcam settings in-game to fix infinite black screen when toggling these settings

Misc
- Upgraded Unreal Engine to the latest version which includes performance and stability improvements
- NOTE: This update is a relatively large update due to the upgraded version
- Other Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements

[h3]Patch Notes[/h3]
Online
* Competitive Season 2 starts today at 9 AM!
* Playlist Rotations - Playlists will be available at various times during the day for a select period of time
* This gives you all more ways to play Splitgate, and allows us to test which modes are community favorites! We will be adjusting schedule based on feedback
* Playing playlists other than Social will give you an XP Boost

Rumble - New Playlist!
* Rumble contains a variety of modes with modified game settings (low gravity, super speed, etc.)
* Zombie VIP - Each team has 1 VIP equipped with a carbine to defend against enemies with bats travelling at 1.5x speed. VIP has 80 Health, Others have 40 Health
* Super KOTH - King of the Hill with Shotguns Only + 1.5x Speed + Unlimited Ammo
* Splitball - Oddball with BFBs Only + 1.5x Speed + No Portals + Low Gravity
* Rocket Domination - Domination with Unlimited Rockets Only, No Jetpack, 1.5x Gravity, 2.5x Jump Height
* Old School Slayer - No Portals, No Sprinting, No Jetpack, 0.9x Speed, 1.5x Jump Height, 150 Health
* Lasertag - Plasma Only, Low Gravity + 1.5x Jetpack Boost
* Big Head Snipers - Snipers Only, Big Heads

Game Modes
* Loadout for Social Modes will stay as Carbine + Assault Rifle
* Loadout for Competitive Modes will be Carbine + Pistol
* Sniper Spawns with only 1 clip in 2v2 Modes

Killcam
* Adding a Highlights Only option to Killcam which only shows Killcam if you were killed in highlight worthy fashion
* Killcam setting defaults to Highlights Only, you can change in settings
* Fixing issue where Killcam would show a black screen for an extended period of time

UI
* Fixing issue where Item Shop would scroll back to start after inspecting an item
* Fixing performance issues in Locker screen
* Other minor layout improvements

Misc
* Other Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements