Respawn Entertainment may have broken a few hearts when they decided not to give us a proper sequel to Titanfall 2 . But what they did give us is a dark horse candidate for the battle royale throne in 2019. It really does look like EA managed to publish a true winner here, as strange as it feels to say t

This effort to foster a sense of inclusion in Apex Legends is undoubtedly genuine on the part of Respawn, but one can't help but think that it would be more impactful for the vast majority of players if any evidence of Gibraltar's and Bloodhound's status as members of the LGBTQ community was actually present in the game itself. Instead, these fascinating looks into the characters' lives are isolated to their respective corners of the internet, wholly external to the game. While this doesn't quite resemble Blizzard's delayed reveal about Overwatch 's Soldier: 76 that invited accusations of queerbaiting, it's hard to argue that the Apex Legends players who Respawn is attempting to represent would be better served by also including these revelations in-g

Seamlessly blending elements from hero shooters like Team Fortress 2 and Overwatch with the meat and potatoes of the recent battle royale craze, Apex Legends really puts a twist on the genre in all the right ways. Oh, and it's absolutely, totally free to play. You're probably waiting to hear what the catch is. That's just the thing, though. As much as I'd like to find some subversive, pay-to-win plot just waiting for an opportunity to sink its teeth into me, I can't seem to find one. This looks like the real d

The leak appears convincing, but even if it wasn't so plausible looking, it would make a lot of sense for Apex Legends to add new modes. More than any other battle royale game, Apex Legends does stress cooperative play within a squad. Each playable character in the game has a certain set of abilities that complement the powers of other playable heroes. Apex Legends even utilizes a ping system which allows communication between players through the press of a button that doesn't require voice chat. However, all other major battle royale games, particularly PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite: Battle Royale , employ multiple modes with different player opti

The news of Apex Legends ' new modes come courtesy of Twitter user @ApexUpdate . A fan account for the game, ApexUpdate posted a Tweet of the game's files. In the code there is wording that suggests a solo mode and a 2-Man Squad are already in the game's data. This suggests that they could be released to the public very, very s

According to a few different tweets from industry analysts, Apex Legends is already outgrowing Fortnite . As a rough timeline, it appears Apex Legends hit 2.5 million players in just one day after launch, 10 million after three days, and 25 million after seven. It's an incredible feat that will likely need to slow down at some point in the near future, but for now, it's setting a pace that would make Apex Legends one of the most successful games ever. For reference, Fortnite Battle Royale hit 10 million players after two whole weeks, and didn't hit the 25 million mark until sometime between weeks six and ele

The information on Fortnite pertains to when it went free-to-play and battle royale as well, so it's not as though Apex Legends is being given a head start by including the brief period that saw Fortnite remain relatively obscure. Fortnite also launched into PUBG , so the argument that Apex Legends is capitalizing on a market that's more fertile isn't a completely sound one. That being said, however, there's certainly more people invested in the genre than there used to be, so Apex Legends ' numbers might be what to expect from great battle royale titles in the future. The game still has a long ways to go when it comes to concurrent players as well, as Apex Legends recently surpassed 2 million - Fortnite hit over 8 million concurrent players late last y

Apex Legends by any metric is a success. However, compared to its competition, Apex Legends has been missing a few notable features. There is only one mode of play in Apex Legends . In order to join a match, players are forced into three person squads - whether that squad be made of friends or complete strangers. Thankfully, this gameplay restriction might change very soon and could open Apex Legends DLC|https://apexarenaelite.com/ Legends up to an even wider audie

Apex Legends released just one week ago, but it has already become one of the most talked about games in the industry. Developer Respawn Entertainment endured a brief period of fan outrage when it was revealed Titanfall 3 had been postponed - or worse - and that EA had asked the studio to create the next big battle royale title instead. That anger lasted for all of a few hours before the game released, though, and has since been replaced by the kind of excitement usually reserved for a AAA game launching after years spent publicly in development. With Apex Legends hitting over 25 million players already, it's clear that the game is already entering rarefied air in the indus