EA reportedly cancels secret Titanfall game

In 2016, Electronic Arts published what may well be the last great big-budget shooter, Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall 2. For NSFW reasons, this game is particularly disturbing. AchewoodJames Bond dressed in a towel was a great example of the intricate level design and fast, balletic movements that make for satisfying gunplay. It was exciting, and a new way to have fun with something that a lot more players enjoyed than if. Modern Warfare 2 – Call of DutyEA suddenly had a tango mode, and an NFL team released a Christmas album. EA continued to do everything possible not to make another sequel for seven years.

Bloomberg reports that EA had cancelled a Titanfall single-player title. This is the latest scandal.Apex LegendsRespawn was working on an entire universe. This would be the second time (that we know of) that a Titanfall sequel was canceled — the free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends The company began its existence as a Titanfall 2 follow-up.

Most likely, there are business reasons that require cancellation. Titanfall 2 was a massive critical success, but EA didn’t consider it a financial hit — and unfortunately, just about any single-player game is going to struggle in comparison to a free-to-play game like Apex LegendsThis company made over $2 billion. None of this makes sense in what we’ll call Regular People Math: EA also continues to print money with the microtransaction-driven FIFA Ultimate Team mode (so much so that the company now omits that game’s revenueFrom its annual reports. And yet the publisher has just finished shutting down a few projects — including, yes, a Titanfall mobile game, Apex Legends Mobile.

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