Just over one week away from Titanfall’s official launch on the Xbox One and PC and we’re learning much more about the game than developer Respawn Entertainment most likely ever intended.

Along with previous leaks of in-game screens and and the new “Pilot Hunter” game mode, Reddit user FallenFusion has now leaked top-down images of all 15 Titanfall maps, including screen captures of key landmarks that make up the character of each map.

We don’t want to post them here, but they’ve been saved on this NeoGAF thread that you can check out for yourself. We’ll also throw up a slight spoiler caution if you’re the type that likes to experience new maps (or a new game, for that matter) for the first time on your own. But if you’re all about careful study of map layouts, then feel free to follow the link above.

Here are a couple of shots of two of the maps you played in the Titanfall Xbox One and PC beta last month, Angel City and Fracture.

Angel City

Fracture

You can learn more about Titanfall’s 15 multiplayer maps in our earlier post right here. Keep your sights on MP1st for everything Titanfall!

More leaked Titanfall details emerge, this time surrounding the game’s multiplayer campaign mode that Respawn Entertainment hopes will deliver impressive ‘character driven cinematic experiences‘.

According to the leaker, there are nine campaign matches that can be played from both sides; the IMC and Milition. Each campaign is allegedly made up of five Attrition games and four Hardpoint games, the equivalents of TDM and Domination, as they are known in most other shooters. Each faction will have their own pre-match briefings and unique chatter during battles with “some surprises” that the leaker says will “keep things different from the traditional multiplayer experience.”

If you missed it, check out the latest Titanfall details on the new game mode, “Pilot Hunter”, as well as brand new in-game screens of some of the game’s multiplayer maps right here.

Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment hints at the possibility of a Pilot-only mode post-launch, despite previous statements.

During a special Microsoft Store event in Connecticut, Respawn Entertainment community manager Abbie Heppe mentioned that though a Pilot-only mode will certainly not be in the game on release, “we’ll see what happens after launch.”

Knowing the community’s interest in Titanfall game mode free of AI and Titans, we asked game director Steve Fukuda last month about the idea, despite the possibility of it messing with a number of the game’s built-in mechanics. “We’ve talked about these kinds of things. We haven’t gone forward with any of it,” he said. Without giving a yes or no answer, he added that it’s “something that’s sort of bouncing in our heads and we talk about it and we discuss whether that is the right direction.”

However, during a Titanfall beta developer live stream, the studio rather blatantly said “no” to the idea and that “it’s called Titanfall”.

If Heppe’s words mean anything, it’s that the studio may be open to the idea if it’s something the community really pushes for. For now, it’s all about TITANfall.

What are your thoughts? Does a Pilot-only mode belong in a game like Titanfall? Let’s hear it in the comments!

One of the biggest challenges for Respawn Entertainment is creating a story-driven experience in a multiplayer-only game like Titanfall. So how can the studio captivate its audiences who are looking for more in-depth details on the setting and characters of it’s upcoming shooter?

Speaking with Games, senior map designer Mohammad Alavi answered this question, saying that the team is “telling a story through a first person perspective in ways that are both traditional to single player campaigns and very new for multiplayer… at least for First Person Shooters.”

“Without going into too much boring detail about client/server logistics, asynchronous scripting, and other buzzwords, I can tell you that from the end user experience it feels both familiar and groundbreaking at the same time,” he said.

He goes on to state that each “multiplayer level has an objective that is presented in a cinematic way with twists and turns that occur as you play. From picture in picture updates from NPCs, events that unfold in-game, to the AI soldiers reacting on the ground, the narrative unfolds naturally and ties in seamlessly with the gameplay. Along with the main story arch, major and minor characters react and acknowledge your direct actions creating a personal experience crafted just for you set in a larger framework. In multiplayer lobbies we continue the narrative to help bridge the gaps between levels. You’ll be changing your loadouts and viewing unlocks while listening to mission briefings that drive the plot along.”

“I know it all sounds like ‘back of the box’ bullet points, but we’ve gone to great lengths to present a character driven cinematic experience, and immerse you in a living, breathing world, without ever taking control away from the player. It feels like singleplayer, but it also feels like multiplayer” describes Alavi. “There’s no other way to describe it. Even after working on the game for years now, I still have moments when I jump out of the dropship with a squad of my real life friends, look up at what’s unfolding before my eyes and literally say out loud, ‘I can’t believe this is multiplayer’.”

What are your thoughts? Are you excited that Respawn has taken a leap of faith to not include a single player campaign in Titanfall, but a multiplayer campaign instead?