We highlighted back at the start of this week how Titanfall 2 had been the victim of a series of DDoS attacks across all platforms, and unfortunately, the situation hasn't really got too much better ever since.
While the hacks did cease for a couple of days, Titanfall 2 has once again been rendered unplayable in multiplayer on Xbox over the past 24 hours, with lots of reports confirming that the Xbox servers were "dead" last night:
It appears to be a specific hacker or hacker group that is causing these attacks, and the same issue has been plaguing the PC version of the original Titanfall for years. Developer Respawn confirmed it was investigating "a new wave of DDOS attacks affecting the Titanfall games" this past May, but hasn't commented on this past week's issues.
That said, Respawn's director of communications took to Twitter earlier in July to confirm that "the team has never stopped working on DDoS solutions" and "we WILL solve this", so hopefully they can find a remedy before it's too late.
Have you been affected by Titanfall 2's multiplayer issues over the past week? Let us know in the comments.
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Damn, I was playing this yesterday afternoon. It's still my go-to online shooter.
@Xiovanni probably because Apex Legends brings in millions in revenue every month while Titanfall 2 Ultimate Edition is on sale for like £2.50 every month.
Well guess I'm making room on the system by deleting the game. It was fantastic, one of the best shooter campaigns outside of Halo. Really a shame how they are treating this great game.
I only recently got into playing TF2 MP and am loving it (even though I am rubbish... sorry teammates)... so much more fun than playing Call Of Duty.
But now... unplayable.
Such a shame... I think Xbox should remove the TF games from gamepass until Respawn have some robust security in place. Or at least Xbox should lean on Respawn to sort it out.
A real pity, as gamepass is giving the game a second wind, picking up new players like me. Respawn should be fully supporting the game, as TF3 could be a hit (except they are showing zero interest in developing it).
May need need management at Respawn, as their security, prioritization and decision making seems questionable at best... I don't say this lightly, as TF2 and Apex are awesome (when they work).
@antstephenson I get what you're saying, but removal might be a bit much. You can still play the campaign, right?
DoS/DDoS is not hacking.
@KilloWertz
True, the campaign is fine... and if they can silo the campaign to make only that available, then I'm ok with that.
But having a broken, or partly broken game, available on gamepass isn't a good look. If I were at Xbox, I would be leaning on Respawn pretty heavily to get it sorted.
@Xiovanni Aren't there only 2 active dev's working on this game? I definitely heard that there is a very small portion of Respawn actually works on the game. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason why.
@antstephenson it’s only on gamepass because it’s in the EA vault. I think it’s more of an EA decision as all of EAs vault is automatically in gamepass after the deal.
They might as well just shutdown the MP servers if this keeps happening.
@xMightyMatt14x
I understand fully, but I would still expect Xbox to be leaning on EA to sort it (ideally) or pull it (not ideal), as I really don't think it's great for gamepass to carry broken content (even if it is through the EA add-on).
As an analogy... if I owned a shop, I wouldn't display damaged goods on the shelf.
Anyway, it's just a shame that something entertaining has become unplayable...
People eh! There's always someone out there trying to ruin stuff.
Nevermind... at least Apex is working (for now!).
I’d still love to know why Titanfall is a target. I’ve always seen it as an underdog in the market, and Titanfall 2’s campaign was really something special in the “take it or leave it” current AAA shooter space, as well as their MTX model being among the least contemptible.
No games deserve this, but still some more than others, right?
Really enjoyed titanfall 1 as it was so unique at the time and then titanfall 2 had a really solid campaign, forget about fixing theses servers as I thinks it's time for a titanfall 3 instead 🙏
@Spiders Yeah, I mean there's no reasons for fans to do it. No competitors either. I don't get it
Bored kids, a group looking to extort money from the developer, or another developer trying to take out the competition? Who can say...
@Xiovanni I'm just saying, one brings in a lot of money for the company and one doesn't, so it's not hard to see why the company's priorities lie with Apex. I'm not saying that's ok, but that's how it is
@101Force I can say. If it turns out to be another developer attempting to take out the competition, I will personally buy you every game you ever want for the rest of your life. 😉
@101Force
Definitely won't be a competitor.
Definitely will be a basement dwelling incel.
people that want to stop others from playing games must have serious, serious ADHD issues, did Mummy abandon them?
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