Splitgate and Empulse shutdowns announced

1047 Games has shut down active development on both Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, ending support for the two arena shooters less than three months after Empulse’s June reveal cycle and after Splitgate’s relaunch struggles. The studio said on August 26 that neither game was bringing in enough money to support dedicated servers, and that both titles would move to peer-to-peer hosting on September 3. PC Gamer reported the move on August 31 and said 1047 now appears likely to leave arena shooters behind. The decision closes another chapter for Splitgate, the portal-based shooter that broke out in 2021 and later returned as Splitgate 2 before being reworked and renamed Splitgate: Arena Reloaded. Push Square’s archive shows the sequel launched on June 6, 2025, was pulled back into beta in July 2025, and relaunched under the Arena Reloaded name in December 2025. Empulse, announced in June 2026, had been pitched as a faster shooter with Titanfall-like movement. (shacknews.com) ### What exactly is being shut down? 1047 Games said active development is ending for both Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, not that the games are disappearing outright. The studio said a final update would land in early September and that dedicated servers and matchmaking would be shut down, while peer-to-peer play would remain so players could still host matches themselves. (pushsquare.com) September 3 is the key date. Multiple reports citing the studio’s statement said that is when both games move off dedicated infrastructure and onto player-hosted matches, with a server browser staying online. ### Why did 1047 Games say it made this call? 1047 Games co-founders Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian said the problem was financial. (shacknews.com) In the statement quoted by Shacknews, they said “neither game is generating enough revenue to support the ongoing costs of dedicated servers” and that the company had kept paying those costs to give both titles “every opportunity to grow,” but had reached a point where that was no longer sustainable. PC Gamer’s August 31 item summarized the same message more bluntly: the games were “officially over” as active live-service projects, even though the studio itself would remain in business. ### Why is Splitgate’s history part of this story? Splitgate’s recent history helps explain why this landed as more than a routine server notice. Push Square’s coverage shows 1047 had already tried to reset the sequel once, first by taking Splitgate 2 back into beta in July 2025 and then relaunching it as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded in December 2025. (shacknews.com) Empulse was supposed to be the next attempt. (pcgamer.com) Push Square reported on June 2 that 1047 introduced Empulse as a different multiplayer shooter inspired by Titanfall-style movement, signaling that the studio was still trying to find room inside the competitive shooter market even as Splitgate was being rebuilt. (pushsquare.com) ### Did 1047 say it is leaving arena shooters entirely? PC Gamer reported on August 31 that 1047 said it is “probably done making arena shooters,” framing the closures as a retreat from the genre that defined the company. The same reporting said the studio would stay operational and that its next project “may look very different” from what players expect from 1047 Games. Shacknews, citing the same studio statement, also reported that 1047 was pivoting to “a new and different project.” That leaves the company alive, but without an active arena-shooter game in live development. (pushsquare.com) ### What should players watch now? September 3 is the next concrete milestone for players of both games. On that date, Splitgate: Arena Reloaded and Empulse are scheduled to lose dedicated servers and matchmaking and switch to peer-to-peer hosting, according to reports citing 1047’s announcement. (pcgamer.com) 1047 Games has not yet publicly named the replacement project in the reports reviewed here. (shacknews.com) For now, the most specific next-step language is the studio’s own line, quoted by multiple outlets, that its next game may look “very different” from what players expect.