Earlier today Vince Zampella, founder of Respawn Entertainment, took to Twitter to answer a question about the player count for Titanfall. The fan asked Zampella to reveal what the player count would be to which he responded that Titanfall will support a maximum of six players on each team. He states this is to compensate for the AI soldiers featured in certain gamemodes. Players hoping for large Titan battles will have to settle for smaller matches.

@MrClutch514 @Respawn 6v6 is max player count. Turned out to be the best balance with ai for us. — Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) January 8, 2014

Update: Respawn employee gives insight on 6v6 for Titanfall via NeoGAF

Lots of armchair game designing going on in here. I’d suggest playing before judging a something as insignificant as a number in a vacuum. Vince is right – we tried a huge amount of playercounts (all the way down to 1v1 and up quite high) and designed the maps, gameplay mechanics, and entire experience around which played best. If anyone wants to chase the numbers game, perhaps we’re not the experience they’re after? I dunno. And FYI, for amount of stuff happening at once in a map you’ll be hard pressed to find a game that keeps the action higher. I literally have to stop playing every few rounds because my heart just can’t take it some times. Remember, you can get out of your Titan and let it roam on AI mode – meaning there can be 12 Pilots wallrunning around, 12 Titans stomping below, and dozens of AI doing their thing. Oh, and I keep seeing people thinking we’ve got “bots” when we talk about AI. Thats not how they are. The AI in Titanfall are not replacements for human players. Our playercount is not 6v6 because of AI – AI play their own role in the game and are a different class of character in the game. Can’t wait! Only a couple months until speculative threads like this are gone and people are actually talking about their experiences with the game. Its truly fun stuff, and I hope everyone at least gives it a try.

Previously at events, Titanfall matches were played in a 6v6 setting, and this is the first confirmation that this will be the max player count come March. What do you think about this news? Discuss it on our forums!