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Titanfall 2 hands-on: How grappling hooks let you close in on a Titan

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Electronic Arts debuted Titanfall 2 with great fanfare on Sunday at its big press event. It had a thundering trailer and a rousing pitch from Vince Zampella, head of Respawn Entertainment.

Just after the EA Play press conference was over, I was able to get a hands-on play session with Titanfall 2. I played just one session on the PlayStation 4 (which is new this time around), but it gave me a taste of what is coming on October 28 for the PS4, Xbox One, and the PC.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.