Split Fiction is an obligate co-op game. For this review, my husband Travis and I hopped between Mio’s futuristic cities and Zoe’s fantastical kingdoms like walking through the cars of a passenger train. In each section, we got a new set of powers designed to work only in that particular world.

Hazelight Studios follows up It Takes Two with another stellar co-op experience, delivering genre-bending fun in Split Fiction.

Playing through Split Fiction's mix of fantasy and sci-fi worlds is a refreshing experience in the often-lonely world of gaming.

Hazelight's latest co-op game is here at long last, but does Split Fiction live up to the hype? Here's what reviewers say.

What is it? A world-hopping co-op adventure with a pair of aspiring authors.

Split Fiction from developer Hazelight Studios and EA boldly stands nearly alone in its effort to bring quality local multiplayer to the forefront of an engaging game.  Granted, this unique effort stems from the folks behind cooperative multiplayer heavyweights such as It Takes Two,

What’s more, Split Fiction’s cooperative gameplay never felt phoned-in, with interactive levels that facilitated gameplay synergy (and tons of trial-and-error platforming and boss fight deaths), clutch timing,

Split Fiction reviewed by Luke Reilly on PlayStation 5. Also available on Xbox Series X|S and PC. "An expertly crafted and absorbing co-op adventure that pinballs from one genre extreme to another, Split Fiction is a rollercoaster of gameplay ideas and styles that are usually discarded as quickly as they’re introduced.

Between the threat of AI, studio closures, and game cancellations, the death of creativity is a sad theme of recent years. It's something that's at the core of Split Fiction – the latest game from co-op specialist Hazelight (It Takes Two,