Respawn Entertainment is a development studio based in the USA and founded on 12 April 2010 by Jason West and Vince Zampella. Both were previously managers at Infinity Ward, an Activision-owned development studio known for the Call of Duty series.

Zampella and West left the company after a legal dispute with Activision over the royalties for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. With Respawn Entertainment they signed to the EA Partners program, where Respawn retains all the rights to the intellectual property.

On 9 November 2017, Electronic Arts announced their intent to purchase Respawn Entertainment, and the acquisition was completed on 1 December 2017. Since then, Respawn Entertainment has published Apex Legends in February 2019, with no direct involvement from EA.