Apex Legends developer fired after offensive blogs surface

August 12, 2021
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Apex Legends lead game designer Daniel Klein has been fired from developer Respawn after offensive blog posts written by him were recently surfaced.

Klein has apologised “unreservedly” for the sexist and racist language in the posts, which he says were written in 2007.

“I was recently confronted with some awful statements made on a blog I wrote back in 2007,” Klein wrote on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. “I take full ownership for the things I said, and I’m embarrassed, sad, and angry at my younger self for saying this stuff. I hope it is obvious that I don’t believe these things anymore.”

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