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Zampella clears up confusion about “the future of Titanfall” showcased at Austin launch event

“Not how I would have described it, but still fun.”

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There was some confusion today about what new Titanfall information would be revealed at the game’s midnight launch event in Austin on Monday.

Speaking on Larry Hryb’s podcast, Major Nelson Radio, Senior Xbox Evangelist at Microsoft Jeff Rubenstein said that in addition to playing through maps we haven’t seen in the beta, the event, which will start at 11pm EST, will be “showcasing the future of Titanfall.”

“We don’t know what it is,” Hryb said. “They just came to us and said ‘we’re going to announce something.’”

Excited fans immediately took to Twitter, asking Respawn’s Vince Zampella what it means. “For those asking about the 'future of titanfall' announcement, I'm confused as to what that is,” Zampella said this morning. “We did not sell [Titanfall] to [Microsoft].”

An hour later, Zampella said that he talked to Geoff Keighley, and that it looks like the “‘future’ thing is just something fun. Not how I would have described it, but still fun.”

This week, Respawn confirmed that Titanfall would include a $25 season pass containing three packs, which include maps and "other content yet to be determined."

Whatever “the future of Titanfall” might refer to, you’ll be able to find out by watching Xbox’s Twitch channel, which will stream the event live.

For more on Titanfall, check out our previous coverage and GameSpot's interview with Zampella from our new show The Lobby below.

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Awesome, more Titanfall news. The only people that couldn't be excited about this would be PS4 gamers without a PC.

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Or those without an \Xbox 360. They're identical anyway....

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Who doesn't own a PC? Lol.

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@DIGN could you imagine not having a pc! :O It's the 70's all over again!

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@DIGN Yeah, it really stinks when you have to click on a news article. I wish you could ignore them, yet you can't. :(

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@Osiris11235 @DIGN Yeah, Titanfall is pretty hard to ignore.

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when I thought that u can't get more Titan fall news.

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Zampella sold out.He gave in to the need for money to fund his new studio and took money from MS. A true independent 3rd party developer would develop their games for multiple platforms. I could care less about Titanfall, I prefer single player action adventure games, but it seems to me that a true 3rd party developer would want their game to be on as many platforms as possible.

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@john1217727 You could care less? So you care at least a little then?

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No, zampella got screwed by EA selling out to MS. He seems more pissed off than anybody over the exclusive deal A game like TF costs a lot of money, they need to go with publishers like EA to fund them. Then EA screwed them over.

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Um if I'm not mistaken FPS are preference on the xbox brand. So people tend to play all FPS on xbox systems. Call of duty, battlefield4 sold more on the xbox systems than the sony brands. So that's why EA and Microsoft payed them to keep it exclusive on the xbox brands. And for PC you have to have a Microsoft OS to work titanfall if im not mistaken and that's Microsoft to.

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@jim_peterson Yeah I'm sure when he was sitting down signing those multi million dollar contracts, it was really unclear what was going on. I remember what you're talking about.. When asked if it was coming to PS4 he said "No we just found out it wasn't."


I'm sure. The game has been in development since before it was announced at E3. He "found out" after E3?


You'd think........ if they didn't know it wasn't coming to Sony platforms..... They'd have been working on a PS4 version.


Come on people, put 2 and 2 together.


If you go back far enough, you'll remember him saying that since they are a new studio, they wanted to start small. Seriously look it up.


What you heard, was damage control. Smart. Makes EA and MS look like the bad guy.

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@extrasideofbeef @jim_peterson Actually I remember seeing the PS4 tag on several VERY early articles about Titanfall, hell, that's why I was originally interested in it... If I remember an early interview correctly the Respawn guys were looking forward to getting their hands on the PS4 construction kits, I can only assume they were going to start using them w/ this game.

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Microsoft is going to buy out the Titanfall franchise the way they keep talking. Sucks for PS4 users.

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@electro57 Respawn have already confirmed TItanfall sequels will be multiplat. This is EA we're talking about, there is absolutely no way a company like them is going to limit themselves when they have millions of other consumers for the taking.

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@electro57 Even though it's comparing apples to pencils as unit's sold and dollars made, but 3rd party Take Two Grand theft auto was once a PS exclusive. Bottomline License Rentals (which what they are) for over a period of time does a disservice to the consumers as a whole until it is sold for everyone that might be interested in owning/playing it on the hardware of their preference.

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@DARKSPACE @electro57 nope! GTA came to PC too. at that time, no console other than ps2 can handle GTA. xbox came in later when gta san andreas (probably already) in development.

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I don't see it happening. Most likely the first Titanfall will stay Microsoft Exclusive. Microsoft would probably have to shell out a lot of money which would probably be better spent on first party i.p.'s. Respawn has so much to expand on with Titanfall and it will only get bigger and I doubt they'll just want to stick with microsoft platforms. In the end Titanfall going fully multiplat for Titanfall 2 will benefit us all.

This fun thing is probably a look at future updates and game modes in the works.

