You might remember Titanfall as the highly anticipated first-person shooter that was super-popular for about 10 minutes last year. It’s not gone by any means, though, and the developers are looking to get into the mobile gaming space in 2016. A Titanfall spinoff is planned for next year, but it’s probably going to be a freemium game with lots of microtransactions.
Titanfall is an all-online arena-based first-person shooter with a sci-fi twist. In addition to running around with a gun to take out the other team, you can also call down heavy support mechs called Titans to pilot around the map. These heavily armed behemoths can turn the tide of battle and are really what made Titanfallspecial. The Titan gameplay was a bit slower, which could make more sense on a mobile device. Twitch-based FPS games are hard to pull off on phones and tablets.
Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is working with game developer Nexon, which is known for free-to-play titles likeMapleStory and Legion of Heroes. Respawn has been vague about what sort of gameplay we can expect from the mobile Titanfallspin-offs, but based on job listings, they will include PvP gameplay, social integration, and guilds.
This wouldn’t be the first time a complex mobile game was adapted for a mobile device. Batman Arkham Origins is a sprawling open world experience on consoles and PC, but the mobile version is a vastly simplified swipe-based fighter. Some attempts to bring full shooters to mobile devices have been messy, like 2K Games’ port ofBioshock to iOS. It eventually had to pull the game due to compatibility issues.
More details are expected as we get closer to the release. Even if you’re not a fan of free-to-play games, they’re hugely popular and could attract people to Titanfall that would never touch the full version on a console or PC.
SOURCE: GEEK
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