Reports have come in stating that Beta invites for Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming shooter Titanfall have been apparently dished out to a select few today. What’s more, there are conflicting arguments as to the invites’ authenticity, with one side believing them to be legitimate, one side believing it’s a scam, and another raising a finger and asking why Beta invites are being distributed when the game is hurtling towards its release in March.
However, though they were initially perceived to be a scam, the invites are seemingly becoming less like a scam and more like an actual thing, since there are multiple sources that back up their legitimacy. The earliest mention of these exclusive invites comes from a NeoGAF post from this morning (4:35am GMT), which contained photographic evidence of an invite that was emailed to the Original Poster, who themselves believed it might be a fake.
“Congratulations,” the supposed invite email began, “you have been selected to take part in an exclusive trial for an upcoming EA title on Microsoft’s Xbox One.” The invite then directed towards a big “Register Here” button near the bottom of the email, which allegedly takes you to an Alpha application page for Titanfall , where a notification title asks for an Origin account in order to apply.
The process does seem pretty legitimate, since after registering your Origin details you will then be presented with the Terms and Conditions and some addition information upon registering, as presented by Official Xbox Magazine . There are even tweets (which have now since been deleted, according to Computer and Video Games ) from the official Xbox Support Twitter account acknowledging that invites have been sent out, and the domain name used to distribute the invites–[email protected]–has allegedly been used in the past for dishing out trial invites.
@ChrisLikesDinos Hi there. We would suggest reaching out to EA support to be certain that your particular invite is legitimate. (cont.) ^AD
— Xbox Support (1-5) (@XboxSupport) January 16, 2014
@ChrisLikesDinos …Though we are aware of some alpha invites being sent today for Titanfall. ^AD
— Xbox Support (1-5) (@XboxSupport) January 16, 2014
However, the official Titanfall Twitter account states that it has not announced any official beta information. Upon saying that though, according to the OP of the NeoGAF post , EA’s customer support confirmed to the NeoGAF user that “there will be selected players” who will receive emails inviting them to participate in Titanfall’s Beta (or Alpha). When flat out asked if the invites were legitimate, the answer was a definite, “yes.”
So, it is currently unclear whether the invites actually are the real thing. More to the point, I’m curious as to why the invites are bringing the invited to register for an Alpha test of Titanfall . Since the game’s dropping in march, how the title can still be in Alpha? With conflicting statements (albeit with one leaning more towards the legitimacy end of things) about the subject, I would suggest to play it safe for now and wait until a formal announcement has been made on the matter.
Titanfall is slated to drop on March 11 this year in the US, with EU and Australian releases coming on March 13, and then in the UK and New Zealand the day after on March 14. The game will be coming Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.