Gavin’s said before that he’s a little worried about the overall quality of the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall. The game’s porting is being done by Bluepoint games who are an excellent port factory, but they lack Xbox 360 expertise . He may have been on to something; the Xbox 360 version of the anticipated shooter has been delayed.
It’ll now be coming two weeks later than anticipated. EA announced the new on Twitter, saying that the Xbox 360 version will now be released on March 25 in the US, and March 28 here in South Africa.
“To give [developers Bluepoint] the time they need to put the finishing touches on the current-gen version of the game, we are moving the Xbox 360 ship date to March 25 in North America and March 28 in Europe,” EA’s Patrick Soderland said in a statement. “The extra two weeks will ensure the full world of Xbox gamers has an awesome experience.
So it could be a quality issue..or a sneaky ploy to get impatient people to buy Xbox Ones. Since the Xbox One is yet to release in our sunny clime, local console gamers have no recourse but to wait to play the 6v6 online multiplayer mech shooter. Those who opt for the PC version of the game will get the game on time.
Of course, release dates are the least of our Titanfall worries here in SA. The Game is running on Microsoft’s magical cloud – only there’s no Azure datacentre anywhere near us, so we’re likely to be subject to some pretty awful latency. That’s just fine and dandy for MMO’s and the like, but not exactly ideal when it comes to fast-paced shooters.
Hopefully we’ll be able to get in on the impending Titanfall PC Beta, so we can let you know just how well it plays before you spend your money on something that doesn’t work.
Last Updated: February 7, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2014 at 07:53
Hmmm. When I played Loadout the other night the servers were listed as being in US, Europe & Aus. Didn’t have any problem playing on a European server. Given how fast it moves you’d have noticed lagging very quickly. Hopefully there won’t be a problem with Titanfall.
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 07:58
Agreed. I played on the european servers and my latency was 120ms. Granted the other guys all had 10-30ms.
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 08:00
They still sucked, most of them where Russians and I have to believe that most of them probably only started gaming this year.
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 08:04
haha yeah they were all pretty shit! I was top of the table in most games. I thought I was really good, but then I played CS afterwards and realised, no they just all suck.
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 08:11
Especially that one game mode where you need to drop the blue crystals in the box. They just shot each other and when they got close to me I just ran to the other side of the map picking up health kits.
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 08:16
I was supposed to drop crystals in a box?! O_O
That would explain why I had a ridiculous amount of kills but still lost the match! hahaha
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 08:20
LOL yeah I ran into the box by mistake.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2014 at 08:22
My favourite mode is that one where players drop those little blue vials on death & you have to collect them.
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 08:25
Teamwork is of utter importance in that mode so that you deny the other players a kill.
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 09:14
That’s like Kill Confirmed in CoD, also like it alot!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 7, 2014 at 08:28
That’s what makes us better gamers 😉
Even with 10 times the ping we kick ass!
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 07:59
Same here, last night my ping was only 110 on the European server. Then again. Not a very high specked game.
Unavengedavo
February 7, 2014 at 08:07
But I though lower specks would be better… All those spots would annoy me
TiMsTeR1033
February 7, 2014 at 08:08
made a funny did you..
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 08:08
Jis you were jamming that game for hours! I wanted to join you, but the friends feature is still not working!
Hammersteyn
February 7, 2014 at 08:09
Yeah I saw that, so irritating
TiMsTeR1033
February 7, 2014 at 08:10
great so how the hell am I gonna kill you if can’t even join your game.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2014 at 08:12
I know right. How else am I supposed to drown in your blood!
TiMsTeR1033
February 7, 2014 at 08:17
I want to see your “elite” skills in action. If you are as good as I have heard and you kill me many a times, I will give you the praise you deserve.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2014 at 08:18
I’m not good, I’m lucky. 😀
At least, that’s what she said. (before any of YOU do)
RinceThis2014
February 7, 2014 at 08:50
Dmmit 😉
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 08:14
All in good time Timmeeh. Download it so long, I’m sure they are working on fixing it! Then you can attempt to kill me!
TiMsTeR1033
February 7, 2014 at 08:14
attempt se gat.. Mind you I was a pc gamer for many many years before I became a peasant.
Willem Swanepoel
February 7, 2014 at 08:00
I dont know … 120-200ms latency vs 10-20ms is a huge difference when it comes to shooters.
MMOs like WoW is fine with a 200ms latency. Games like SC2 is also good but FPS games … eerrrr no thanks.
Mossel
February 7, 2014 at 08:07
Anything up to about 200ms I can deal with, but after that it becomes unbearable. My line was in bad shape last year for some reason and CoD would spike to about 500-800ms. Horrible, just horrible.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 7, 2014 at 08:28
Punishment for playing CoD
Uberutang
February 7, 2014 at 11:12
Yeah getting 83ms ping on EU in loadout, so there might be hope…
FoxOneZA
February 7, 2014 at 08:12
There’s ever no laggy latency on FIFA and BF on my side. Console people getting worked over nothing as usual.
Umar Hyakutaro [S]
February 7, 2014 at 08:12
Isn’t Titanfall 720p on X1 ? Sies , I wouldn’t touch it with a stick 😛
I wonder how big this game is gonna be on current gen
TiMsTeR1033
February 7, 2014 at 08:13
very very small.. be prob good for a week and then people will be back to COD!
Willem Swanepoel
February 7, 2014 at 08:14
ewwwww….now I wont touch COD with a stick ;-)~
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
February 7, 2014 at 09:15
Eew! I wouldn’t touch the stick that touched COD 😀
Admiral Chief in Vegas
February 7, 2014 at 09:38
lulz
Willem Swanepoel
February 7, 2014 at 11:05
hahaha nice
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
February 7, 2014 at 09:16
I think you might be onto something. It’s going to be interesting to see if Titanfall has legs, otherwise it’ll just be a fading blip on the radar of gaming.
Rikus
February 7, 2014 at 09:56
Since it is EA and Microsoft, “a sneaky ploy to get impatient people to buy Xbox One” seems more than likely
Rags
February 7, 2014 at 10:00
Hmm, if no local servers then its pointless to buy. Will wait and see.
CAE9872
February 7, 2014 at 11:08
I am not usually one for the rumour mill but lately when it comes to MS and EA…I wouldnt be surprised unfortunately. They BOTH love them some microtransactions!!!
“What you say? Paid full price + microtxs”…”Well yes sir, that is correct – our PR people said to tell you its considered to be double-dip lucky for you…with sprinkles on top!”
All sugar coated loveliness…
PS – anyone seen the review scores for Dungeon Keeper on IOS (I think it was). Eurogamer gave it 1…that is ONE! Out of 10…apparently filled with micro-bulls…I mean micro-transactions.