Respawn Entertainment‘s battle royale Apex Legends was taken offline by hackers on July 4, in protest of ongoing issues with Titanfall.
Players who logged into Apex Legends on July 4 were met with locked playlists and redirects that pointed them towards a website called SaveTitanfall.com.
Those who did manage to get into a match and finish it were given an important message at the end of the match, which asked players to visit and repost the website to raise awareness of issues with Titanfall.
The issues reportedly affected gamers on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms, with PC being hit first.
Players are being given this "Important Message" after finishing a match. pic.twitter.com/SGKvduO95p
— Apex Legends News (@alphaINTEL) July 4, 2021
Respawn Entertainment has now fixed the issues with matchmaking, working through Independence Day, traditionally a widely observed American holiday to ensure that a fix was delivered, and that user’s personal information had not been compromised.
We’re testing a fix now and will update when we have more confidence. Additional updates may be required.
In the meantime, we’ve determined that this attack—while disruptive—has not put players’ personal information or accounts at risk. More updates to come as we make progress.
— Respawn (@Respawn) July 4, 2021
The path to this series of events has been around three years in the making, with Titanfall being the target of .
