In what appears to be sad news for Titanfall fans, the Titanfall: Frontline beta has been canceled, and the servers will go offline from Jan. 20, 2017.
The game is heading for a sad demise and the ones lucky enough to get their hands on the beta program will be left wanting for more.
Why Was It Canceled?
The reason for the beta fail many believe is due to Titanfall: Frontline being a card game. If the gameplay was different, it may have suited the genre better.
What Is Titanfall?
Titanfall is an FPS (First Player Shooter) gaming series where the player controls characters known as "pilots." In the first installment of the game, players could fight in six-versus-six matches which got held in the outer space arena. The typical setting for these battles was a war affected city or colony in space.
The game featured high-octane action with various features like wall-running and coordination of computer-generated soldiers. Multiplayer gaming is also allowed, where 50 characters can battle it out at the same time.
Titanfall: Frontline was a realtime card game, where players need to collect and place cards like Burn, Pilot and Titan to inflict maximum damage to the opponent. Several combinations can be made with these cards to cause extra damage to adversaries.
What Does The Developer Have To Say?
"We've learned an incredible amount in the beta test of Titanfall: Frontline, but in the end felt the experience wasn't ready to deliver the intense action-packed gameplay synonymous with Titanfall," stated the company's website.
This abrupt announcement comes just months after the beta test was launched. The game had entered the last stage of beta testing, when the decision of rolling down the shutters came to the forefront. The cancelation is yet another addition to Titanfall's woes.
Titanfall 2 had not matched the hype and had underperformed in sales after its 2016 launch. The sales expectations have now come down to 6 million units, from the initial target of 9 million.
What Is the Fate Of Titanfall?
Surprisingly, the failure of Titanfall: Frontline beta hasn't quite discouraged the game's developers Respawn Entertainment. In fact, the company has hinted towards finding several interesting concepts while testing Frontline and they would look to capitalize on them. This raises a good possibility of more games for PCs and smartphones on the horizon.
Titanfall: Frontline was expected to push the gaming boundaries and expand across genres. Sadly, the game is not going to be officially launched and gamers can just wait to see what the future holds for the Titanfall franchise.
It is expected that the game will revert to its first person shooter mode, but with newer innovations and unique gameplay elements involved a few surprise elements for the players may get hidden. Until then, one can just ponder over the demise of Frontline, as the developers scratch their heads over what may have wrong.
