The Apex Legends player count is proving fairly spectacular, with greater than ten million folks having dropped into King’s Canyon since its launch final week. But it’s not simply the battle royale that’s benefitting from the spike in curiosity, as Titanfall 2’s participant numbers appear to be on the rise as nicely.
A post on the game’s subreddit says that as of yesterday night, greater than 10,000 folks have been taking part in the 2016 FPS on Xbox. According to that submit, that’s increased than its managed on the platform since 2017. Those numbers are seemingly helped alongside by a fairly hefty low cost in the meanwhile, nevertheless it’s nonetheless good to see a brand new lease of life on the console.
On PC, the numbers aren’t fairly as wholesome, however there’s nonetheless been a major uptick. One Reddit consumer has been usually recording the game’s concurrent participant rely, which has risen from 1,295 on December 20, 2018 to greater than 3,400 by yesterday afternoon, with numbers rising by a number of hundred gamers daily.
Titanfall 2 is broadly praised all through the PCGN workplace, however the game’s launch was marred by an unlucky launch window. Battlefield 1, additionally printed by EA, launched only a week earlier than Respawn’s shooter, whereas Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare got here out round every week later. With two FPS juggernauts flanking it, it’s no shock that Titanfall 2 struggled, however EA repeatedly prompt it hadn’t misplaced religion within the franchise.
That religion appears to have paid off with Apex Legends, in fact, however the added curiosity in the remainder of the franchise bodes fairly nicely for its future. So nicely, infact, that Respawn says it’s working on “more Titanfall,” with a brand new entry set to launch this 12 months.
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I could also be fairly horrible at Apex Legends, however even I can recognise that the game’s motion is one of the best the battle royale style has provided up to now. Sliding down a muddy hill earlier than leaping as much as take potshots at somebody is endlessly satisfying, even when it rapidly ends in my dying. If Titanfall provides a extra fleshed-out model of that have, then perhaps it’s time I lastly checked it out as nicely.
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