Games By Matthew Humphries Jan. 16, 2014 10:00 am
Titanfall is an online multiplayer FPS, meaning it’s going to rely on EA’s servers running flawlessly at launch. After the disaster that was the SimCity launch, you can understand why EA and developer Respawn Entertainment would want to be cautious.
With that in mind, EA has apparently started quietly sending out invites to select gamers asking them to register their interest to play the game pre-release. The email directs you to the Titanfall website and asks you to log in using your Origin account. The registration will only work if you have received an email qualifying you to sign up. After that, EA will select players and send them codes to get the game. Testing is expected to occur on the Xbox One, although the game is also getting a release on Xbox 360 and PC.
There is some suspicion over how legitimate this offer is, with the official Titanfall Twitter account claiming no official beta information has been announced. But the correspondence seems to have come from an EA domain and the link does lead to the official Titanfall website. Apparently EA did a very similar thing just before the release of the more recent Battlefield games, too. So if it isn’t legit, then it’s unclear how exactly someone benefits from a scam that only leads to the official websites.
Offering pre-release access to a game is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it allows the developer to clear a number of bugs from the game through real-world testing and before the masses get their hands on it. However, if it turns out the game isn’t great or players complain about it openly, sales at launch could be impacted.
If the pre-release access turns out to be legitimate, and with the game set to launch on March 11, access to the Titanfall servers will need to happen in the next couple of weeks. Otherwise there won’t be enough time to do any significant testing, fix the bugs, and roll out the inevitable day one patch the game will require.
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With that in mind, EA has apparently started quietly sending out invites to select gamers asking them to register their interest to play the game pre-release. The email directs you to the Titanfall website and asks you to log in using your Origin account. The registration will only work if you have received an email qualifying you to sign up. After that, EA will select players and send them codes to get the game. Testing is expected to occur on the Xbox One, although the game is also getting a release on Xbox 360 and PC.
There is some suspicion over how legitimate this offer is, with the official Titanfall Twitter account claiming no official beta information has been announced. But the correspondence seems to have come from an EA domain and the link does lead to the official Titanfall website. Apparently EA did a very similar thing just before the release of the more recent Battlefield games, too. So if it isn’t legit, then it’s unclear how exactly someone benefits from a scam that only leads to the official websites.
Offering pre-release access to a game is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it allows the developer to clear a number of bugs from the game through real-world testing and before the masses get their hands on it. However, if it turns out the game isn’t great or players complain about it openly, sales at launch could be impacted.
If the pre-release access turns out to be legitimate, and with the game set to launch on March 11, access to the Titanfall servers will need to happen in the next couple of weeks. Otherwise there won’t be enough time to do any significant testing, fix the bugs, and roll out the inevitable day one patch the game will require.
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