14 DAY TRIAL // Those who pre-purchased digital copies of Titanfall for the PC or Xbox One platforms can now check out an official and quite precise release schedule, showing them when their downloaded copies will be unlocked.
Titanfall is finally rolling out this week for the PC and Xbox One platforms and, in order to maximize their play time, plenty of gamers have decided to pre-purchase and preload the game's digital edition from either Origin on PC or Xbox Live Marketplace on the Xbox One.
Unfortunately, neither of those online services offers actual dates for when the game will be unlocked and available for playing, meaning players can preload their digital copies but have no exact info about when they can start playing.
Respawn has decided to clear things up and provided on its official website a precise release and unlock schedule for territories like North America, as well as countries like Australia and New Zealand, not to mention regions of Europe.
Check out the official listing below.
Xbox One: (Local Market Start Date / Time) United States: 3/11/14 – 12:00 AM PDT Canada: 3/11/14 – 12:00 AM PDT Mexico: 3/11/14 – 12:00 AM PST Brazil: 3/11/14 – 4:00 AM BRT Austria: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM CET France: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM CET Germany: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM CET Ireland: 3/14/14 – 12:00 AM GMT Italy: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM CET Spain: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM CET United Kingdom: 3/14/14 – 12:00 AM GMT Australia: 3/13/14 – 12:00 AM AEDT New Zealand: 3/14/14 – 12:00 AM NZDT
Origin PC: (Local Market Start Date / Time) Central Asia: (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand) 3/11 12:00 KST North America (United States, Mexico, Canada, Brazil) 3/11 12:00 AM EST Russia: 3/11 11:00 MSK Australia: 3/12 13:00 UTC Japan: 3/12 15:00 UTC Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): 3/12 23:00 UTC New Zealand: 3/13 12:00 UTC India: 3/13 18:30 UTC United Kingdom: 3/13 23:00 UTC Ireland: 3/13 23:00 UTC Portugal: 3/13 23:00 UTC
Once again, it seems that Titanfall publisher Electronic Arts is sticking to a staggered release schedule. While this is certainly due to the traditional rules of video game distribution, it might also have something to do with the fact that Titanfall is just a multiplayer experience.
As such, both EA and Respawn want to make sure that millions of fans don't rush into the first-person shooter at once and possibly cause problems with the Microsoft Azure cloud system that's powering the whole experience.
Already some problems have been reported, but Respawn is working on solutions and has already deployed a server update in order to ensure fans have the smoothest experience possible with the online shooter.