“Titanfall is part of our DNA at Respawn,” the company wrote when it announced that the first Titanfall was being delisted. However, many fans have felt as if their pleas for the franchise’s future went unanswered before then and have gone unanswered since then. Titanfall had been unplayable due to hackers for quite some time, and it really has a lot of fans questioning the statement. This is especially true given the company has implied, corrected, walked back, and overall not been very direct given any possibility of Titanfall 3.
However, that doesn’t mean Respawn Entertainment isn’t busy. Not only is the company working on Apex Legends, a battle royale game set in the Titanfall universe if not a Titanfall game properly, but EA confirmed that Respawn Entertainment was working on not one, not two, but three Star Wars video games today.
Respawn Entertainment Gets Handed Star Wars
EA confirmed that Respawn was working on Star War Jedi: Fallen Order 2, although it did not name the sequel, but this is likely the company’s worst-kept Star Wars secret. The company is also developing a new first-person shooter in the Star Wars universe, which some online have taken to mean EA no longer trusts DICE. This is an extremely crude take on the circumstance, as while Battlefield 2042 is certainly disappointing, Battlefront 2 eventually became a great game because of its story, gameplay, and support. It was only ever bogged down with microtransactions to begin with.
The third Star Wars game is a strategy game, in proper development by newly-formed studio Bit Reactor with Respawn producing this game. For Star Wars game, this may prove to be a good thing. Even when EA’s Star Wars exclusivity contract expires, it’ll still be working on games in the franchise, but hopefully, increased competition results in better Star Wars games across the board. For Titanfall fans, though, it’s much worse.
Many have reacted to this news with sorrow, and it’s certainly understandable. Titanfall 3 was always a long shot, even for those who still hoped it would happen, and this news comes as the final nail in the coffin. The above reactions show how Titanfall fans have treated this news, none of which is particularly gleeful. The best scenario is funny memes that are still sad, such as a meme on how 3 isn’t a high number for Star Wars games but is apparently for Titanfall. Another uses the classic Padme meme to express disbelief.
After all, Respawn fans had all but official confirmation on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2, but the other two games are out of left field. And with Respawn diversifying its teams among these three games, as well as continued support on Apex Legends, it’s hard to see where Titanfall fits into all of this. It would be great to be wrong and to hear about Titanfall 3 in the next few years, but as it stands, this may be something fans remember as the day Star Wars killed Titanfall.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 is in development.