Splitgate 2 went live yesterday, so naturally, the studio had a spot at Summer Game Fest. Seems simple enough - you have a big FPS launching on the same day as one of the largest gaming events of the year. All you have to do is get up on stage, show off a decent trailer, and say, "Hey, it's out now! Check it out!".
And yet, 1047 Games' CEO, Ian Proulx, didn't quite manage that. Last night, Proulx took to the stage to hype up a new Splitgate 2 trailer, and did so in a way that was clearly trying to appeal to the average gamer, throwing a diss at Call of Duty, and saying that Titanfall 3 should happen. Now, when you go after the state of the FPS genre to big up your own game, you better deliver - and in the eyes of many watching, it looks like they didn't.
The trailer that 1047 took to the showcase gave us a look at the gameplay and a new battle royale mode - all the while, Imagine Dragons plays in the background. This wasn't exactly what the audience was expecting from a guy that just said that the...
