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Titanfall Developer Respawn Has Canceled Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Game

Titanfall and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has reportedly canceled an unannounced multiplayer FPS after a year in development.

thegamepost.com

Respawn Entertainment Unannounced FPS Game Reportedly Canceled?​

This information comes from Emilee Evans, a former Executive Assistant/Production Coordinator at Respawn, who shared the news on LinkedIn. Evans revealed that she had been working on the project for the past year, only to see it get shut down.

While the project was never officially announced, Respawn had been hiring for an “Incubation Team” for the past few years, specifically looking for developers with experience in multiplayer shooters. Many believed this was tied to a brand-new IP.

In her LinkedIn post, Evans wrote:

“The unannounced incubation project I was a part of for the past year was canceled this week, so I am joining the group of extremely talented and kind people in the games industry searching for a new role.”

 

[LectureMaster]

So it's a rather new project started last year? Hopefully this won't result in layoffs.

They really need to pump out Titanfall 3 with an equally stellar campaign. People have craved it for years.

 

[Danknugz]

can almost guarantee it would have sucked anyway

 

[jmiller180]

Probably saw what happened to Concord and said "no thanks"

 

[Rentahamster]

But I haven't even seen it yet!

 

[BigBeauford]

If Vince Zampella wasn't attached then I really couldn't give a shit.

 

[viveks86]

Incubation project? Sounds like it didn’t even get greenlit for production. This stuff probably happens at every company year round.

 

[Gaiff]

Why do they call them Titanfall developers when they made the much more successful Jedi series and Apex Legends?

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Not Unannounced Multiplayer FPS Game!!! Shit such high hopes!

 

[Clear]

Projects get cancelled all the time guys. Its not fucking "news" if a project -particularly a new IP or approach- doesn't make it.

Its really starting to get on my tits the way that, in essence, business as usual - is being presented as catastrophe every time somebody leaks something.

 

[Saber]

Hopefully those big questionable projects like Concord made them think "maybe these are not the best ideas for projects". Probably cheesy trend seekers and nothing more.

 

[HJuggernaut]

Was this Titanfall 3? I'm going to cry..

 

[CamHostage]

Projects get cancelled all the time guys. Its not fucking "news" if a project -particularly a new IP or approach- doesn't make it.

Its really starting to get on my tits the way that, in essence, business as usual - is being presented as catastrophe every time somebody leaks something.

Eh, no, it's not incredibly remarkable "news", per se. Projects fail to greenlight or pass a milestone before announcement like this all the time.

It is still of interest, however, that a renown studio with experience in this genre (and one that hasn't done something new in it since their GAAS took off) canceled a new project and then laid off staffers because of the failed go-ahead.

In the old days, we wouldn't have heard about it because it would have been one of a half-dozen pilot/pitch projects cooked up at a studio in the downtime between projects or at the b-team/striketeam outside of main production, and that staff would have just moved on from the bummer of rejection to do something else. However, conditions now are taut. If the developer of Titanfall and Apex can't book a MP pitch and it has so little runway because of one project failing in incubation that they have to cut staff, that says something about the market.

...I agree, it's maybe not "news" what it's saying about the market, but only because we've seen similar bad news over and over.

 

[TheKratos]

Probably saw what happened to Concord and said "no thanks"

They have Apex already.

 

[sharp weiner]

Was this Titanfall 3? I'm going to cry..

Was thinking the same thing

 

[Unknown Soldier]

"Hey guys, we can keep printing money with Apex Legends or we can take a big risk on some new title"

"I dunno, let's just keep printing money"

 

[kunonabi]

What a shame since there are so few first person games being made these days.

 

[Dorfdad]

So it's a rather new project started last year? Hopefully this won't result in layoffs.

They really need to pump out Titanfall 3 with an equally stellar campaign. People have craved it for years.

Have a feeling this was what was cancelled!

 

[near]

I hope this wasn't Steve Fukuda's game.

 

[ZehDon]

Please tell me they didn't just cancel Titanfall 3...

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Respawn should just rename themselves The Apex Factory as it's clear that's the only thing they care about.

 

[BigBeauford]

Reports are it's not Titanfall. Glad for that as I have no confidence anyone else could do that franchise justice without Vince.

 

[Solarstrike]

So a Titanfall MMO is out of the question? Let's hope not!

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

where is the Titanfall 1 remaster, cowards

 

[Fake]

Concord is openning eyes.

 

[ManaByte]