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

These days, multiplayer gaming means connecting to the internet and playing with friends and strangers worldwide. However, that hasn't always been the case. Multiplayer gaming once meant being squeezed on a couch at your best friend's house,

Josef Fares is passionate about cooperative video games. The Lebanese Swedish director has built a studio focused on making games that can only be played by two people.

“SPLIT FICTION has sold 2 MILLION copies in 1 WEEK!! Holy crap, we’re blown away here! Simply amazing…” Hazelight said in a celebratory Instagram post featuring co-op protagonists Mio (Kaja Chan) and Zoe (Elise Bennett). “Thank you to all of our new and old fans – we love how excited you are for our game!”

Four years on, Hazelight director Josef Fares (the " Fuck the Oscars " guy) recently revealed in an interview with The Washington Post that It Takes Two has sold 23,000,000 copies, so if Split Fiction keeps up its massive momentum, it could easily surpass that number in even less time.

Split Fiction, the new co-op action game from Josef Fares and the team at Hazelight Studios, looks to be a hit: Hazelight revealed on Bluesky today that the game surpassed one million copies sold in just 48 hours.

Split Fiction, the newest co-op game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, launched last week to a strong response from players and press. As gamers continue to experience the unique hybrid of sci-fi and fantasy,

The team’s previous update on Split Fiction sales numbers revealed that a whopping 1 million players picked up Mio and Zoe’s sci-fi story only 48 hours after its initial launc