‘Apex Legends’ Servers Hacked: Why Perp Wants to ‘Save Titanfall’

Apex Legends players were frustrated on Sunday, July 4, when they found themselves unable to matchmake in the hit battle royale game. It quickly became apparent that Apex Legends had been hacked — the perpetrator left their calling card all over the place, urging players to “save Titanfall.” So what’s the issue with Titanfall in the first place? And more importantly, are Apex Legends servers back up and running?

‘Apex Legends’ hack prevents matchmaking

On July 4 2021, Apex Legends players who logged on found themselves unable to matchmake. Apex Legends servers weren’t connecting, and the only game mode available was entitled, “SaveTitanfall.com — TF1 is being attacked so is Apex.”

A hacker with a chip on their shoulder over the lack of action being taken to fix Titanfall hacking and server issues took it upon themself to ruin everyone else’s weekend with DDoS attack. Respawn Entertainment made it known that they were working on the issue soon after the hack went live. 

“We are aware of and actively investigating issues impacting @PlayApex playlists that are preventing players from getting into matches,” tweeted Respawn.

Some players also encountered a message when they finished a match that read, “Important message: Visit and repost savetitanfall.com.”

The hacker draws attention to ‘Titanfall’

Given the hacker’s feelings of frustration and drastic actions, Apex Legends players might assume the Titanfall situation is dire — and they’d be right. 

The first Titanfall game has seen its player base rapidly dwindle, and hackers preventing server functionality have made it impossible for many to enjoy the game. Basically, hackers have found a way to prevent players from connecting to servers at all. 

The hacker behind the Apex Legends DDoS pointed users to SaveTitanfall.com, which seems to act as a sort of manifesto. 

“Titanfall 1 is currently unplayable on PC due to hacker(s) using exploits that prevent players from being able to play the game. This issue has been happening for years and Respawn is willingly pretending that they do not know about the situation. To this day, Titanfall 1 is still on sale on Origin, and more recently Steam, even though it is unplayable,” reads the site. 

“Respawn, the developers, have been contacted about this matter numerous times in many ways. Even when the developers have been directly contacted, as soon as the topic of the Titanfall 1 problem is brought up, they stop replying. Electronic Arts, the parent company of Respawn and publisher for Titanfall 1 are aware of the situation, with countless reports to their client support and forums over the years,” it continues. 

It’s easy to sympathize with the frustrated Titanfall player or players behind the DDoS, but ruining the weekend for many others isn’t going to help the situation — especially given that Respawn has bigger fish to fry.

‘Apex Legends’ servers should restored

Respawn employees worked hard over the weekend to restore Apex Legends servers to functionality following the attack. Respawn has since tweeted that everything should be back to normal. 

“We’ve confirmed that matchmaking has been restored. We’re keeping an eye on things but believe the issue to be resolved. Thanks for your patience, Legends,” they tweeted.

There were no updates from Respawn about what, if anything, they intend to do about Titanfall.