Respawn is a developer known for its quick, action-oriented shooters. Titanfall and Apex Legends are its most popular titles, with the latter soaring to mainstream popularity as one of the most played Battle Royales of the last few years. Respawn’s success all started over seven years ago though, with the creation of the initial Titanfall. The game was unlike most of its competitors at the time, with jetpacks, parkour and the titular titans dropping from the sky, it was a breath of fresh air for the FPS genre upon its release.
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Things were not always perfect for the first Titanfall game, though. There were complaints that the game featured no story mode or offline play, and that the inclusion of bots would give confuse players in online matches. The sequel, Titanfall 2 introduced a singleplayer story mode, though complaints with original game persisted, especially over the years as it became more difficult to log onto the servers for Titanfall.
Respawn though, spoke proudly of Titanfall over its Twitter as the studio announced that from Dec 1, 2021, physical copies of the original Titanfall would no longer be available to purchase. “Titanfall is part of our DNA at Respawn,” the developer said. “It continues to be a beacon of innovation that we strive for in all of our games. We’ve made the decision to discontinue new sales of the original Titanfall game.” Respawn promised to continue the Titanfall universe, and as Ash from Titanfall 2 becomes playable in Apex Legends, it seems the developer is still aware of its first major success.
Alongside the physical copies being discontinued as of today, Titanfall will no longer be available from subscription services from March 1, 2022. Though the game is over seven years old, this news has come as somewhat of a shock to Titanfall fans, who were worried whether Respawn cares for Titanfall after the success of Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Some on Twitter have criticized Respawn for its decision, with one user throwing the developer’s words back at it by saying “‘Titanfall is the core of our DNA’ Which is exactly why you’re removing it right?”
Recently, concerns were shared once again over the Titanfall franchise as some believed Titanfall 2 was seeing issues that would leave the PCs and consoles of players compromised. On the other hand, Titanfall has always been a series with a devout and dedicated fanbase, there are players who care about what Respawn has labelled the “core of [its] DNA.” At the very least, the original Titanfall servers will still be up and running for those who already own the game.
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