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Apex Legends publisher teases Titanfall 2 sequel coming “down the road” - Dexerto

EA pivoted Respawn off a Titanfall 3 release when they bought out the Apex Legends studio, but that doesn’t mean the trilogy dream is dead just yet.

www.dexerto.com

EA may finally be eyeing a return to what has become the Apex Legends prequel, however, Dexerto heard chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen tease during the company’s recent 2020 Q1 financial conference call.

Jorgensen was actually answering a question about possibly EA acquiring start-up studios when Respawn Entertainment was brought up. EA’s CFO explained the company’s $300 million Respawn acquisition wasn’t as much about what they were working on ⁠— Titanfall 3 at the time ⁠— but rather their potential.

"We were able to bring them into the fold, and give them incredible support, and it was driven by the fact that they have incredible talent," he said. "It wasn’t about Titanfall— no offense to Titanfall. It’s an amazing game…”

Jorgensen then dropped the bombshell Titanfall fans, and Apex Legends converts, have been eager to hear: “Maybe we’ll see Titanfall sometime down the road.” He did go on to add “it was really about the team,” but his tease had already stuck.

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[Tesseract]

oh hell yeah, best shooter of the gen

'you kill me, you're better. i kill you, i'm better.'

 

[FeldMonster]

It disturbs me that Respawn is referred to as "Apex Legends publisher". They should be known for TitanFall, first and foremost, and furthermore, after repeated high quality games, they have made a name for themselves sufficiently so that they can be referred to as Respawn and everybody will know who they are.

 

[qiqiqiiq]

I need Titanfall 3 injected directly into my veins

 

[MrFunSocks]

I mean that quote pretty much says the opposite of what you took it to mean lol.

“Maybe we’ll see Titanfall sometime down the road.”

That sounds more like a "no plans any time soon for titanfall, maybe one day".

 

[Lionel Richie]

Just give me Titanfall 2 campaign again but like 10-15 hours long and I'll buy every single EA cancerous game out there.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

TF2 campaign was brilliant and fun with tight controls, movement and guns. Give me more. TF2 multiplayer and regional player selections was industry leading, the more population the better. Apex speaks for itself, fucking fantastic game.

 

[ZywyPL]

The first TF is still one of the best FPS I've ever played, brilliant MP, even better coop, all it needed was just more content. Second one brought amazing SP campaign, but the gameplay/mechanics changes made the online modes utter shit, that permanent bunny hopping was a game-breaker alone. So hopefully Respawn will learn their lessons whenever TF3 shows up.

 

[Allandor]

That's good. Great game. But just don't release it along with a Battlefield title. This did really hurt TF2 release sales.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Apex Legends publisher teases Titanfall 2 sequel coming “down the road” - Dexerto

EA pivoted Respawn off a Titanfall 3 release when they bought out the Apex Legends studio, but that doesn’t mean the trilogy dream is dead just yet.

www.dexerto.com

EA may finally be eyeing a return to what has become the Apex Legends prequel, however, Dexerto heard chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen tease during the company’s recent 2020 Q1 financial conference call.

Jorgensen was actually answering a question about possibly EA acquiring start-up studios when Respawn Entertainment was brought up. EA’s CFO explained the company’s $300 million Respawn acquisition wasn’t as much about what they were working on ⁠— Titanfall 3 at the time ⁠— but rather their potential.

"We were able to bring them into the fold, and give them incredible support, and it was driven by the fact that they have incredible talent," he said. "It wasn’t about Titanfall— no offense to Titanfall. It’s an amazing game…”

Jorgensen then dropped the bombshell Titanfall fans, and Apex Legends converts, have been eager to hear: “Maybe we’ll see Titanfall sometime down the road.” He did go on to add “it was really about the team,” but his tease had already stuck.

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What an absolute trainwreck of an article. As usual, people who didn't bother listening to the conference are misrepresenting what has been said.

Jorgensen didn't tease anything. The quote was also a bit different. Here's what he actually said in full:

Electronic Arts "More Interested Than Ever" in Acquisitions of Talented Studios

During Electronic Arts’ quarterly financial conference call, chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen talked about possible acquisitions.

twinfinite.net

Anyone who actually listened to the conference would know that he was absolutely hypothetical to explain that he wasn't dissing Titanfall when he said that they didn't buy Respawn for Titanfall but for the talent of the team because EA aims to acquire talent and not games.

I swear, the bullshit misinterpretations that come out every quarter from financial conferences are staggering. Not everything that's said is intended to be a tease.

