Hazelight’s newest co-op journey, Split Fiction, has formally surpassed a million copies offered within the first 48 hours, setting a brand new report for the studio.
This information was announced on BlueSky, with the official account saying, “The love you all present for our recreation is overwhelming! 😍 Everyone right here at Hazelight are past completely happy – and we are able to’t cease having fun with your superb reactions! 🤩”
Notably that is a million copies offered, which suggests it is potential that excess of which can be enjoying Split Fiction. Every copy of the sport comes with a Friend’s Pass that lets a pal play your entire recreation in co-op with the purchaser totally free. While not everybody will benefit from that possibility (some will play native co-op, some might play with somebody who already owns the sport, and many others), that is nonetheless a complete lot of individuals enjoying Split Fiction.
This is a large gross sales leap from Hazelight’s final recreation, It Takes Two, which did not attain the a million milestone till a month after launch. But that in and of itself was deemed a powerful milestone, with studio head Josef Fares saying on the time that it proved gamers need co-op video games.
We actually dug Split Fiction, calling it “a rollercoaster of regularly refreshed gameplay concepts and kinds – and one which’s very arduous to stroll away from” in our 9/10 overview.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can discover her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a narrative tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
