NEWS: Titanfall's Installation Differences Explained

Publisher Respawn Entertainment has given reasons why the PC version requires much more disc space as opposed to the Xbox One release.

Following the noticeable differences between the Xbox One and PC versions of Titanfall in terms of how much more disc space is needed during the installation, publishers of the game Respawn has spoke with Eurogamer to explain the reasons why the gap is so dramatic.

Xbox One users are required to use up 17GB of space, whilst those playing on PC need to use up a gigantic 49GB of space. It turns out the primary reason is due to audio of all things - lead engineer for Repsawn, Richard Baker, explains:

"We have audio we either download or install from the disc, then we uncompress it. We probably could have had audio decompress off disc but we were a little worried about min spec and the fact that a two-core machine would dedicate a huge chunk of one core to just decompressing audio."

"On a higher PC it wouldn't be an issue. On a medium or moderate PC, it wouldn't be an issue, it's that on a two-core [machine] with where our min spec is, we couldn't dedicate those resources to audio."

Titanfall was released today in North America on Xbox One and PC, whilst Europe has been given a release date of March 13, and will eventually hit shelves March 14 in the UK. The Xbox 360 version will be available March 25 in North America and March 28 throughout Europe.

NEWS: More Final Fantasy PC Ports Possible

Square Enix has discussed the possibility of more Final Fantasy games being brought to PC.

Speaking with Eurogamer, Square Enix - more specifically series producer Yoshinori Kitase, talked about the potential he sees in the PC market, and how Final Fantasy could become more available to PC gamers.

Kitase reminds readers that the trio of Final Fantasy XIII games were originally "at the early stages of development" for PC releases, going on to give the reasons this never happened - "we looked at the market situation and we didn't think it would be a good idea, and also it would have involved lots of complex issues like security."

However, Kitase goes on to discuss how the company now sees real potential in the PC market, saying "in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world and to as many gamers as possible, yes, we would definitely be interested in pursuing that route in the future."

Square Enix's most recent Final Fantasy released on PC include the Steam versions of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII, complete with achievements. Also available are the MMORPG's Final Fantasy XI and the more recent Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.