Indeed, this is everything—Split Fiction, a cooperative adventure of fiction bleeding into reality brought to you by Hazelight Games and EA. It is splendid and is frankly going to drop jaws in this week’s Creators Voice feature.
This tweet basically makes one think of “two opposite types of writers” and a machine that steals ideas-sounds to be the perfect Black Mirror + Portal.
And, judging by how he has made his games chaotic-good (“make you feel bad about yourself,” you know who), whether this becomes something big in narrative co-op might be heavily dependent on the news from Hazelight, throwing in a spoiler here: as to public viewing, there has not yet been any gameplay footage released. Without a doubt, however, the hype train has begun moving.
What is even weirder is how less there is out-there in terms of tease, such that there is just enough for an obsession, like what does “fiction becomes reality” mean? Are we getting into meta-narrative shenanigans, or alternate dimensions, or just writers losing their dang minds in a shared universe? People respond either stunned into silence, or EA hacked the hype before it could spread.
Known for force-playing in surprisingly ridiculous physics-bending scenarios, Split Fiction could upend the balance of another playground for genre-bending. Picture it? One player writing while the other battles through it-real-time storytelling meets co-op chaos. Perhaps. Or a clash between two authors distorting reality in their words. Either way, count us in.
And now it becomes interesting: the EA link. Yes, definitely, they’re going even further into this emotionally unhinged gameplay come-after of Hazelight after the It Takes Two success. And if Split Fiction holds that same energy? Well, that might be a Game Awards contender.
And now we have that tweet plus a link to the Creators Voice piece-and nothing more. No release window. No platforms. Nada. But if the past holds anything true, Hazelight won’t be keeping it waiting long until they drop yet another trailer that makes completely no sense until you play it.
Keep an eye on that; it would be one of those masterfully or beautiful deranged pieces. Perhaps both, even. And honestly? We’re here for either outcome as well.
(Also, come to think of it, what would be the point of this game if it doesn’t let you yeet a typewriter at a boss fight?)
