Xbox One and PC players have had more than a month to enjoy Titanfall's first DLC, Expedition, but as of today, now Xbox 360 owners can get in on the action too.
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Titanfall players who get their game on with the Xbox 360 now have the chance to try their hand at Expedition's three new maps: Swampland, Runoff, and War Games. Official details and descriptions for the maps follow.
* Runoff - consisting of three different levels to keep players on their toes, Runoff keeps titans in the canals, while pilots can rise above on building tops, connected with billboards and sky bridges.
* War Games - a Matrix styled simulation that's wall runner's haven, this map is all for pilots, barely allowing the bulky mechs to fit through. But this "parkour playground" comes as a trade-off, as pilots are for the most part without cover, and will be forced to keep moving to avoid enemy fire.
* Swampland - a lush jungle's floor is just as dangerous as the treetop canopies, which provides crackshots with an excellent aerial view, all while the jungle fog provides snipers with some halfway decent cover. Even if you're no sniper, you can make like a monkey through the treetops and even dangle from the limbs, making yourself a hard target, Van Damme style.
The release came as something of a surprise, as developer Respawn Entertainment only announced the DLC's release date on the official Titanfall site yesterday.
Season Pass holders get access to the DLC at no additional cost, as well as all upcoming DLC content. The pass is available for $24.99 if you wanna save a few bucks. For everyone else, Expedition runs $10.
Alongside the DLC, players also have access to Update #3 on all platforms, which Respawn recently detailed. You can check out the patch notes below:
NEW FEATURES (All Platforms)
* Custom load-out names - You can now name your custom loadouts for both your Pilot and your Titan.
* 2 dedicated Custom Loadouts per game mode - Each of these 2 loadouts become unlocked after playing the game mode 5 and 10 times respectively. These loadouts are only available in the game mode they are listed under. In a Private Lobby, all game mode loadouts can be customized. In a match lobby you can only customize the loadouts for the game mode about to be played.
Last Game Summary improvements:
* Now shows the last game's scoreboard so you can view it from the lobby after the match.
* Now allows you to filter which challenges are displayed. You can toggle between "Most Progress Made" which was the original behavior, "Completed", or "Almost Complete"
* Challenges in the last game summary screen now show the reward the challenge will give when highlighted.
* Custom Private Match Settings (Beta) - We've added the first round of Custom Match Settings to the * Private Match mode, so you can tweak the games you set up for friends and tournaments. More are coming and feedback is welcome. Options include: Score Limit, Time Limit, AI Lethality, AI Types, Pilot Health, Pilot Ammo, Titan First Build Time, Titan Rebuild Time, Titan Shield Capacity, Minimap, Respawn Delay, Extra Look Drift Guard, Level Stats, Campaign MP, Regen Challenges, Amped Weapon pickup distinction, and Scoreboard Icons
NEW FEATURES (PC)
* Extreme frame-rate support - The game now supports refresh-rates up to 144fps.
* Audio Installer - The audio file installation step is much faster. No more long wait times.
* Scoreboard Controls - Added bindings to mute players from the in-game scoreboard. Defaults: Page Up / Page Down to select, Delete to toggle mute, Enter to view profile.
NEW FEATURES (Xbox One)
* New chat icon - Added an icon to the scoreboard and lobby screens to show when a player is in Xbox party chat and therefore not part of the game voice chat.
GAME BALANCE CHANGES
* Match win/loss credit - Players are now rewarded win/loss credit at the moment of Victory/Defeat, rather than after the post-game scoreboard period. You also now receive a loss if you leave a match before a winner is determined. Previously you received neither a win nor a loss if you quit before the post-game scoreboard.
* Normal Eject - Damage and area of effect has been decreased. Previously, a normal Titan eject caused damage over an unintentionally large area of effect, slightly larger than the circle outlining the statue in Corporate. This has been reduced, and the damage has been reduced as well. This brings the effect in-line with the ejection visual FX. The original intent of the eject explosion damage was to reward an ejecting pilot for accurately anticipating or baiting an enemy Titan into an execution attempt, but the size of the explosion made this too easy.
* Nuclear Eject - Now does more damage against Titans. Previously an Atlas with full health could survive a close range Nuclear Ejection. Given the long "tell" that Nuclear Eject has, we decided it is appropriate for it to decimate Titans that are within the blast radius.
