[ANNOUNCEMENT & FAQ] Split Fiction™ - Out Now!
Jump into mind-blowing moments as you experience the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure from the studio behind It Takes Two. Mio and Zoe are contrasting writers who become trapped in their own stories after being hooked up to a machine designed to steal their creative ideas. They’ll have to rely on each other to break free, working together to master a variety of abilities and overcome diverse challenges while jumping between sci-fi and fantasy worlds in this unexpected story of friendship. Invite a partner to join you for free, for cross-platform play, with the Friend's Pass*. Learn more at https://www.ea.com/games/split-fiction/split-fiction. General FAQ When will Split Fiction launch worldwide? Split Fiction will launch worldwide on Thursday, March 6. What platforms will Split Fiction be available on? Split Fiction is being developed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC on EA app and Steam. Will the game be available on / come to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One? No, Split Fiction will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and EA app. Will the game be Steam Deck compatible? Yes, Split Fiction will be Steam Deck compatible. How much will Split Fiction cost? The game will cost $49.99 on all platforms. What is Split Fiction? Split Fiction is a new action-adventure game that pushes the boundaries of the co-op genre further than ever. From the award-winning development team at Hazelight Studios, venture into a world that blends Sci-Fi and Fantasy, working with a friend near or far away to overcome unexpected and action-packed gameplay challenges. Armed with a vast array of ever-changing skills and flowing through epic scenery, find out what happens when two radically different worlds collide and the power of unexpected friendships. Will the game be available to play online? Yes, you can play the game online via Friend’s Pass with cross-play enabled or via local couch co-op. What is Friend’s Pass? Hazelight’s Friend’s Pass allows one player that owns the game to invite a friend to play for free. With Split Fiction, Friend’s Pass is back and better than ever with crossplay options enabled for PlayStation, Xbox and PC (via Steam). Is it possible to play with an AI? No, this is a co-op-only game uniquely tailored for two friends to play together. General Q&A's Character Switching Q: Can I switch characters on my screen? A: No, this option isn't available in the game. Controller & Input Issues Q: My Xbox One gamepad doesn't work in Split Fiction, but it works fine in other games. I also tried an 8BitDo gamepad with the same issue. What can I do? A: Disable Steam Input by: Right-click the game in your Steam Library. Go to Properties > Controller. Set Steam Input Per-Game Setting to "Forced Off." Family Sharing & Access Issues Q: I'm using Steam Family Sharing and can't download or launch the game. How can I fix this? A: Try this: Log into the account that owns the game. Send an invite to the family member you're sharing with. Have the invited player download the base game and log in. For further troubleshooting, check the Steam thread instructions. Friends Pass & Multiplayer Issues Q: I bought the game on Steam and downloaded it. My friend downloaded the Friends Pass on PS5. How can I invite them? A: Follow the invitation steps within the game to invite your friend. Q: I'm unable to claim the Friends Pass! A: Try this workaround: Have the family share member install the full game and accept an invite. The game will launch as the Friends Pass version. After returning to the main menu, it should display the Friends Pass properly. Q: My friend and I are on PS and Xbox. When I send an invite, they don't see it. A: This might be due to Data Sharing being off in one or both games. To fix: Start an online multiplayer game. Invite EA friends. If the option to search for EA friends appears, use it. Ensure Data Sharing is enabled in both players' settings to allow invites. Still have questions? If you still have questions that we might not have answered just yet, watch this space and make sure you follow Hazelight Studios across X, Instagram and Discord as we have a lot more to share in the coming months before release on March 6th! Split Fiction Friend's Pass FAQ Invite a friend to play for free online using the Friend's Pass. As long as one of you owns the game, both of you can play! What is Friend's Pass? Split Fiction is a true co-op adventure you experience alongside a partner. With Friend's Pass you can invite your partner to play for free if you own the game. How to Get Friend's Pass Invite a friend to join online co-op for free on any platform! 1: Own Split Fiction 2: Friend Downloads Friend’s Pass On Chosen Platform 3: Send Invite To A Friend 4: Play The Entire Game Together Split Fiction is weird, wild and designed to be shared. Get ready to overcome any obstacle thrown your way, together.
Split Fiction Crossplay Issue
I am trying to play Split Fiction with a friend. I am on PS5 he is on PC. I bought the game, he has the friends pass. We both are friends on EA and have crossplay enabled. When I send him an invite he doesn't receive it on his end. We have been trying to get this to work for the past 2 hours but it hasnt worked at all and he hasnt been able to join the game. He simply doesnt receive the invite when I send it. Yes we are friends on EA. Yes we have both tried deleting and redownloading. Yes we both have crossplay enabled. Yes both of our systems are capable of running the game. Yes we have tried logging in and out of our EA accounts. Yes We have tried unfriending and re-friending. Yes my friend has tried downloading the friend pass specifically through the EA servers rather than steam. Genuinely shocked at how frustrating this is. Been trying to get it to work for the past 3 hours of my day I just wanna play the game :(
Crashing in Split Fiction on PC
Hello, I got Split Fiction today and have been playing it with my partner. We fell in love with A Way Out and were hoping for something as engaging as that from Split Fiction. While I suspect that nothing will quite meet the wonderful experience of that game in our hearts, Split Fiction has been a great time so far. The only issue has been that my partner, who's playing with Friend Pass, has been having intermittent crashes. About every 20 minutes, give or take a few, a Fatal Error screen will pop up. This last time, it printed a more in-depth error: LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\HazeAutomation\Main\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\GenericPlatform\GenericPlatformMemory.cpp] [Line: 253] Ran out of memory allocating 4194304 (4.0 MiB) bytes with alignment 0. Last error msg: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete.. Unhandled Exception: 0x0000c000 0x00007ff6fa123d98 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa123c1c SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa14a46b SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa14b764 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa149d70 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd52ac0a SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd52d763 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd547656 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd5206a9 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd6fb8a9 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fd6fc613 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa100c0e SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa0f86a3 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa0e7dab SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa0fde00 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa151d74 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa2d2f26 SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ff6fa2d2d7c SplitFiction.exe!UnknownFunction [] 0x00007ffd1ec1259d KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction [] Crash in runnable thread Background Worker #7 We've verified the Game Cache without resolving the issue, though we've not updated her drivers yet. We'll try that next. Even if the crashing continues I believe we'll be able to keep playing without too much of an issue, as it's a small matter to boot the game back up, but I hope this error log is helpful to the team in figuring out launch-week bugs!
