Titanfall 2 is in development, and it will release on the PlayStation 4. At least, that's according to Respawn Entertainment gaffer Vince Zampella, who was speaking with IGN ahead of the BAFTA Game Awards, which are scheduled to take place in London later tonight. The first game in the series launched on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC – but the ex-Infinity Ward executive seemed frustrated that behind closed doors business deals had blocked a PlayStation release. It doesn't look like that'll be happening again.
"We're working on a sequel," he told the publication. "No official name yet, but we're working on that. That's the main focus, but we're starting up a second team and doing some smaller stuff, too. Small, exploratory – [we're] taking it slow. It'll be multiplatform."
Elsewhere in the interview, Zampella wouldn't be drawn on whether the sequel will include a single player component this time. "We put some single player elements in [the original], and tried to mix it up. Maybe we could have mixed things up a bit better because some people blew right by it and didn't even see it because there was so much action happening around it. It's tough, because if you hit people over the head with it it becomes intrusive, and there are people who don't want or care about it."
The veteran concluded that it hasn't quite figured out the solution yet, but we're sure that it'll be a huge focus of its brainstorming sessions as it builds the sequel. One thing that it is more confident of, however, is that free maps may be the way forward for first-person shooters. "I think that having the maps like that in [premium] packs, it does split the community and it makes it harder for matchmaking – it's messy. Yeah. I don't know that we won't do it again – I can't say that for sure – but the idea would be to do something different [next time]."
Judging by Zampella's comments, it seems like the project is still very early. All we know for now, then, is that a new Titanfall is in development – and that it's finally coming to the PS4. Are you excited? Drop a titan in the comments section below.
[source uk.ign.com]
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And some people said this would never happen. Never say never.
I read an interesting article about Titanfall today, it's true - I look back at all the hype in 2013, what happened?!
I think posting the article is okay, apologies if not:
http://www.gamesradar.com/why-are-multiplayer-only-games-such-hard-sell-just-ask-titanfall/
I hope they do more with the sequel.
Couldnt care less personally but I'm happy for the general gaming population!
I think we all knew this was coming, right? Still not that interested in it though unless it has a campaign.
Also wouldn't be surprised to see an X1 timed exclusivity deal on this...
This was always going to happen. EA kinda got into bed with MS with the arrival of next gen. Now that PS4 is outselling Xbox One by quite a margin, no way in the world would EA restrict themselves to just Xbox now they have seen the hardward numbers. They'll no doubt trot out phrases like "keen to bring the franchise to Sony players who we love very very much"...etc
not suprising after all the first wasn't the run away success they thought it would be and it being console exclusive to xbox didn't help (same as if it was exclusive to PS4) it was a game that needed as much pressence as possible and being exclusive won't do that (Rise of the Tomb Raider will be the same)
the XB1 poor sales and lack of single player mode didn't help either
@General_Spiller I'm sure it has as much to do with Titanfall not really captivating the audiences Microsoft expected and not wanting to pay for the exclusivity of a sequel, if they wanted it they could certainly afford it!
Hopefully the sequel with have a real campaign, and something like a zombies or COD AW survival mode but obviously something original. And more importantly being able to play both online & off, it'll be interesting to see if it's more of the same seeing as it wasn't on the PS4. And here is me thinking Titanfall was only possible on the XboxOne.
I'm honestly not particularly interested in this game. I'll definitely be eager to see what they do with the sequel, but the original just looked like it should have been called Creatively Bankrupt: The Game.
@kyleforrester87 Yeah, you may be right and i'm sure they could afford it. It seemed to sell reasonably well on the One though and I think T2 would sell fairly well on both platforms when released. I like how they were trying something new with game design (bit like Evolve). It just looks dull as dishwater to my eyes.
The quote's a bit weird because he talks about a second project before mentioning multiformat development. IGN seems pretty confident he was talking about Titanfall 2, though, so I guess we have to trust them.
I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this soon anyway.
@get2sammyb I knew Respawn is working on a secret game but didn't know they are also working on Titanfall 2, i want to know what the secret game is and for what platforms.
@FullbringIchigo The Xbox One sure didn't sell as much as the PS4, but I wouldn't call it "poor sales", not even in the messy launch.
@get2sammyb Creatively Bankrupt is a term I would reserve for games like Ryse, CoDAW, TLoU, or Destiny.
Titanfall actually felt like a breath of fresh air compared to the other 2014 offerings imho.
Wish it has a really good single player story mode...
Give it a rock solid 12+ story mode and I'll get it. else another mplayer to pick up on cheap! so glad all third parties games are making way to PS4... so tired of xbones poorer resolutions on my big tv ^_^
I would've bought the first game if it they made a PS4 version..
EA ruins everything. EVERYTHING. Like Jim Sterling said: Its the Unicron of gaming. Its time they die.
@General_Spiller uhhg I think I vometed in my mouth reading what EA will more than likely say lol - Not that intrested in titanfall now tbh after hearing you can litrly do nothing and win in the campain mode.. I was origanly intrested thinking itd be like ArmerdCore only with On foot FPS Action Still wate and see how 2 will look.
