Apex Legends developers, Respawn Entertainment, issue public statement following recent online harassment

sportskeeda.com:

Respawn Entertainment, the American-based video game studio responsible for the development of the Titanfall series, and Apex Legends, two of the most well-received first-person multiplayer shooter games, recently took a stand against online harassment against their employees on Twitter.

While constructive criticism is an important form of feedback that is crucial to the improvement of any individual, product or even a multi-million dollar company such as Respawn Entertainment, it is not uncommon for customers or users to get ahead of themselves.

Having created AAA game titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order as well as successful shooter titles such as Titanfall, Titanfall 2, and Apex Legends, Respawn Entertainment has faced a fair amount of criticism over the years, notably through the 'Save Titanfall' campaign that saw Apex Legends' servers being hacked by Titanfall fans.

On September 23, 2022, Respawn Entertainment took to its Twitter handle to address members of its community across all titles about the growing online hatred and harassment towards individual employees and members of their development teams. The official statement reads:

The tweet received a considerable amount of attention on Twitter with over 65k likes and over 4.5k retweets, garnering the support of fellow video game developers, Bungie, the creators behind the acclaimed Destiny series, as well as from content creators like CouRage, NiceWigg, and DansGaming:

While the message from Respawn Entertainment was clear, the replies section was filled with people continuing to call out the developers and their practices, especially the company's delays in addressing ongoing issues with their games such as server performance, in-game audio bugs, matchmaking