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Split Fiction studio Hazelight celebrates selling 50 million games in under 10 years

Hazelight's latest game, Split Fiction, actually contributes the smallest piece of that pie—but it's also only been out for a year.

PC Gamer

Josef Fares Says EA Is Unfairly Cast as Gaming’s Villain

Everyone's favorite punching bag has a defender.

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"As long as the couch is there, there's going to be a need for couch co-op": Split Fiction studio COO on standing out "in a year when every third week, the greatest thing comes out"

Year in Review 2025 | Split Fiction carried the couch co-op torch in a jam-packed 2025, but Hazelight is already "all hands on deck on our new project"

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From Battlefield 6 to Peak, these are the best multiplayer games of 2025 to play with friends today

Year in Review 2025 | Here's the must-play multiplayer and co-op games of 2025 to dive into if you're looking to celebrate the end of the year together

GamesRadar

Best Xbox Series X games: The 25 greatest Xbox games to play in 2026

From Elden Ring to Forza Horizon 6, here are the best Xbox Series X games to play today

GamesRadar

11 best video games of 2025 (so far) on PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X and PC

2025 is more than halfway done, and it's already been a fantastic year for gaming. Here are our favorite new video games, including Clair Obscure Expedition 33, Split Fiction, Donkey Kong: Bananza and loads more.

Tom’s Guide

After 18 hours with Split Fiction, I can safely say that the Switch 2 version keeps the fun and thrill, but not the quality

Switch Fiction

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Ready player one! The best games of 2025 so far, from Doom to Split Fiction

From Split Fiction to Clair Obscur, we round up the titles worth investing your time and money in

Evening Standard

'Split Fiction' Shatters Sales Records After Surpassing Million Copies in 2025

"Split Fiction" dominates 2025 as Hazelight's co-op hit sells 4 million copies, nearly doubling what EA initially expected.

Player One

Hazelight's Split Fiction sells over 4 million copies in 2 months

Josef Fares and team have certainly found a big niche.

PC Gamer

'I'll believe it when I see it' says Josef Fares about a Split Fiction movie: 'There’s a lot of talks, but nothing happens'

Fares also doesn't know the status of the movie version of another Hazelight game, It Takes Two.

PC Gamer

Split Fiction should inspire a revolution in multiplayer games of the future

Split Fiction would be fantastic even without the Friend’s Pass, but Hazelight’s refusal to give up on its vision, one which boldly states that the golden era of local co-op must not be forgotten, should incite a revolution in multiplayer games of the future.

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Co-op hit Split Fiction now holds three Guinness World Records that seem destined to be won specifically by co-op hit Split Fiction

Hazelight's acclaimed run of co-op hits is apparently smashing records.

PC Gamer

Split Fiction is reportedly at the center of a bidding war for its movie rights

Media company Story Kitchen is heading up the effort to bring Split Fiction to the big screen.

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Split-Fiction's Secret Level Has Been Beaten — Here's How To Try It Yourself

Split-Fiction's secret level, "Laser Hell," has been conquered by two speedrunners. Here's how to try it for yourself.

PC Gamer

A pair of Split Fiction players will be heading to Sweden for an early look at Hazelight's next game after completing a secret challenge so tough, some developers can 'barely' beat it

Hazelight boss Josef Fares said it, and apparently he meant it.

GamesRadar

Split Fiction players defeat secret challenge so tough that some of the devs themselves can "barely" complete it, and get rewarded with the promise of an early peek at the director's next game

With a free flight to Sweden thrown in, too

PC Gamer

'People like to hate EA, I don't know why': Split Fiction's Josef Fares says he has a good relationship with his publisher, but 'nobody believes' him

"Every publisher f**ks up now and then."

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Split Fiction and It Takes Two director is already "fully focused" on Hazelight's next game, which the studio started work on around a month ago: "It's quite early"

Josef Fares is already "super, super excited" about the studio's next project

GamesRadar

It Takes Two sold over 20 million copies and won GOTY, but Hazelight's Josef Fares says "all the numbers looked really, really bad" before the co-op studio became "this really big developer"

Don't give up on your dreams

PC Gamer

Split Fiction sells 1 million copies over 2 days

1 million over 2 days - ½. Split Fraction? Get it? No? OK.

GamesRadar

Split Fiction blows It Takes Two out of the water by selling 1 million copies in 2 days, becoming Hazelight's fastest selling game ever

It takes two (days)

Windows Central

Split Fiction Friend's Pass: How to download and use on Steam, Xbox, PS5, and more

Like Hazelight's other games, Split Fiction comes with a Friend's Pass that lets you invite someone to join you for free. Here's how to get and use it.

Evening Standard

Farting pigs, cyber ninjas and sand sharks: how a gaming studio from Stockholm conquered the co-op market

We chat to Hazelight’s founder Josef Fares about the biggest game of 2025 so far

Windows Central

Split Fiction release date: Launch time, preloads, and when it comes out in your time zone

Split Fiction is finally almost here, but when exactly does it come out? We've got its launch times right here.

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