Since its surprise launch in February 2019, Apex Legends has become one of the major players in the free-to-play Battle Royale genre of games. Though growth has slowed down substantially, EA reported that Apex Legends has now officially surpassed 100 million players. Making the announcement on Twitter, the Apex Legends …
Read More »Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond might be the most demanding VR game to date
Respawn Entertainment is testing out new waters next week with the launch of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond – the studio's first VR game. Unfortunately, it is looking to be one of the most demanding titles to date, with very high recommended system requirements and a massive download size. …
Read More »Apex Legends is getting cross-play next week
Respawn Entertainment has wanted to bring cross-play multiplayer to Apex Legends for a long, long time now. Back in June, the studio confirmed plans to bring the feature to the game later this year and next week, it will officially be going into beta. The cross-play beta will cover PC, …
Read More »Respawn developers create new AAA studio with focus on worker health
Two prominent Respawn Entertainment developers, Drew McCoy and Jon Shiring, have spun off to create their own AAA gaming studio. Gravity Well, as it is called, has been built “to last for decades” and aims to put developers’ health first with a focus on “creative freedom” and “anti-crunch.” Drew McCoy …
Read More »Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella to take leadership of DICE LA
Since leaving Infinity Ward to co-found Respawn Entertainment, Vince Zampella has led his new studio to a string of hits, including the Titanfall series, Apex Legends and most recently, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. All of that success has Zampella climbing up the ranks amongst EA executives, as he will …
Read More »EA begins hiring for what sounds like a Jedi: Fallen Order sequel
While there has been plenty of well-deserved criticism over EA's handling of the Star Wars license over the years, the publisher began its path to redemption last month with the release of Respawn's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game has been a success so far and from the sounds …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sells less than Battlefront II at launch
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was released on the 15th of November to much praise and anticipation. It’s the first Star Wars game since Disney’s partnership with EA to primarily focus on its single player narrative. While its performance in the UK physical charts were solid, it didn’t manage to …
Read More »Fortnite x Star Wars crossover announced
The battle royale phenomenon Fortnite has managed to maintain its popularity for so long thanks in part to its myriad of collaborations with other major properties. Previous collaborations have included Avengers Endgame, Batman, Borderlands, and Stranger Things, to name a few. Epic has now confirmed a collaboration with Star Wars, …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will not have the usual free trial on EA Access
Since launching back in 2014, EA Access has consistently offered 10 hour trials for new games to give players an extended demo before making a full purchase. For Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, that early/timed access trial will not be in place for good reason, EA wants to limit story …
Read More »Apex Legends is getting a new map, new character and more for Meltdown season
Respawn has been very busy this year between bringing Medal of Honor back and finishing up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Over the course of 2019, Respawn has also been consistently updating Apex Legends with seasonal updates. With season 3 about to launch Apex Legends is going to get some …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order story trailer teases Cal’s mission
This has been a huge year for Respawn Entertainment, with the studio swiftly branching out beyond Titanfall under EA's ownership. This year, we've had the launch of Apex Legends, the announcement of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond and in November, Respawn is also launching a story-focused Star Wars game, …
Read More »Respawn is bringing back Medal of Honor for virtual reality
For a couple of years now, we have known that Respawn Entertainment has been working on a secret VR game for Oculus. Now, we finally know what it is and surprisingly, it is a Medal of Honor game, bringing the long dormant franchise back in new form. Medal of Honor: …
Read More »Apex Legends will be coming to iOS and Android
While Apex Legends did experience explosive growth following its launch in February, things did start to slow down over March and April. Respawn already has a competitive season plan in place to keep people coming back regularly, but there are other ideas in place. Similarly to PUBG and Fortnite, Apex …
Read More »Future Titanfall projects pushed back to bring more developers to Apex Legends
Coming off of news surrounding Apex Legends and its waning popularity amongst streamers, Respawn has begun discussing its update rollout plans going forward. There is some good news, more of the studio is going to be working on Apex to keep it consistently fresh. The downside is that this does …
Read More »Apex Legends sees steep decline in online viewership
Apex Legends exploded following its initial surprise launch, it looks like interest across has been trending down in the months following. When it comes to Battle Royale games, online viewership numbers are usually a good gauge of overall interest and since launch, numbers for Apex have dropped by around 75 …
Read More »Amy Hennig speaks on Jedi: Fallen Order and what Ragtag could have been
After shutting down Visceral Games for making a linear single-player Star Wars game, EA will be releasing Jedi: Fallen Order- a linear single-player Star Wars game. What changed in the last year?