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@BigBadBully Well seeing as how Respawn was 'surprised' that EA locked up an exclusivity deal with M$ without them 'knowing' about it, I have my doubts. And Microsoft is never worried about shelling out the big bucks.

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@electro57 @BigBadBully EA doesn't own the IP Respawn does

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Will there be hacks for this game on the PC?

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@jimmy_russell There are already aimbots for this game on PC.

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In the future, Titanfall will be fun. Like next Tuesday. Got it.

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Was skeptical about buying it due to so many games coming out March. But i did get a 20% discount from GMG so I bought it. Sadly you cannot upgrade to season pass with only 10 dollars after you buy the discounted standard edition ):

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I enjoyed the beta on PC but there just isn't enough content to warrant a $60 purchase for me, no SP mode, only 6 vs 6, the bots have horrible AI and take the same path at the start of every match, the titans can't even shoot through anything or take down a telephone pole even, and it uses Origin.

I'm guessing Titanfall 2 will address lots of these issues and will be a must buy but I'm not wasting $60 on a game that has so many flaws, and has no single player so when the servers shut down it's useless

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@mkeezay22 Not every game should have a single player and vice versa. Most shooters are an online affair unless made specifically for single player. The same is said for single player games. Honestly what you want with one you usually sacrifice with another. Single player games usually end up with terrible multiplayer, and multiplayer games usually have a bad single player campaign.

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@mkeezay22 "the bots have horrible AI and take the same path at the start of every match, "

Never played a Dota game then?

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@shingui5 @mkeezay22 I uninstallet Dota after the first tutorial, not my kind of game.

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@shingui5 @mkeezay22 this is a shooter.....taking the same path would be stupidly predictable...

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@mkeezay22 @shingui5 @enoughofthis They need to add more players, and to balance that out, reduce the amount of titans. If you added more players without reducing titans it would be an absolute clusterfuck.

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@shingui5 @enoughofthis @mkeezay22 They should just remove them all together and add a few more real players per team

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@enoughofthis @shingui5 @mkeezay22

So?
It's not like you spend your time killing bots. They are just their to fill the map out, and give some people things to do while roaming the map and hunting down the pilots.
They aren't meant to be human player equivalents.

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Hate how titanfall has been dragged into the console war spot light by the sony ponies, because when you put it aside this game is really fun, the same to comment over n over, 1st they try and play it down even those the positive feed back was overwhelming from beta and game reviews lol... beta was so much fun i dont get the hate


And 2nd is dont worry titanfall 2 will be on ps4, im mean wtf lol. that would take years to come out and even if it was made x-platform psn would not be good enough to run titanfall on anyway lol, MS is providing dedicated servers for it, it just wouldnt be as good on psn, any1 who thinks psn and live are equal are deluding themselves


Just let it drop, xbox got a good game you wanted, stop with the hate allready

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@kovaras1984Your remarks indicate that you are a hater. Your own words: " even if it was made x-platform psn would not be good enough to run titanfall on anyway lol" So, in your mind it's ok to hate Sony but not MS's Xbox - stupid hypocrite Fanboy!

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@john1217727 @kovaras1984 its quiet convenient at times ;) but really, i own both xbone and psn, only game we got on both was bf4 just to compare, psn is terrible, slow downloads, slow connection times, much more lag, rubber banding compared with live which has no real problems at all besides from they both was riddled with the same bugs which was annoying


which leaves me back to even if it was x-platform it just wouldnt be the same, psn needs some serous investment. where as xbox live is really good from most locations


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@Spartan-1657 @Baconelite @kovaras1984 @john1217727 I guess this is the most blatant lie in all his non-sense.

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@Baconelite @kovaras1984 @john1217727 Not to mention... he owns both? lol let's get real here. Garbage.

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@kovaras1984 @john1217727 , False. PSN and Live are actually really similar.

What you're saying is complete nonsense.

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@kovaras1984 @john1217727 In all fairness BF4 is not the best game to compare to. It is riddled with bugs on all platforms.

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@DARKSPACE @kovaras1984 what ever lol, there are many die hard sony fans who are blind to anything but there own opinion

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@kovaras1984 I said it before and Ill say it again. Even legit trolls say you suck at trolling. Your comments are mostly shallow and empty with no validity. LOL at you for being so plastic on the internet. Many see right through you.. Also John is not lying.

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@summersgod @kovaras1984@john1217727yes got bf4 on both, much better online with xbox but single player is better ps4, but if it struggles with bf4 a always online game like TF would be a nightmare.


edit... connection is good, in a cable area with vm

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@kovaras1984 @john1217727 You must have shit internet as I have fantastic psn, with PSN Plus games, great connection, and have had virtually no lag. So you got BF4 on both consoles????

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@kovaras1984 @john1217727 I don't believe you. You're an MS fanboy and you need to edit your remarks before posting them.

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This game kinda reminds me of the Counter Strike Days

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@coaltango Because of Steam?

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