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Titanfall's Swampland map trailered, detailed in new developer blog

Titanfall's upcoming DLC pack, Expedition, adds three new maps. We've already heard all about Runoff and War Games; now get the inside scoop on Swampland.

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In a post on the Titanfall website, level designer Chris Dionne said Swampland was first prototyped in 2011 as a completely flat map punctuated by redwoods and swathed with yellow fog.

Later iterations included IMC buldings, temples and "massive Infrastructure", but Dionne found this robbed the map of its personality. During playtesting, the huge trees were found to be a lot of fun, so Dionne brought them into the centre of the map, and pushed the buildings to the outside.

"With Swampland I tried to add a unique experience to Titanfall while staying true to the original themes of the level, like overwhelming nature and its intersection with technology. This was a level born of heavy experimentation and iteration," Dionne said.

You can take a look at the evolution of the level design in the video below. Expedition is coming this month and will be $10 standalone, but is available in the $25 season pass.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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