It has been a wild year for 1047 Games as their first-person shooter title Splitgate has taken off far better than they ever imagined! Now, after announcing that open beta will remain open, they have dropped the ‘Arena Shooter’ tagline and officially launched their first season. The Season 0 content debuts a Battle Pass with 100 levels, new seasonal challenges and seasonal rewards, a new map, new modes, and more.

Some of the aspects this season features include both free and premium challenges, with premium challenges available exclusively to Battle Pass owners. These will be more difficult to complete than the weekly and daily challenges but will pack bigger rewards for the most dedicated players. Unlock and choose from hundreds of exclusive weapon skins, armor skins, banners, jetpacks, and more, alongside new premium DLCs including a new starter character and weapon pack, or choose the Gold Edition with the most intimidating character in the Splitgate universe, an exclusive legendary portal and jetpack, and more.

Along with some tweaked and alternate versions to current modes, they added the new one called Contamination Mode. In Contamination Mode, the contaminated player equips only a melee weapon and contaminates as many other players as possible by killing them, ending the round when all other players become infected. Players who become contaminated then spawn and switch sides, garnering points for contaminating as many players as they can. Uninfected players equip a shotgun and earn points by killing as many contaminated players as they can, so there are multiple ways to rack up points in this action-packed thrilling mode. You can even try it out on their new Karman Station map.

Splitgate’s open beta is available on PC via Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles. It features cross-gen and cross-play, so players can team up and play against friends and foes from all platforms alike.