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The Titanfall developer will join the EA family in a deal worth over $300 million
Read More »Respawn Entertainment to be purchased by EA
Titanfall mobile tie-in cancelled in open beta
Particle City closes the game before full launch
Read More »Titanfall: Frontline mobile game cancelled
Respawn has announced the cancellation of mobile title Titanfall: Frontline, just four months after it was announced. The spin-off strategy card game was currently in closed beta on iOS and Android, but now the studio says it will shut down the servers at the end of January. The developer explained …
Read More »Titanfall 2 will have PS4 Pro support on the disk
Titanfall 2 will ship with PlayStation 4 Pro support on the disk, meaning no update will be required to get it looking amazing on the upcoming console. Titanfall producer Drew McCoy revealed that support for the upcoming PS4 Pro is included on the disk when talking to fans on Twitter. …
Read More »Respawn on Titanfall’s PS4 debut, its new story mode and facing Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty
When Titanfall launched in 2014, it was a new IP brimming with potential. Made by Respawn, a new developer formed from alumni of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare studio Infinity Ward, it looked like an interesting evolution of the first person shooter genre. Titanfall took the first-person shooter mechanics Respawn …
Read More »Respawn: ‘We are treating Titanfall 2 like a new IP’
It may have the number ‘2′ after its name, but Respawn is treating its Titanfall sequel like a new IP. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom, the studio’s COO Dusty Welch and art director Joel Emslie said that, as a result of the original Titanfall not launching on PS4, the franchise’s …
Read More »EA: Titanfall 2 is Call of Duty’s true rival, not Battlefield
Call of Duty’s biggest competitor this Christmas is Titanfall, EA has told MCV @ Gamescom. EA’s CMO Chris Bruzzo said that Battlefield 1 may be the bigger game, but it is actually a very different beast Titanfall 2 is also being developed by Respawn, a company founded by former Infinity …
Read More »Video: EA shows off Titanfall 2’s single player, game set for October release
EA kicked off its Play event yesterday with further details about the sequel to 2014’s mech-shooter Titanfall. The publisher confirmed that Titanfall 2 will be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on October 28th. The games firm also showed off the title’s single player mode for the very …
Read More »Divide and conquer: the next step for Respawn
Spurred by the success of Titanfall, Respawn Entertainment is gearing up its workforce for a follow-up to the robotic first-person shooter – as well as something completely new. HR and recruiting manager Kristin Christopher tells Matthew Jarvis who will fit the bill
Read More »Titanfall 2 is going to have a single-player mode
The sequel to EA’s 2014 mech shooter Titanfall is going to have its own dedicated story mode. That’s according to an interview on Forbes with lead writer Jesse Stern, who promises that Titanfall 2 be set in a world where ‘science meets magic’, yet will still be ‘grounded, dirty, human …
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