The success of Split Fiction is no secret, with the co-op title doing well both critically as well as commercially. The game has gotten popular enough that, according to Variety, a bidding war for a movie adaptation has been kicked off.
While offers are coming through from various Hollywood studios, the production is being led by Story Kitchen, which is reportedly putting together a cast and crew for the movie, including writers and a director. In light of this, neither Split Fiction developer Hazelight Studios, nor Story Kitchen have made any statements or announcement.
For some context about Story Kitchen, the company is also working with developer Sandfall Interactive on a movie adaptation of upcoming turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
As for Split Fiction, Hazelight showed off the critical acclaim the title got in an accolades trailer released earlier this month. The title also sold quite well, with the studio taking to social media to celebrate the fact that it had sold 2 million copies of the game in its first week alone.
Split Fiction is a co-op adventure game where two players take on the role of Zoe and Mio. Both of the girls get trapped in a simulation, and must work together to figure out how to escape. Along the way, the duo will have to deal with various fantasy and sci-fi-themed challenges that are brought to life thanks to either of their interests in the genres.
Most recently, a pair of speedrunners were able to finish a secret level in the game that director Josef Fares described as being challenging enough that only a few members of the development team had been able to clear it. On finishing this level, the duo were met with a video featuring Fares congratulating them on their achievement, and inviting them to Hazelight’s offices for a sneak peak at the studio’s next game.
“Wow, amazing,” said Fares in the video. “You have to understand that there are barely people on our team that can make it. It took us a lot of time to finish it. And I’m telling you that this is a crazy, crazy achievement that you have done.”
“I’m going to say one thing,” Fares continued. “If you see me in real life, somewhere, and you can prove to me that you actually did this challenge, I can promise you, the first one to do that, I’m going to fly you to Sweden and show you footage of our next game.”
In the meantime, Fares had also revealed earlier this month that the studio had already begun working on its next game. Speaking on a podcast, Fares said that the success of Split Fiction is driving the development team to want to do even better with its next outing.
“To tell you this, we’ve been talking about this a lot, we in the team really really feel like ‘oh, they really like this so much,’” said Fares. “We can do way better. That’s the funny part. It’s not like we’re feeling now ‘how will we top this’ or ‘do better than this’. We just feel, just wait till what we do next, you know.”
Split Fiction is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Check out our review for more details.
