Some Microsoft-run beta servers for the multiplayer-only, always-online game Titanfall have been down (or not working in some way) for at least three hours and counting on this, the first day of widespread access
pp slot to the beta for the much-anticipated marquee next-gen first-person shooter. This, perhaps, is what betas are for!(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); We don’t know how many servers are down, but Kotaku readers, two editors and many people online are all reporting that attempts to log in to the game are leading to the following screen: This has put plenty of people excited about playing the much-ballyhooed game on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. They’ve gone from excitedly redeeming beta codes to staring at screens that aren’t letting them play. They might care less if, by many accounts including ours, playing Titanfall wasn’t so damn entertaining. The game takes Call of Duty-style first-person shooter combat and adds agile robot suits called Titans, parkour and lots of AI-controlled minions to create an impressive, fun multiplayer experience.
https://kotaku.com/watch-us-play-titanfall-live-right-here-1522301564 The game’s beta worked smoothly on Thursday when access was limited mostly to press and people close to the game’s creators. The beta was opened to many more gamers today. The problem today seems to be that the game can’t create new servers to let more players in. “Some of our Beta servers are
currently offline and our team
super slot is working with Microsoft to resolve,” one of the game’s community managers wrote online earlier today. “Stay tuned for updates.” It’s actually unclear if the problem is that servers are down or if it’s that the game can’t create new servers.
While Titanfall is developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by EA, it’s neither the ex-Call of Duty creators nor the Battlefield company who are responsible for the game’s servers. Microsoft, who have Titanfall exclusive to the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC are handling the servers. The company’s online infrastructure tends to be pretty
n98 good, but something has gone awry today.
The official Titanfall Twitter account and top people at Respawn have been doing their best to keep people updated: Microsoft is still working to resolve the connectivity issues to the Beta servers. Stay current here: http://t.co/0EWL08ImYB #Titanfall — Titanfall (@Titanfallgame) February 15, 2014 https://twitter.com/embed/status/434441640141287424 https://twitter.com/embed/status/434443447349432320 @JGDWani Can't create new servers at the moment, being worked on. Any servers that are still going are fine — Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) February 14, 2014 We’ve asked EA and Microsoft for any more information they can share about the nature of the problem, an estimated time for a fix and whether this will result in an extension of the beta, which is currently planned to end on Wednesday, February 19.
UPDATE: A rep for Xbox directed us to this Tweet from the head of Xbox support Xbox Live’s operations manager: https://twitter.com/embed/status/434447422823989248 UPDATE
2, 11:31PM: It sounds like a fix might be close. Presumably referring to Microsoft based on the writing of this Tweet, EA says: “Update: Our team is working to ramp up servers for both Xbox One and PC. While many users will still have server connection issues we’re working to get connectivity back to normal ASAP. We will continue to post updates until the service is back to 100%.” END UPDATE It’s been popular in recent years for companies to release betas of major games, especially significant shooters, shortly before release. Those betas have, at times, seemed like marketing ploys. But if any beta, including this one, can expose problems in a game’s online infrastructure before the game actually comes out, that’ll lead to good results. Hopefully that’s happening here.
Titanfall will launch on Xbox One and PC on March 11 and will be out
two weeks later on Xbox 360. The game is so important to Microsoft that the company is issuing an Xbox One system update in early March toimprove aspects of the console’s multiplayer infrastructure To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @stephentotilo.