Get Ready for Titanfall: PC Version Can Be Preloaded Now
Titanfall can be preloaded from Origin.
Electronic Arts customers who pre-purchased Titanfall on the Origin platform can now preload the game. Users on Reddit report that the download file weighs a meaty 20 GB, and ultimately the game will take up around 50 GB of space when it's unloaded and installed.
"About playing early: We won’t stop or ban legit copies. It is prelaunch, so there may be interruptions in service as we prep servers," states Respawn's Vince Zampella on Twitter. "It is prelaunch, so there may be interruptions in service as we prep servers."
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is betting on Titanfall to help sell the Xbox One. The report cites researcher NPD Group that claims the PlayStation 4 outsold the Xbox One by at least 2 to 1 in the U.S. during January. The firm also points out that console makers typically report big monthly sales, which Sony did and Microsoft did not.
"It’s hard to overstate the importance of Titanfall to the Xbox One release this year," said Yusuf Mehdi, chief marketing and strategy officer for Microsoft’s devices and studios. "For us, it’s a game changer. It’s a system seller."
Meanwhile, EA has decided not to release Titanfall in South Africa due to bad online performance.
"After conducting recent online tests for Titanfall, we found that the performance rates in South Africa were not as high as we need to guarantee a great experience, so we have decided not to release Titanfall in South Africa at this time," the statement reads on Facebook. "We understand this is a disappointment for local fans and will keep fans posted on any future plans regarding the release of Titanfall in South Africa."
Titanfall launches for the PC and Xbox One on March 11. The Xbox 360 version will follow on March 25. The minimum system requirements for the PC version are:
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- CPU: AMD X2 @ 2.8 GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 4770 or Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
- RAM: 4 GB of RAM, 512 MB of video RAM
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
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brisa117 Systems minimums are pretty low. Surely they wouldn't just do a 360 port... right? Also, this article quotes the same line twice in the second paragraph.Reply -
bucknutty Its not just a 360 port. On highest settings this game look sick.. The beta was pretty fun, preloading, now... This thing is 50gigs!Reply -
MooseMuffin 0 chance of it being a 360 port since they offloaded responsibility for the 360 version to another studio.Reply -
nbraybrook How on earth does Crap Fall take up 50gigs? Graphics are nothing to phone home about, 15 small maps isnt alot of content and sound effects are average?? Please explain 50gigs of Titanfall?Reply -
ikyung ReplyHow on earth does Crap Fall take up 50gigs? Graphics are nothing to phone home about, 15 small maps isnt alot of content and sound effects are average?? Please explain 50gigs of Titanfall?
Heard it's Audio files taking up more then 50% of that 50Gb. Must be some uncompressed crap that isn't optimized. -
jimmysmitty Reply12837007 said:How on earth does Crap Fall take up 50gigs? Graphics are nothing to phone home about, 15 small maps isnt alot of content and sound effects are average?? Please explain 50gigs of Titanfall?
Audio these days takes up a lot especially if they use uncompressed audio.
12837086 said:Let's just admit that source engine aged pretty god.
I did not know this was using Source. That looks great. I would imagine it is on the current DoTA build of Source but yes Source has proven itself to be a very well aging engine since it is about 10 years old this year.
Too bad this requires Origin. If it was on Steam I might pick it up.
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Ponyface I played the beta and it was great, cant wait to play the full Game."Too bad this requires Origin. If it was on Steam I might pick it up"you are missing out... I play games for the enjoyment, im not going to spite myself in some sort of protest against EA. I hate them as much as the next guy, but i dont pre-order, and i dont play any of their f2p titles. if you really want EA to improve, support the games you like and boycott obes you dont. origin is not that bad anyway, in fact I think it is better than steam in some ways.Reply -
DarkSable Wait, is EA seriously building this game with Valve's engine? :PAnd ponyface, I have to strongly disagree with you on it being better than steam in some ways. Have you freaking TRIED to get it to install to someplace other than your C: drive? Until about half a year ago, it was impossible. All games installed to your C drive and if you had a SSD, you were screwed. Half of the games I have on origin still have no way of installing to an alternate path.Reply