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He's been a freelance writer since 2019, and legend has it you can summon him by pinging an R-301, uttering the word \"Persona,\" or inviting him to run a raid in Destiny 2 (though he probably has worse RNG luck than the D2 team combined). Find his ramblings on his Twitter @ggpedroperes (whenever that becomes available again).","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/pedro-peres"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/pedroperes"}]}},"raw_content":"Hackers took down some of Apex Legends' servers this Sunday as part of a plea to \u201csave Titanfall\u201d from the relentless hacking and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that plague the game. The attacks appear to spread over multiple regions and platforms. Numerous players reported that the usual game modes, from the Firing Range to Arenas, were unavailable. The only exception was another banner under the guise of a limited-time mode, which directed players to a website called savetitanfall.com. Dot Esports received the same results. The page carries a message from a disgruntled community who \u201chas been begging Respawn to fix this issue for over three years\u201d unsuccessfully, according to the text. Its intent is to create a \u201ccentral hub\u201d of information regarding the issues with Titanfall. Both the website and the hackers, however, pointed out that they're not affiliated with each other. Respawn has long struggled with hackers and distributed denial-of-service attacks in the first Titanfall. This year alone, the company has acknowledged \u201congoing attacks\u201d to the game in April, with a \u201cnew wave\u201d in May. The situation, however, has gone on for years, according to savetitanfall.com. Such an attack would likely require access to Apex's playlist file\u2014a list of game modes that the server supports, data miner Shrugtal told Dot Esports. Tampering with it would let an individual alter the text displayed when browsing playlists, for instance. 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Dot Esports received the same results. The page carries a message from a disgruntled community who \u201chas been begging Respawn to fix this issue for over three years\u201d unsuccessfully, according to the text. Its intent is to create a \u201ccentral hub\u201d of information regarding the issues with Titanfall. Both the website and the hackers, however, pointed out that they're not affiliated with each other. Respawn has long struggled with hackers and distributed denial-of-service attacks in the first Titanfall. This year alone, the company has acknowledged \u201congoing attacks\u201d to the game in April, with a \u201cnew wave\u201d in May. The situation, however, has gone on for years, according to savetitanfall.com. Such an attack would likely require access to Apex's playlist file\u2014a list of game modes that the server supports, data miner Shrugtal told Dot Esports. Tampering with it would let an individual alter the text displayed when browsing playlists, for instance. 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Hackers took down some of Apex Legends’ <\/em>servers <\/em>this Sunday as part of a plea to \u201csave Titanfall\u201d from the relentless hacking and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that plague the game. The attacks appear to spread over multiple regions and platforms.<\/p>

Numerous players reported<\/a> that the usual game modes, from the Firing Range to Arenas, were unavailable. The only exception was another banner under the guise of a limited-time mode, which directed players to a website called savetitanfall.com<\/a>. Dot Esports received the same results.<\/p>