Respawn Entertainment

Respawn Entertainment is an American AAA game-development studio founded in 2010 by Jason West and Vince Zampella. Now a wholly owned Electronic Arts subsidiary, it develops games across console, PC, mobile, and virtual-reality platforms, combining first-person action, narrative-led adventures, and long-running multiplayer operations.

The studio debuted with Titanfall in 2014, introducing a science-fiction shooter built around rapid pilot movement, wall-running, and Titan combat. Titanfall 2 expanded that formula with a single-player campaign and refined multiplayer systems. In 2019, Respawn launched Apex Legends, a free-to-play battle royale set in the Titanfall universe that remains a major focus for live-service development, seasonal content, systems engineering, and multiplayer operations.

Respawn has also built narrative action-adventure games in the Star Wars Jedi series, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Its work extends to virtual reality through Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, as well as collaborative and mobile projects including Titanfall: Assault, Apex Legends Mobile, and Star Wars Zero Company.

Development capabilities

• Full-cycle game design, software engineering, and production
• First-person shooter systems, traversal mechanics, and action-adventure gameplay
• Live-service operations, game balancing, seasonal content, and long-term content pipelines
• Multiplayer matchmaking, backend infrastructure, network engineering, and anti-cheat development
• 3D art, character and environment development, real-time visual effects, technical animation, and motion-capture direction
• Audio engineering, sound design, score implementation, cinematic storytelling, and narrative world building
• Proprietary toolchain development and content-pipeline optimization

Electronic Arts acquired Respawn in December 2017. The studio continues to operate as an active EA development organization, supporting simultaneous AAA productions and ongoing live-service work across its North American development hubs.