Unless it's loaded with more game modes and at least a short single player campaign, then I won't be buying it.
@AyeHaley Yeah, i know what you mean. What they did to Dead Space 3 springs to mind. Turned it into a third person coop shooter laced with add ons and microtransactions. Then canned the series after sales were "below expectations". People told them quite clearly they would ruin the game. But as always with EA, it seems their bottom line is more important than what gamers want.
Sure there's some people absolutely delighted with this news. Good luck to them, hope it's a good game for you. Personally I'm not fussed if PS4 gets it or the game is cancelled tomorrow. The first one managed to make COD look exciting despite this having giant robots (none of that 'they're Titans, rubbish'). Giant robots almost always make things better. Unless you're a Michael Bay movie.
@Matt_Berial Who? The world and his wife knew it would come to PS4.
@General_Spiller That's the way with 99% of video game companies I'm afraid. There's only a handful who aren't like that. EA get the most hate because of their annual games (to be fair, sports games make sense yearly) but there are others just as bad or worse.
@rastamadeus Not everyone apparently.
@rastamadeus Yeah, gotta agree. I've noticed a huge shift in the last few years from developers and publishers. You're right though, annual sports games make sense. I have good friends who get 500+ hours of out Fifa each and fair play to them. CD Projekt Red seem to be bucking the trend and getting a lot of love as a result.
This game totally needs an SP or co-op campaign...idk what Zampella is saying! It could be the District 9 of video games. Without that, it may as well be a map pack. I mean really...more multiplayer modes is stupid because everyone plays Attrition (TDM) basically. And messing with the rest of the gameplay would probably just clutter the experience.
@General_Spiller It's really sad that CDPR are getting love for doing something which should - and used to! - be the norm. Nintendo were the same too, people being surprised at the pricing/content of the Mario Kart 8 DLC. These sort of things shouldn't even be regarded as something different. Maybe one day it won't be again. I hope so.
@Matt_Berial Those people need to pull their head out of the sand more often. Titanfall on PS4 was as obvious as Chelsea players surrounding a referee.
@rastamadeus I agree, they were naive to think it wasn't coming.
@kyleforrester87
why are multi player only games such hard sell - just ask Titanfall
why are single player only games such hard sell - just ask The Order
conclusion: games are hard sell
Wasn't interested before and I'm still not interested now. Unless of course, they actually put single player back into their video games.
Not interested but it is nice to see the game reach a wider audience. The second most idiotic decision a company made, behind SE's blunder with Tomb Raider, was making one of the first hyped up FPS of the new generation a console exclusive. But EA, like SE, is a stupid company. At least Zampella gets his way and this time nobody is left out. EA isn't exactly in Capcom's financial position where games like Dead Rising 3 or Street Fighter V wouldn't have much of a chance of existing without the backing of MS and Sony.
With the free season pass I was thinking of picking up a 360 copy and just seeing what it was all about.
Its a great game, loved it on PC, had a lot of fun while it lasted ! Cant wait for the sequel
@Matt_Berial What ? It was hinted since the release of the first one, it was pretty much 100% guaranteed
@Faruko I know, but you know how people are. They don't want to believe some thing that came straight out of the horses mouth.
@Tulio517 the xb1 has sold less to consumers worldwide than the WiiU and everyone says the WiiU has poor sales so if using the WiiU as the definition of poor sales like many game websites do then the xb1 has poor sales
thing is it's not a bad console (OS is a little messy though) so it should have sold a lot more than it has but all that negative press from before release really hurt it's sales
@FullbringIchigo The Wii U is a year older than the other two. It's not unnatural that it sold more than the Xbox One in its lifetime. The PS4 is the major success for outselling (by far) the Wii U in ± half of the time. If you want to compare the Xbox One with the Wii U check the sales of both in their first year. It's a huge difference.
I'm glad it went to xbox first, I was gonna spend money on this game, now I know better, not too.
Cause they know the PS4 is the ultimate console....... Nuff said 😚💨💨💨💨💨
Cause they know the PS4 is the ultimate console....... Nuff said 😚💨💨💨💨💨
@Tulio517 a extra years sales doesn't matter because in terms of sales and in terms of new games it's the current number that counts to developers and publishers and as of Jan 2015 the WiiU is at 9 Million SOLD to consumers and the XB1 is at 5 Million with the PS4 at 20 Million no matter how you cut it compaired to the PS4 and even the WiiU the XB1 is a poor seller why do you think MS have been throwing so much money around trying to get exclusives like with Tomb Raider
like I said though it's a decent console apart from the OS it's clunky as hell but MS effed up big time when they annonced it and burnt a lot of gamers, many of who are still unwilling to trust them
yes in a few years time the XB1 could be a better seller than the WiiU but as of right now which is the most important time to developers when making new games, the XB1 is the worst selling of the three
and as for the lack of third party games on WiiU before it's brought up, that has nothing to do with sales and more down to Nintendos antiquated way of working with developers and the difficulty and extra cost in making games for the WiiU although apparently they are trying to improve that
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