Creating a living, breathing world in a video game is an arduous task. In such a painstaking, difficult process, there are always bound to be a few details that, whether unintentionally missed or intentionally ignored for the sake of time, are bound to slip through the cracks of the final cut. Some are never noticed, but the ones that are have a great chance of being hilarious.
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Via Joystiq
Titanfall will launch solely on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC, and won't ever come to PS4, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said.
By Unknown
Respawn Entertainment announced that Titanfall will be released on March 11th in North America, and March 13th in Europe (suck it, Europe!). In addition to the standard edition, Respawn is offering a $250 collector's edition pictured above.
By theRuadhain (Via Eurogamer)
To play Titanfall on PC you have to install a whopping 35GB of uncompressed audio, which isn't something we're used to with games.
Respawn lead engineer Richard Baker told Eurogamer this was to do with the developer engineering the game's data to work with less capable machines. In short, Titanfall reserves a decent proportion of CPU time for audio decode. By having uncompressed audio, the game runs faster for those using slower systems.
Via respawn
EA reports that Respawn Entertainment is now working on a new Star Wars game. Respawn Entertainment was founded by Jason West and Vince Zampella (previously set up Infinity Ward at Activision) who after aligning themselves with EA produced the multiplayer hit, Titanfall.
Better yet we've a key mind behind the God of War series, Stig Asmussen who will join West and Zampella, and the rest of the team in the production of the new Star Wars game. Asmussen published some info about his new gig on a recent blog post:
“For me, just typing these words is surreal. I have been playing Star Wars games my whole life, now I get to make a Star Wars game. But it’s not all fun and games — we promise to pay respect to the Star Wars legacy at all times, a fact that will be constantly reinforced and honored as a central game design tenet. Moving forward, we couldn’t ask for a better universe in which to continue this journey, and although I would love to share all of the exciting places we are going, we have the following piece of information to divulge with you all today: We’ll be making a third-person action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe.
Now, I understand on the surface this might sound a bit dry, but developing a game within the ever-expanding Star Wars universe opens up so many paths for us to go down, and an unparalleled playground to design within. We have already planted the seeds by assembling a small, but incredibly talented team, ready for the amazing journey that lies ahead. With this in mind we are looking to expand the dream.”
Third-person action-adventure. Alright, alright. Thoughts on that? Seeing as that's pretty much all we've got to run on at this point.
By Unknown
If you registered for the Titanfall beta before 4 pm on the 15th, you should see the game waiting for you in your Origin library, regardless of whether or not you've gotten an email. Meanwhile, the beta has opened to everyone on Xbox One, available in the Game Store under "New Game Demos." The PC beta is expected to open to everyone soon as well.
By Unknown
For $499 you'll get an Xbox One, Titanfall (digital download), and one month of Gold. Worth it?
