Respawn Entertainment may be expanding the Titanfall universe with more games, though if this latest rumor is anything to go by, it won’t be with Titanfall 3.
With recent reports saying that Respawn’s Star Wars Mandalorian game had been canceled, many have wondered what exactly else the studio is working on. One such project, as previously confirmed by Respawn’s boss, Vince Zampella, was one led by game director Steve Fukuda. There were no details outside of a very small team working on said project at the time of the confirmation.
It’s been nearly a year since we last heard about it, and though there’s still much to be revealed about it, Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb did let out that his sources are saying that this game is set in the Titanfall universe.
“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, well it’s not, don’t get in you’re mind that it’s Titanfall 3, like a game with online multiplayer and a single-player campaign. I’m like, well wait, what, then how is, what is this game? I still don’t know.” Jeff said in the latest Game Mess Morning episode.
He goes on to say that while it’s in a prototype phase, the team has expanded to something wider with it, indicating that this may now become a real thing.
As puzzling as it is to have a game set in the Titanfall universe, rather than make a new Titanfall game, this wouldn’t be the first time the studio doing this. For those who may still be unaware, Apex Legends is set in the same universe as Titanfall, despite the major differences between the two. This new project could be created in a similar fashion to Apex Legends when discussing the universe as a whole. It could be loosely connected, or it could be fully blown into the Titanfall games but with a different setting and story.
Whatever it is, we can’t help but feel bummed out that this isn’t a rumor of Titanfall 3. Not to say we won’t give this new game a chance, especially given Respawn’s track record of releases, though being tied to the Titanfall universe doesn’t have as much weight as it would if it were a full-blown Titanfall game.
Regardless, we don’t expect to hear much on this title, since from the sound of it, it’s still in very early protoype phase.
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