* Build time - Shooting enemy mega turrets or evacuation drop-ships now rewards you with Titan Build Time or Titan Core Charge Time. You do not get build time for the regular drop ships because they do not hover long enough to make destroying them a reasonable or gameplay-meaningful player objective.
* Dome shield - You can no longer knock a Titan out of its dome shield with Titan melee. No longer tries to do damage to other Titans if they are in their own dome shield. Previously there were circumstances where this could result in a Titan unintentionally taking damage.
Now protects Titans against nearby Titanfall splash damage.
* Emp effects - No longer mess up your screen while you are inside dome shield.
* MVP - Killing the other team's MVP now gets you 25 points.
* CTF Assist points - Players are now awarded Capture the Flag assist points. If you help carry a flag back to base you will receive 100 points as long as the flag was never returned by the other team between you possessing it and your teammate capturing it.
* CTF Titan Adjustment - The ability to embark into your Titan with the flag has been removed. You will now need to utilize teamwork and can ride on a teammates Titan with the flag.
* Titanfalls - Disabled Titanfall near the evacuation location and stopped Titanfall from doing damage to the drop-ship. Dropping your Titan on the evacuation ship was not an intended behavior.
BUG FIXES (All Platforms)
* Improved next game map and mode selection, so the chance of replaying the same map or mode as the last game should be very rare.
* Fixed NPCs not cycling between locations while defending Hardpoints in Hardpoint Domination.
* Fixed Bish / Blisk erroneously broadcasting the capture status of a Hardpoint to players that were out of range.
* Fixed an audio issue where notification dialogue from the Player's Titan might unintentionally be cut short or fail to play.
* Reduced accidental pilot ability activations from pressing 'A' to respawn when using the "Bumper Jumper" controller config.
* Fixed case where a pilot is rodeoing a Titan, and the Titan pilot ejects and collides with the rodeo'er, resulting in one or both pilots falling abruptly to the ground.
* Fixed unintentional death that resulted from ejecting out of an out of bounds trigger.
* Fixed case where Titan firing weapon while auto-ejecting will cause cloak to cancel.
* Fixed cases where a rodeo'ing player or ejecting Titan pilot can become stuck in a solid object.
* Fixed case in Rise where your Titan would teleport inside a building after you embark.
* Fixed places where a Titan could be unintentionally dropped.
* The Kill Card (the information about what killed you or your Titan) now shows up if you have Auto Eject. Previously it did not.
* Arc Cannon rumble will no longer continue if you disembark while charging the weapon.
* Arc Cannon idle effects will now properly play in all circumstances.
* Pilot weapons will no longer disappear inside the Evacuation drop-ship.
* Fixed a bug where the count on score splashes could be incorrect if the same event had different XP values.
* Kill Cards will now always display the attacker's remaining health. It previously could be pushed off by excessively long names.
* Improved the sounds associated with Electric Smoke to increase awareness for the attacker and victims.
* The Titan VO will no longer incorrectly say you're outnumbered when allies are nearby.
* The missile from the Amped Archer will now play proper whiz-by and impact sounds.
* Improved the sound when Auto-Titans use the XO-16 with the accelerator mod.
* Fixed several crashes.
* Fixed burn cards being awarded during private match. This was not the intended behavior.
* Fixed some weapon and mod names not displaying properly in the weapons menu.
* Fixed private match showing XP after a match even though no XP was earned.
* Grenades will now drop if you're killed before throwing them.
* Fixed a case where AI could be briefly frozen in place.
* Fixed case of multiple Titan drops happening on the same spot at the same time.
* Further reduced the bandwidth used when connecting to a server, for improved load times.
* Improved the view-kick effect when firing the B3 Wingman. Damage and behavior have not changed.
* When you are killed by a Titan execution, you will now be treated to a kill replay that begins about 5 seconds earlier than it previously did, which helps you better understand what were the circumstances of your death.
BUG FIXES (PC)
* Fixed an issue where the "Emitter Limit" audio option was not being saved.
* The "Master Volume" slider no longer affects voice chat volume so they can now be tuned separately.
BUG FIXES (Xbox One)
* Players will no longer have a microphone icon if they do not have a headset plugged in.
Check out a commercial for Titanfall's Expedition DLC below, showing a nice peek at each of the three new maps.
