The official Titanfall website has been updated with details about the game’s upcoming expansion DLC. Titled the Titanfall Expedition Pack, the DLC will include three maps, one of which is War Games, which has been detailed in the blog post.
According to game designer who wrote the post, the new map is a virtual world where pilots compete in simulated environments of Angel City, Rise, and Airbase Sierra. It’s no less of a real environment as any other in the game, but the setting does change things up quite a bit.
Respawn’s Jason McCord writes:
When brainstorming ideas for the first Titanfall DLC map pack, the concept of a level in the training mission simulator got a lot of people excited. Designers imagined a level that was smooth, clean and abstract – a perfect place to design easy-to-read battle spaces and wallrun paths. Artists had images of differently themed areas mixed with digital artifacts and colorful lighting. The concept maintained throughout development was “parkour playground”.
The concept of a simulator level allowed for themed areas to act as the hardpoints while the buildings between are in the smooth, featureless style of the training mission rooms. The IMC start in an Airbase-style structure, complete with working Marvins and a tank repair garage. Some areas throughout the map will be “glitching out”, providing landmarks that let you that you’re fighting in a virtual simulator.
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War Games is one of our most wallrunning friendly maps with a fun visual hook and plenty of space for Titans to engage in large scale battles.
Further details about the upcoming map can be found here. As previously mentioned, War Games is among the three maps that will go on sale for $10 once it’s released in the pack.
