Former Respawn Developer Sheds Light on Titanfall 3’s Cancellation and Its Connection to Apex Legends

By Carlton Murphy Last updated Jun 14, 2023

After hearing about the cancellation of Titanfall 3 on Twitter, a developer who worked on both the Titanfall games and Apex Legends spoke up. The CEO of Respawn said earlier this year that while he would “love to see” Titanfall 3, it wouldn’t happen anytime soon. The story gained popularity quickly since there has yet to be a genuine sequel to the franchise.

This was seen once more when a recent IGN tweet mentioning a story about the cancellation of Titanfall 3 went viral. In the article’s comments, one of the developers said that the game took ten months to develop before it became Apex Legends. The developer Mohammad Alavim, cited in the IGN report, commented on the situation on his own Twitter, saying that he “doesn’t understand why this blew up” before providing more information regarding Titanfall 3’s cancellation.

Mohammad Alavim, a former Respawn developer, clarifies why Titanfall 3 was canceled

The developer expressed his confusion over why the news that Titanfall 3 was shelved in favor of Apex Legends garnered so much attention despite being widely known for some time. The fact that TF3 was being developed before the team switched to Apex Legends is well known. There is no mystery as to how the Titanfall team created Apex or how TF3 development experiments led to Apex, according to Alavi’s tweets.

“To those not in the video game development industry, ten months of preproduction don’t seem like much of a product. It’s different than a game was abandoned; a less successful prototype was replaced. “I assume you feel that way because of how different TF2 felt in response to the claim that TF3 didn’t need to be substantially better than TF2. You wouldn’t get the vibe you’re looking for if TF3 was just more of the same. Leaving fans with a good recollection is preferable to disappointing them with mediocrity.

I uh… I don’t understand why this blew up. This isn’t news. It’s been public knowledge that TF3 was in development before the team pivoted to Apex Legends. It’s no mystery that the Titanfall team made Apex or that experimentation in TF3 development led to Apex. https://t.co/j0NFaATy7N
— Badmofo | Mohammad Alavi (@iambadmofo) June 14, 2023

Some Twitter users continued to respond to Mohammad by explaining that they are excited by any mention of Titanfall 3 due to their favorable experiences with Titanfall 2 and general ignorance of what a game looks like ten months into production. The likelihood that we will hear anything about Titanfall 3 decreases as the Titanfall series director moves on to work on new IP for Respawn Entertainment.