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When you say Geoff Keighley and The Game Awards, you might think of speeches by the winners of the most watched game awards at the moment, lots of commercials and fake smiles, Elden Ring protégés at any cost, or disproportionate space for Hideo Kojima and other Keighley pals. But if you’re thinking of a rather unguided missile named Josef Fares and his bitching about the Oscars, we finally have something for you. Because we now know for sure what the creators of co-op hits A Way Out and It Takes Two from Hazelight Studio are up to. Fares himself has never hidden the fact that his next project will be a purely co-operative affair, and recently, there has been talk of a Split Fiction title. Underneath it is the adventures of the girls Mio and Zoe (the same name as Fares’ daughters, by the way), which Electronic Arts will launch under its EA Originals brand as usual.
The names of the main characters were confirmed by Josef Fares a few days ago, when the Hazelight studio offered us a glimpse behind the scenes on social media. Back then we could only see the two protagonists during the motion capture, but now we can see the first trailer and what exactly they will experience in the game. And apparently, it’s going to be pretty wild again. Mio and Zoe are working with Rader Publishing as writers to turn their stories into a live simulation. But of course, the boss of that company is a bad guy who wants to steal both ladies’ work for himself, so the heroines must share what they’ve written in the same simulation. The only problem is that one is creating science fiction while the other is creating fantasy, and in order to return to reality, they have to go through what they created.
So from Split Fiction we can expect a combination of fantasy and sci-fi and, as usual, a large number of varied levels with a considerable variety of ideas and gameplay elements. In the first trailer we can see the use of newly hatched dragons, playing as magnetic balls or controlling animals. As in the case of Hazelight’s previous games, a Friend’s Pass will be available alongside the release on March 6, 2025, so that you only need to own a single copy of the game to play. You can then invite any of your friends or family to join the co-op adventure for free.
