Summary
- Two Split Fiction players have won a trip to Hazelight Studios for completing the Laser Hell challenge, showcasing impressive skill.
- The lucky winners will be given an early look at the developer’s next game, and a few “other surprises.”
- Josef Fares notes the Hazelight team could barely complete the challenging Laser Hell level and emphasizes the “crazy, crazy, achievement.”
Two deserving Split Fiction players have won a trip to Hazelight Studios’ Swedish base to get a peak at Josef Fares’ next game, and all they had to do was locate and beat the secret Laser Hell challenge in the newly released game. Fares mentioned that the hidden Split Fiction challenge is something the Hazelight team can barely complete and applauded the pair for something Fares titled a “crazy, crazy achievement.”
Split Fiction is a co-op multiplayer action-adventure bonanza that was released in March 2025. Players control authors Mio and Zoe, who become trapped in a world based around their stories. Gamers have been firmly on board Hazelight’s journey since It Takes Two’s fame, and the community now believes Split Fiction should become the new industry standard for co-op games, regarding the developer’s Friend’s Pass tradition and its stance against in-game loot boxes and microtransactions.
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Announced on Twitter, Fares revealed “sharkOvO” and “E1uM4y” were the determined players who managed to complete the Laser Hell challenge shared in a Bilibili video, and the director noted he would keep his promise and offer the players a fantastic prize. Both parties were invited to Hazelight Studios’ base in Sweden, where they would receive an early look at the developer’s next game, and a few “other surprises.” Split Fiction became a massive hit very quickly, selling two million copies in just one week, and gamers wasted no time getting stuck in the vibrant chaos. Two players got so immersed in gameplay that they managed to locate the secret ‘Laser Hell’ challenge.
Split Fiction Players Win Trip to Hazelight Studios After Completing Laser Hell Challenge
Accompanying Split Fiction’s plethora of fantastic Easter eggs, the Laser Hell challenge is a little harder to come across and requires inputting a binary code. After riding a platform down to a lower level, players are met with the titular lasers plaguing a series of rooms in different patterns, and Mio and Zoe have to bend to the lasers’ rhythm without getting sliced. It’s an impressive feat to locate the secret level, let alone beat its “path of pain,” as some players named it.
With No Way Out, It Takes Two, and Split Fiction under the developer’s belt, the gaming community is wondering if Hazelight Studios will have an uphill battle after Split Fiction. With each successful title, it makes the next project appear more foreboding and less likely to be as successful as its predecessors. However, Josef Fares, the founder and director of Hazelight, always appears confident in his projects while consistently delivering quality, and it’s fantastic to hear work on the next project is firmly in the works.
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
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OpenCritic
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Top Critic Rating:
90/100
Critics Recommend:
97%
- Released
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March 6, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Language, Violence
- Publisher(s)
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Electronic Arts