Hazelight Studios’ sci-fi fantasy adrenaline rush “Split Fiction” is the most ambitious project yet for Josef Fares, director of inventive co-op games.

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

Split Fiction is the latest release by, Hazelight Studios. Just like its predecessors, you can’t play Split Fiction alone, but Friend’s Pass is here.

Split Fiction” pushes the limits of genre and co-op gameplay in an imaginative adventure through two wildly different worlds.

What happens if neither of you own the game? No problem. The Friend's Pass offers a free trial for both players which includes the opening stages of Split Fiction. Both players will need to download the Friend's Pass version of the game, and once either of you purchase the full game, progresses can be continued.

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

Split Fiction' is even more ambitious than 'It Takes Two,' but its smorgasbord approach dilutes its storytelling

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,

For as long as I can remember, I was playing through levels of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, and passing off the controller when it got too hard, or I couldn’t figure out a particular challenge.