How Josef Fares stayed focused on the co-op action adventure with Split Fiction | interview
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Summary
Josef Fares, founder of Hazelight, is bringing Split Fiction, a cooperative action adventure game, to consoles and PC on March 6, 2025.
The game, published by Electronic Arts as an EA Original, is a rendition of the studio’s signature split-screen cooperative action that focuses on two characters who are trapped in two different worlds.
In an interview, Fares talks about the creative process of developing the game over a four-year period and what players can expect from the gameplay and story.
He speaks to the pressure of following up the 2021 Game of the Year, It Takes Two, and what sets the studio’stitles apart from others in the genre.
Fares also speaks to his experience in the gaming industry, his thoughts on cooperative gameplay, and what the future holds for him and his studio.