After a rather tumultuous year for Splitgate developer 1047 Games, the team has announced its next project, Empulse, a fast-paced movement shooter inspired by Titanfall. This announcement comes after a series of rumors and leaks suggesting that the Splitgate team was shifting away from Arena Reloaded and working on a parkour-centric, mech-based FPS.
Splitgate 2‘s launch drew a negative reception, with many in the community citing expensive microtransactions and undercooked features as weak points in an otherwise solid game. Eventually, the problems with the shooter were enough for it to be unlaunched back into beta, resulting in several layoffs at 1047 Games before the game was rebranded to Splitgate: Arena Reloaded. Recently, leaks have hinted that the developer had begun working on an FPS featuring mechanics inspired by Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall series.
Splitgate Devs’ Next Game Might Be Channeling the Titanfall Series
The team behind Splitgate, otherwise known as 1047 Games, may be working on what appears to be a spiritual successor to Titanfall.
Splitgate Studio’s Upcoming FPS Is a Titanfall-Inspired Movement Shooter
With leaks and rumors making the rounds online, 1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx has now publicly announced the studio’s next game, Empulse, a 6v6 arcade shooter where fans can expect to shoot, grapple hook, and wall run around competitive arenas much like Titanfall. The announcement comes from an interview with Polygon, in which Proulx goes into detail about the game and states that mechs are not earned in Empulse the same way they are in Titanfall. Instead, they are treated as power weapons that players fight over, like rocket launchers in Halo. Proulx further states that Empulse‘s main attraction is its movement, which is similar to that found in games like Titanfall 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and SSX Tricky.
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Not only does Empulse draw inspiration from some of the most well-regarded shooters of the past ten years, but it is also reportedly drawing on Portal‘s paint mechanic to create a fun new way to navigate the game’s arenas. Players will be able to chain P.A.I.N.T. Bombs around multiple surfaces to gain speed or create jump boosts to craft an experience where players are “never standing still.” 1047 intends to create a new movement shooter that does away with the genre’s typical jump pads in favor of a more free-flowing system. Later in the interview, Proulx details that Empulse has been in development since 2025 and is the current focus for 1047 Games, though the studio still intends to support Splitgate: Arena Reloaded in the near future.
Empulse‘s store page is currently live on Steam, and 1047 Games has stated that the game will release in early access in 2026, which fans can sign up for on the official website. Additionally, the team will host an AMA on Reddit on May 21, 2026, at 9:30 AM PT to answer all fan questions about Empulse now that the studio has gone public with the game’s existence. It may not be the Titanfall 3 fans have been asking for, but hopefully, it will come close.
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It has been a tough time for new live-service games releasing in such a competitive market. Concord and Highguard were released only to be wiped from the market within weeks due to player sentiment and sales, while 1047 Games is also no stranger to launching a game, having it underperform, and then scrambling to pick up the pieces. Splitgate: Arena Reloaded may have been a little bit of a letdown for the community, but hopefully, Empulse can be the return to form the team is looking for. After all, gamers have been itching for Titanfall to come back in some way, and perhaps 1047 Games’ upcoming arena shooter can fill that niche nicely. Regardless of what happens, CEO Ian Proulx states that 1047 Games’ more grounded vision for Empulse isn’t to sell a million copies but to create something the team is proud of in collaboration with the community.
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September 15, 2022
- ESRB
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T For Teen due to Blood, Violence
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1047 Games
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1047 Games
