We saw some big FPS games like Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launch and perform incredibly well in 2025, but one title that struggled right out of the gate is Splitgate 2 — now rebranded to Splitgate: Arena Reloaded.
The free-to-play successor to the 2019 Halo-meets-Portal shooter first released on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation in June, but was met with intense backlash against its expensive microtransactions, character skills and abilities that many felt bloated the experience, and the inclusion of a battle royale mode that was seen as trend-chasing by some.
