1047 Games revealed the release date for its upcoming shooter, EMPULSE. The game launches in Early Access on June 24, with a free period during Steam Next Fest.
At the PC Gaming Show on June 7, 1047 Games shared a first look at the gameplay of its next game, EMPULSE. The movement shooter is coming to Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. While it’s a paid title priced at $19.99, you can try out the game for free during Steam Next Fest, starting on June 15.
EMPULSE is a first-person shooter that mixes movement with Titanfall-esque mechs. The game is meant to put you in a flow state through chaining multiple mechanics, like wall-running, sliding, grappling, and jumping, all while the teams are contesting mechs to decide the outcome of a match.
Unlike many shooters, where movement features are an additional layer of gameplay, EMPULSE uses them as a foundation. Movement is a skill expression that opens up new ways to play rather than altering an already existing path.
Most of the features promise to be significantly more advanced than those in other games. You can wall-run forwards and backwards on virtually every vertical surface. Grapple to a wall into a wall-run, grapple around corners, tether to teammates or mechs, and even hook enemies. Use P.A.I.N.T. Bombs that replace traditional grenades and tacticals from games like Call of Duty and alter surfaces to give speed boosts or slow the enemies.
1047 Games is passionate about Titanfall, and everything in EMPULSE leads to mechs. Mechs are similar to power weapons and appear on the map throughout the match. Armed with chainguns, rockets, and bubble shields, they are the most contested objective.
Mechs aren’t as invincible as they seem, though. The gameplay trailer showed a player smashing into a mech with a hammer, which the developer detailed as a way to disable the bubble shield, leaving the pilot vulnerable to the rest of the team.
EMPULSE is developed and published by 1047 Games, the team behind Splitgate. Splitgate 2 launched in May 2025, and despite fantastic gunplay, it failed to live up to player expectations due to expensive store bundles, in-game factions, and bad PR during the launch period.
The game was then rebranded to Splitgate: Arena Reloaded. It addressed player feedback by focusing on classic arena gameplay, but failed to gain traction. With EMPULSE, 1047 Games aims to create a community-led game from the start with Early Access.
To support the development, the game is a paid title rather than free-to-play. With that in mind, when the game launches on June 24, there will be no store, no battle pass, no paid cosmetics, no microtransactions, and no additional paid content.
