Might Titanfall 3 lastly be on the way in which? It’s a hope that followers of Respawn’s beloved shooter have been holding onto for the very best a part of a decade now, however current proof within the type of quiet updates to Titanfall 2 and a cryptic teaser for its religious successor Apex Legends has given them renewed hope that one thing new may be on the way in which.
Titanfall 2 got here out all the way in which again within the misty previous of 2016, earlier than its universe of manoeuvrable mechs and pilots was repurposed by Respawn for the multiplayer battle royale spin of Apex.
Within the seven years since, Titanfall correct has been left dormant, with its excellent single-player marketing campaign tied to barely wonky multiplayer stricken by disconnection and matchmaking issues, in addition to hackers, exploits and DDOS assaults.
Whereas Respawn addressed among the points a number of years in the past – together with fixing disconnections throughout video games and eliminating server lag – and reassured gamers within the wake of reported safety vulnerabilities again in September 2021, Titanfall 2’s multiplayer has largely sat untouched for the 2 years since.
For that purpose, it raised eyebrows when the sport’s ongoing issues with disconnecting throughout matchmaking had been quietly mounted final week, as noticed by Reddit person GeckoEidechse. On high of the matchmaking repair, quite a few different bugs and different minor points are reported to have been mounted on the sly, with no phrase from Respawn in regards to the replace.
If that wasn’t suspicious by itself, it seems to be just like the featured playlist for multiplayer modes has additionally been up to date not too long ago, biking between quite a few featured-only modes, and the weapon choice within the one-on-one Colosseum mode has been modified.
If you happen to’re nonetheless not fairly satisfied it’s greater than a coincidence, there’s one other a part of the puzzle to think about. Apex Legends’ most up-to-date patch notes replace ends with what seems to be a teaser involving the Titanfall video games, together with strings of numbers that clever-clogs web detectives rapidly decided to be the discharge dates for the unique Titanfall, Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends expressed in Unix time.
On high of that, the teaser’s reference to “Topic: Nessie” nods to an Easter egg first seen within the Titanfall video games, the place gamers may gather plush Loch Ness Monsters. The plushies later popped up in Apex Legend’s Kings Canyon enviornment and different maps, in addition to a participant emote, sprays and weapon charms.
In different phrases, it looks like one thing’s up – with theories starting from a Titanfall map headed to Apex to, sure, the ever-requested Titanfall 3.
Apex’s newest replace ends with:
“Incoming Transmission…. Topic: Nessie….
1394521200
1477638000
1549267200″
If you happen to seek for these numbers, each depicts the discharge date of Titanfall 1, Titanfall 2, and Apex Legends in Unix time.
What the precise.. pic.twitter.com/37d8mRrJcZ
— Iniquity/Derek (@Iniqu1ty) September 14, 2023
In fact, it’s not the primary time that recommendations of a return for Titanfall have been raised within the wake of Apex Legends’ success. Simply earlier this 12 months it was reported {that a} single-player crossover between the 2 video games codenamed Titanfall Legends had been cancelled, whereas means again in 2019 Respawn CEO Vince Zampella stated that the studio wasn’t executed with Titanfall simply but.
In June, Titanfall 3 was revealed to have been within the works for near a 12 months earlier than being cancelled in order that the workforce may shift to engaged on Apex Legends. Might now be the time to return to the sequence? We’ll presumably discover out sooner or later.
Whether or not Titanfall 3 ever occurs or not, Titanfall 2 nonetheless seems to be holding sturdy, not too long ago recording its second-highest variety of concurrent gamers ever, with over 23,000 folks on-line in response to SteamDB – little doubt helped by the sport’s current value minimize on Steam. That’s greater than it had shortly after launch, and never far off its practically 28,000 peak within the spring of 2021 – a powerful feat for a recreation that’s remained largely untouched since.
