After beating Split Fiction’s secret Laser Hell, a pair of streamers are getting a special “early look” at Hazelight’s next game and we’re not jealous at all

Here’s a cool thing. A pair of Split Fiction streamers have recently beaten a secret ultra-hard challenge level in the game, unlocking a video that sees Hazelight’s Josef Fares congratulate them and offer a special trip to come and get an “early look” at the studio’s next game. Not only that, but having seen a clip of the achievement, the director’s now confirmed that his studio’s in the process of reaching out to the duo.

If you’ve not heard of this secret challenge, dopn’t feel too bad. It’s called Laser Hell, and it seems like it’s a thing not many folks outside of the hardest of the hardcore Split Fictioners – streamers, basically – have reached so far.

Anyway, you’ve missed your chance at immortality, as couple of Chinese streamers with the handles sharkOvO and E1uM4y, have seemingly become the first folks worldwide to beat it – unlocking the video from Fares himself that plays once you’ve parkoured your way into the final room and stepped on some pressure pads.

As you can see in a clip from their stream below, shared via BiliBili, the level very much lives up to its name, featuring enough deadly security lasers to fill several heist movies, and requiring neither of you to be even the tiniest bit s**t and video games.

“Wow, amazing,” video screen Fares says after clapping his way into existence like some kind of applause-based supervillain, “You have to understand that there are barely people on our team that can make it [through this]. It took us a lot of time to finish it and I’m telling you that this is a crazy, crazy achievement that you have done.

“I’m not talking to you guys who are looking [at] this on YouTube. If you see this on YouTube, you should go to the game, it’s a really hard challenge. But for those of you who are actually in the game seeing this video, I am super amazed. I’m going to say one thing: if you see me in real life, somewhere, and you can prove to me that you actually did this challenge, I can promise you, the first one to do that, I’m going to fly you to Sweden and show you footage of our next game.” Nice.

So, here’s the chaser. “Congrats to sharkOvO and E1uM4y for finishing the secret challenge Laser Hell in Split Fiction,” Fares has tweeted today, “VERY impressive! I will keep my promise and invite you both to Sweden for an early look [at] our next game. We’ll be in touch!”

It’s still a mystery at this point what the pair will be seeing, as Hazelight’s understandably not said much about what’s next for it since releasing SF less that two weeks ago, but you love to see this kind of thing regardless.