 

[Spukc]

I keep replaying from time to time.

titanfall does something that is rare in most shooters.
The feel of the game is really really really reaaaally good. Just like destiny 2

stonk gameplay

 

[The Scrivener]

Titanfalll

 

[Elog]

Seriously best shooter over the last few years - simply amazing. Deserved much better uptake than they got.

 

[N0S]

Most overrated franchise ever.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

How are the player numbers on Xbox for TF2? Anyone know? Wouldn't mind jumping back in but not if it's dead.

 

[Kerotan]

One of the best shooters this gen. Loved the single player to bits. Off the hype of it and Apex a T3 has great potential.

Managed to do a 29 second run on the gauntlet, so bring on another!

 

[SonicBoomBoy]

How are the player numbers on Xbox for TF2? Anyone know? Wouldn't mind jumping back in but not if it's dead.

Not sure on official numbers but plenty playing attrition still.

 

[Soulja]

The campaign in the second game was amazing. Loved every minute of it.

 

[CRAIG667]

Most overrated franchise ever.

Why even come into this thread?

 

[Spaceman292]

Doesn't sound very convincing bro.

 

[MMaRsu]

Oh I hope so. If not more people should come back to TF2 multi. We hit over 10k players last month!

 

[Hudo]

I hope they'll get around Titanfall 3. Titanfall 2 is legit one of the best shooters I've played in recent years.

 

[Tesseract]

Oh I hope so. If not more people should come back to TF2 multi. We hit over 10k players last month!

yes we did, and various networks are more active than ever

good time to jump back in

 

[DonF]

Have you seen Apex?
I would love it if Apex's success made it so tf3's budget is higher.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Most overrated franchise ever.

We'll get Titanfall III before you get Metroid Prime 4.

 

[TigerKnee]

Most overrated franchise ever.

Most overrated hot take ever. What's the point of you being in this thread?

Loved both Titanfalls and it's unfortunate that the third one isn't even on their radar.

 

[N0S]

Because I had fun with both games but TF2's campaign especially gets way too much praise.

 

[MMaRsu]

Compared to what

 

[Tesseract]

We'll get Titanfall III before you get Metroid Prime 4.

now i'm terribly depressed

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Bigger/longer campaign with more chances to mess around. Local mp and bots would be nice. The format would work flawlessly in a hub-connected open map. Gimme some acrobatic Deus Ex sort of mission-solving with an emphasis on speed and attacking from surprising angles. The campaign missions are almost too easy once you figure out how to use everything efficiently. Also more time-jumping battles, please.

 

[N0S]

Compared to what

 

[MMaRsu]

Yea that makes no sense.

Tf2 is praised as one of the better sp campaigns, compared to most shooters id say thats right on the money.

 

[Rikkori]

Just loaded up Trial by Fire and god, this is such an incredible game! If you have a surround sound setup you MUST play it. Best of all, it runs so well too, got my back-up RX480 and at 4K max it can keep 60 fps pretty easily, one of the few games that actually manages to push the chip into the 110w compared to the regular 90w I usually get. Granted, I think it's using some form of DRS but the drop can't be that big because I didn't notice it at all. Superb game, all in all.

 

[Coconutt]

Yes more Titanfall please, it's so weird to me how giant robots aren't as hyped up as they should be in videogaming.

 

[ksdixon]

Don't mess with Woolie's heart like that if it isn't true.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Fuck yeah, Titanfall 2 was one of the best single player shooter campaigns in years.

 

[LarknThe4th]

In a just market, that encouraged creativity and quality we would have Titanfall 3 confirmed already

 

[Fbh]

That just sounds like corporate talk for "We have zero plans for the franchise right now but we might get back to it at some point in the future".
Titanfall 2 was too good for this world. Awesome single player campaign, awesome multiplayer with no Season Pass, and microtransactions in the form of reasonably priced cosmetic items that can be purchased directly (no RNG) with grounded designs that fit in well with the overall art direction.


If we ever see the franchise again I expect F2P multiplayer, a more cartoony artstyle, robots that now have wacky dance moves to unlock, a new focusing on a cast of "crazy" pilots (at least one of which will be a trash talking girl with a mohawk), and a metric ton of silly cosmetics to ensure you spend most games fighting robots wearing Christmas decorations and pink robots with rainbow shooting guns.

 

[The Alien]

Titanfall 1 is one of my favorite multiplayer games. Surprised still how balanced the mech vs. soldier combat was great, great game.

 

[zcaa0g]

T2 has a great single player campaign. Each new level was a breath of fresh air.