Titanfall Is Respawn’s Debut Game According To Leaked Image

Respawn Entertainment’s debut game is Titanfall according to a leaked copy of next month’s Game Informer magazine.

The discovery was made by NeoGAF user Cartman86, who found himself able to download the magazine’s July issue through Google Play.

Having read the cover story he confirms the game will be available on Xbox One, PC and 360, with the latter version being developed by another studio.

Cartman86 also made the following list…

– Planned to target current gen, but realized that they couldn’t run it
– Started to look into next gen and the answer they got from Microsoft intrigued them
– They said they needed to focus on fewer hardware. In the future they are open to more. They don’t specify if it would be this project or another.
– Plan to use Microsoft’s Cloud for dedicated servers and physics and AI calculations
– Spring 2014 Release Date
– In my opinion it visually looks pretty nice.
– First person shooter
– “Mech” and ground combat
– “Mech’s” are called Titans.
– They want these Titans to feel fast. They can dodge etc.
– If you don’t want to pilot the Titan you can have it follow you, killing people as it goes along.
– Player characters are called Pilots
– They are extremely agile. Can run on walls, multiple jumps.
– They can take down Titans. Jumping on them and shooting the “brain”.
– You need to be cunning as a pilot. “Hit and fade” tactics is the term the game director uses.
– Pilots come equipped with a variety of weapons. Pistol, Assault Rifle, Anti-Titan Rocket Launcher, data knife used to hack AI characters into joining you.
– There are AI enemies on the maps.
– You survive longer than in COD. Making it more welcoming to newcomers.
– Source Engine. Building new engine = too much time.
– Source gives them 60 fps
– Rewrote aspects of it for next gen
– Article talks about the process of forming the team, being fired, prototyping ideas etc. I recommend reading it.
– Going for a District 9 or Blade Runner vibe.
– Integrate memorable single player moments into a multiplayer game.
– Storytelling style will be more Left 4 Dead.
– Humans segregated between Earth and frontier planets. Corporation trying to take the resources of these frontier people.

Respawn Entertainment was founded in 2010 by Jason West and Vince Zampella who started Infinity Ward and were the creative force behind the Call of Duty franchise before their massive and very public spat with Activision.

With the game coming to Xbox One and with the game still not officially announced it’s certain to appear at next Monday’s Microsoft E3 press conference where we will likely see the first footage.

The full cover image is below…