Titanfall 3 var under udvikling i 10 måneder før det blev lukket ned

Titanfall-serien var et massivt hit fra start af, og selvom at Titanfall 2 ikke hentede de salgstal øjeblikkeligt som udgiver EA ønskede, så var der ingen tvivl om at IP'en var stærk. Men alligevel valgte EA, og Respawn, at fortsætte med Apex Legends, og efterlade Titanfall tilbage. Men det betyder ikke at Titanfall 3 ikke var under udvikling på et tidspunkt.

Insider Gaming har talt med tidligere Respawn-udvikler Mohammad Alavi, som siger at han arbejdede på Titanfall 3 i 10 måneder før projektet i sidste ende fik dødsstødet.

"You want to hear a crazy cut story? Titanfall 3... Titanfall 2, y'know, came out, did what it did, and we were like, "Okay, we're gonna make Titanfall 3," and we worked on Titanfall 3 for... ten months, right? In earnest, right? I mean, we had, like, new tech for it, we had multiple missions going, we had a first playable, which was like, on par to be just as good if not better than whatever we had before, right? But I'll make this clear—incrementally better, it wasn't revolutionary. And that's the kicker, right?"

Sjovt nok siger Alavi, at det var holdet selv der bestemte sig for at de hellere ville lave Apex Legends, og droppede Titanfall 3 til fordel for det projekt:

"And at the time, I had just literally become [the] narrative lead designer on Titanfall 3, I had just pitched the... story, the whole game, that me and Manny had come up with, made this big presentation and then we went off a break and went back from break, and we talked about it, and we were like, "Yeah, we need to pivot. And we need to go make this game." 'Cause we literally canceled Titanfall 3 ourselves 'cause we were like, "We can make this game, and it's going to be Titanfall 2 plus a little bit better, or we can make this thing, which is clearly amazing." And don't get me wrong, I will always miss having another Titanfall, y'know what I mean? I love that game, Titanfall 2, like I said, is my most crowing achievement, but it was the right call. That is a crazy cut. Such a crazy cut that EA didn't even know about it for another six months!"