The DeanBeat: Why gamers are lucky they got to play Titanfall

I am delighted that Titanfall has debuted so early in the cycle of the Xbox One video game console. It is a polished sci-fi first-person shooter multiplayer game that makes it a thrill to plod around in a giant robot and destroy the puny little humans around you — or to be one of those puny humans and bring down a Titan. It was the No. 1 game in the U.S. during its debut month in March, even though it was available only on the Xbox One and Windows PCs.

The game is a refreshing and innovative addition to the multi-billion-dollar first-person shooter genre. And yet, I’m surprised that the game was made at all, even though it was created by the fathers of Call of Duty, one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time. In less than three years, Respawn Entertainment created something that was as impressive to fans as games that were in production for twice that long.