Titanfall fans have been through a lot. The servers for the two games been repeatedly hacked over the years, rendering them nearly unplayable. Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have also let the series sit untouched since 2016’s Titanfall 2 and as the two parties favor creating more content for Apex Legends. Respawn has put out a statement directly to Titanfall fans, explaining that the first game will be pulled from storefronts and subscription services. However, the update came with a drop of good news as the studio also said the “incredible universe will continue.”
A note about Titanfall. pic.twitter.com/Ew232HkUIo
— Respawn (@Respawn) December 1, 2021
Respawn put out the note on its Twitter account. The note explains how much the series means to the team before it then says that the original Titanfall will be pulled from online storefronts today and from EA Play on March 1, 2022. The servers will stay online so it will theoretically playable for the foreseeable future. Titanfall 2 was not mentioned and is, for now, safe from any server shutdowns or delistings.
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The next paragraph talked more about the future of the series. Respawn didn’t commit to a sequel, but strongly implied that something related to Titanfall was coming.
“Rest assured, Titanfall is core to Respawn’s DNA and this incredible universe will continue. Today in Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends, and in the future. This franchise is a north star for the caliber of experiences we will continue to create here at Respawn.”
This news comes after Jason Garza, Respawn’s community manager, shot down reports of Titanfall 3. In a livestream, he stated that there was “nothing in the works.”
“We don’t have anything in [the] works,” he said. “There’s nothing. There’s nothing there. We’ve got too many other games in the works right now.”
The studio then tweeted soon after that Titanfall was at the “very core” of its DNA and left the tweet on a ponderous question wondering what the future would hold.
While old games get taken off storefronts, this specific delisting likely has to do with the rampant hacking that has infected Respawn’s games, particularly the first Titanfall. Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends have also seen their share of hacking and cyber attacks, but given how the former still has a highly acclaimed single-player campaign and the latter is still ongoing and playable for the most part, cutting off an older, multiplayer-focused title with sketchy online capabilities probably made it an easy target to delist.
