Hackers launched an attack against Apex Legends over the
past weekend, replacing server playlists with a message about the state of
Titanfall underneath the savetitanfall.com URL: "TF1 is being attacked so
is Apex." The playlist takeover made Apex's modes completely unplayable
for many players until Respawn took back control later in the day. Other
players, who presumably could still play the game during the attack, also
reported a post-match popup message telling them to "visit and repost
savetitanfall.com."
The point of the hack was ostensibly to draw attention to
the ongoing DDoS attacks that have plagued both Titanfall games as far back as
2019. This Reddit thread has a good rundown of the situation, including the
frustration felt by some players (fairly or not) that EA and Respawn opted to
release the original Titanfall on Steam without patching out known
vulnerabilities. In early April, Respawn finally responded to the long-running
complaints publicly, saying that "help is coming," and things
appeared to get better for a while. But in mid-May, a new wave of attacks
struck both Titanfall games.
The SaveTitanfall website disavowed any connection with the
weekend hacks, but it takes a very accusatory tone toward Respawn and
Electronic Arts on its front page. "This issue has been happening for
years and Respawn is willingly pretending that they do not know about the
situation," it says. "Even when the developers have been directly
contacted, as soon as the topic of the Titanfall 1 problem is brought up, they
stop replying."
"Selling a game that does not work as advertised (not
being able to play in this case) without fixing the different issues and
ignoring their customers is an act of fraud. It leaves no doubt that Respawn is
actively ignoring this subject. Respawn and Electronic Arts have the resources
to fix these issues, yet they don’t, knowingly continuing to sell a game that
does not work as advertised, and doesn’t work at all."
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