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

Split Fiction is an obligate co-op game. For this review, my husband Travis and I hopped between Mio’s futuristic cities and Zoe’s fantastical kingdoms like walking through the cars of a passenger train. In each section, we got a new set of powers designed to work only in that particular world.

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 video game review: this bonkers co-op is a joy from start to finish - 5/5 Nobody’s doing it like Hazelight

Hazelight Studios follows up It Takes Two with another stellar co-op experience, delivering genre-bending fun in Split Fiction.

When Hazelight Studios founder Josef Fares first announced “Split Fiction” at last year’s Game Awards, he wasn’t exactly humble: “We say, ‘We fuck shit up without fucking up.’ This time, it’s some next-level shit.

Split Fiction from developer Hazelight Studios and EA boldly stands nearly alone in its effort to bring quality local multiplayer to the forefront of an engaging game.  Granted, this unique effort stems from the folks behind cooperative multiplayer heavyweights such as It Takes Two,

After the surprise hit "It Takes Two", Hazelight has once again succeeded in creating a co-op hit that will put a smile on the faces of old and young players.

The best way to understand co-op-only adventure Split Fiction is with a list of its top moments. These include teaming up to take on a futuristic gameshow's robotic host by whisking ticking bombs through an assault course,