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order shown off in new trailer
After a couple of years worth of anticipation, Respawn Entertainment finally unveiled its Star Wars game over the weekend. The first trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is now live, promising a single-player only game and plenty of action to get engrossed in.
Read More »Respawn’s Jedi: Fallen Order is built on Unreal Engine 4, not Frostbite
Tomorrow is going to be a big day for Star Wars fans, as Respawn Entertainment is set to finally reveal Jedi: Fallen Order. We've seen the teaser at this point, but some other details have been dropping ahead of time, including the game's cover art and the fact that it …
Read More »Apex Legends has now reached 50 million players
While Titanfall 2 didn't gain much momentum, Respawn has certainly bounced back strong this year with the launch of Apex Legends. The game was downloaded over one million times within 24 hours of release, that number grew to 25 million by the end of its first week. We have now …
Read More »Apex Legends hits 25 million players in one week, Titanfall 2 also gets a boost
EA and Respawn Entertainment have had quite the week. Apex Legends received an announcement followed by an immediate release and players flocked to the Titanfall spin-off in droves. Within the first day, over a million people had tried the game out, now, that number has surpassed 25 million. As part …
Read More »Apex Legends is now available and has already reached 1 million downloads
Apex Legends has arrived. The battle royale, Titanfall spin-off is available for free but how are the microtransactions handled?
Read More »Respawn set to launch Apex Legends today- a F2P, battle royale Titanfall spin-off
While Titanfall 2 didn't do as well as it deserved, Respawn Entertainment is sticking with the franchise for the time being. Over the weekend, it came to light that Respawn has been working on a free-to-play spin-off title based in the Titanfall universe, and it is supposed to get a …
Read More »Respawn head weighs in on Titanfall 2 sales
It’s no secret that Titanfall 2 has struggled to find its footing this past year with disappointingly low sales, despite the devs dropping free content on a regular basis. Now, Respawn boss Vince Zampella has weighed in on the matter, stating that game sales should have been stronger. In an …
Read More »Titanfall developer is also working on a Star Wars game
We have known for some time that Titanfall 2 wasn't the only project that Respawn Entertainment was working on and now we know roughly what else the studio has in the pipeline. It turns out that Respawn is also working on a Star Wars game, which will be published under …
Read More »Titanfall 2 is on the way
Let's face it, we pretty much already knew that there would be a sequel to Titanfall, although Respawn Entertainment had yet to officially confirm it. Now we have confirmation that Titanfall 2 is on the way, as a multi-platform title, thanks to Respawn CEO, Vince Zampella. Speaking with IGN, Zampella …
Read More »Respawn culls Titanfall PC game modes due to lack of interest
Creators of the recent FPS sensation Titanfall, Respawn, are doing the shooter equivalent of an MMO server merger, by removing some of the game modes from the PC version's playlist. From now on, only those that use private matches or Variety mode will be able to play Capture the Flag …
Read More »Head to the trees in Titanfall Expedition DLC
Titanfall has been a huge success, selling plenty of Xbox Ones along with countless copies on the PC, but no modern AAA developer is going to sit on just the original sales of the game, there's dollars in the DLC, which is why there's an upcoming trio of expansions, the …
Read More »Titanfall sales were positive- EA will publish its sequels
Respawn and EA have been pretty tight lipped on the subject of Titanfall sales numbers but it turns out, the game actually sold a lot which led to EA signing a deal to publish the game's sequels. Titanfall sold close to a million copies in the US alone throughout March, …
Read More »Vince Zampella investing in and advising new mobile studio
Vince Zampella, co-founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn and brain child of Call of Duty and Titanfall, has announced that he's teaming up with slot machine veteran Larry Pacey, to offer advice and investment to a mobile developer close to their hearts, called Nuclear Division. As well as sounding like …
Read More »Sony wanted to make a Playstation Vita version of Titanfall
Titanfall actually has quite a bit of history behind it, the game wasn't always planned for the Xbox or even next gen, it originally ran on the Ratchet and Clank engine and Sony was pushing for a Vita version of the game. A recently released app called “The Final Hours …
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