Splitgate studio reportedly pivots to Titanfall-inspired shooter Empulse

1047 Games appears to be betting that the market still has room for a fast, high-skill movement shooter, and that the pitch gets sharper when it comes with grappling hooks, wall running and giant mechs. Insider Gaming reported that the studio’s next project, Empulse, was already in pre-alpha and that the footage showed Team Deathmatch, boost pads and mech combat with a Gatling gun, shield and missile launcher.

That kind of lane is easy to read for anyone who has spent years waiting for another game that can scratch the Titanfall itch. The timing is telling, too. In March 2026, 1047 Games co-founder and CEO Ian Proulx said a small section of the studio had already started work on a new movement shooter inspired by Titanfall and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Empulse now looks less like a stray idea and more like the studio making a serious pass at that fantasy.

The pivot lands against a messy backdrop for Splitgate 2. On September 11, 2025, 1047 Games said the series’ heart was arena combat and that the team was recentering the game around that core. The studio later announced that Splitgate 2 would relaunch as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded on December 17, 2025, and said Splitgate 2 would go offline until that launch. 1047 said the relaunch stripped out factions, abilities and select equipment, and reworked the game into a 4v4 competitive multiplayer shooter on PS5, Xbox, PC and more.

The numbers show why that reset mattered. SteamDB lists Splitgate: Arena Reloaded’s all-time peak at 25,785 concurrent players on June 7, 2025, while the original Splitgate reached 67,724 on August 8, 2021. The first game’s ceiling was still far higher, a reminder of how hard it is to turn buzz into lasting momentum once the initial rush fades.

That is the stake hanging over Empulse. For 1047, a Titanfall-inspired shooter is not just another genre swing. It is a chance to build around the exact movement fantasy that helped Splitgate catch fire in the first place, while stepping into a lane that fans keep saying is under-served. If Empulse really is the next game, the studio is not just chasing speed for its own sake. It is trying to find a cleaner identity in the one place arena-shooter players still keep looking for it.