Respawn Confirms Continued Work On Titanfall Franchise

Last year, Respawn Entertainment produced one of 2016's more entertaining shooters, Titanfall 2. However, it faced some hardships when Electronic Arts elected to release the long-anticipated sequel a week after its big gun for the holiday season, Battlefield 1, hit shelves. And that put the development team in quite a quandary.

However, it all seemed to work out in the end, as the game managed to thrive anyway, even though the sales numbers were not as big as expected. Vince Zampella, one of the co-founders of Respawn, recently sat down with Gamespot to discuss the game's success, as well as confirm that it'll be producing more Titanfall in the future. That's doesn't necessarily mean Titanfall 3 is on the way, though – not yet.

Zampella explained the game's bumpy sales ride since its release last year. "The game was successful, it sold well, but it didn't quite sell as well as it should have," he noted. "Maybe because it was super crowded, the pricing was aggressive – it was a rough window to launch our game. But we've got a really great fan base. There's not really much negativity or acidity compared to other communities, so I'm very thankful for that. It's important for us to keep the franchise going. 'We're doing more Titanfall,' which is the quote I'm supposed to say.

"We have our franchise creative director, who's in charge of safeguarding the franchise in multiple formats and making sure it continues to grow. There's some other things we're doing that haven't been announced just yet, but we're heavily invested in the Titanfall universe."

Don't expect that much more new content for Titanfall 2 after the Ultimate Edition drops, though. "Probably not," said Zampella. "We want to work on new stuff."

That said, Titanfall 2 has succeeded with its business model, featuring the core game and all its downloadable content being offered for free. And it's likely to do just as well with Star Wars: Battlefront II when it arrives later this month. Hopefully, EA will stick with it and give players exactly what they want.

Titanfall 2 is available now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Origin PC.