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Respawn Entertainment Reportedly Prototyping New Titanfall IP

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Electronic Arts revealed a workforce reduction program last week—reportedly impacting around 670 employees—alongside announcements regarding a number of major development project cancellations and reassignments. Laura Miele, President of EA Entertainment and Technology, disclosed that Respawn Entertainment's mysterious "Star Wars FPS Action game" had been axed, with staffers moving onto "new projects based on our owned brands" instead of licensed material. Industry insider reports suggested that an internal Respawn team—not assigned to a "Star Wars: Jedi" sequel—had started work on a Mandalorian/bounty hunter-themed first-person shooter IP. The official announcement of a renewed focus on Respawn's "rich library of owned brands" has generated plenty of internet speculation—Titanfall franchise fans have long demanded a proper third entry in the series. Studio boss, Vince Zampella, has teased revisits in the past—an Axios interview revealed that veteran Titanfall game director, Steve Fukuda, was incubating "something new" with a very small skunkworks-type team.

Earlier this week, Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb addressed rumored goings-on at Respawn. His "Game Mess Mornings 03/04/24" videocast—co-hosted by Emma Fyffe—included a segment dedicated to EA's adjusted development strategies. Grubb reiterated insider information about "Titanfall Legends" getting canned early on last year—allegedly a single-player Apex/Titanfall crossover experience. Giant Bomb's News Editor has reached out to his network of moles—he shared this inside info during Monday's broadcast: "They're not making Titanfall 3. They just straight up aren't. They do have another team that has been kicking around a project that is very early. There's been a very small team in the prototyping phase and now they're going to go to wider. This is a real project now, but still in the prototyping phase. This game, as it stands today, as far as I understand, is a Titanfall game. It's in the Titanfall universe. But everyone I talk to keeps saying, don't get in your mind that it's Titanfall 3, a game with online multiplayer and a single player campaign."




Giant Bomb: "Jeff Grubb is joined by Emma Fyffe today to chat about some Mario Day rumors, Ghost of Tsushima possibly heading to the PC soon, special edition consoles, Balatro getting removed from digital stores, and more!"


TPU note: fast forward to the 27 minute 20 second mark for rumored Titanfall project discussions.

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Great news, I think Titanfall 3 is coming.... Can't wait... Titanfall 2 was so great...

yep, I can't wait. Titanfall 2 was my personal goty when it launched.

I tried Apex Legends, but it just wasn't for me, didn't click.


between this and all the Sony exclusives coming to PC and well optimized for PC, truly we live in a golden era of PC gaming. I just hope steam Deck 2 OLED has the same 800p but 144hz screen, and the APU is so upgraded I can run all these AAA games on it maxed out at 144 fps. that probably won't happen though, valve will probably upgrade to 1200p resolution and its going to be back to 40 fps max :(
 
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The old Titanfall 3 idea became Apex Legends, I am positively salivating at whatever pile of trash they will plop out next.
 
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It bothers me so much we never got an EXOSQUAD game.
If we ever got one when it originally aired, it likely would have been some sort of side-scroller. If it had some sort of resurgence, then you'd likely see a proper Exosquad game that would be more of a Titanfall-esque game.
 
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