Respawn Entertainment has split into two development teams, and one of them is working on something not related to Titanfall

"There is a second team. Non-Titanfall related... The Titanfall team still exists as a fully functional team...We have another team in pre-production that's smaller, just starting up. But it's a much smaller group at this point."

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Titanfall is "closing in" on 8 million unique players.

Zampella would "consider" making a free-to-play game, but he says that's not Titanfall's direction right now. He wants to maintain Titanfall's AAA brand "for the short term."

Future Respawn games may appear on Steam. When asked about possibly putting Titanfall on Steam, Zampella said, in regard to not having the game on Steam on day one, "...I think we should not make that same decision again."

The news comes from a Game Informer interview with Vince Zampella, Respawn's CEO. When asked about a second team, he responded briefly but clearly, saying:Earlier this year, Respawn hired Stig Asmussen , who formerly headed development on God of War 3 at Sony Santa Monica. When he was hired in June, Respawn said Asmussen would not work on Titanfall.The interview yielded a few other bits about the future of Respawn and Titanfall.Zampella added that 2015 will be a quiet year for Respawn because the team will be "heads down, back to work."

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