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How to collect Compute Nodes in Apex Legends
Fariha Bhatti
Apex Legends is making players jump through a few hoops to purchase free rewards using Compute Nodes, a new currency in the Neon Network event. The Neon Network event in Apex Legends brings 24 new cosmetics and a new fun way to pay for free rewards. Instead of just claiming the items, players must hunt for the new currency. Those who don’t care much about the skins may still want …
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Apex Legends Kill Code: A Thief’s Bane walkthrough
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends has a new game mode where you play as Loba as you dive deeper into her lore. Here’s how to complete Kill Code: A Thief’s Bane, including finding Revenant at the end. Throughout A Thief’s Bane, you’ll use Loba’s translocation bracelet to make your way around a Hammon Robotics facility. It can be a bit of a maze, but we luckily can lead you down the right path. …
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The story behind Apex Legends: Kill Code episode one
Nicholas James
A new Apex Legends miniseries has just been released, Apex Legends: Kill Code follows the in-world stories of several Apex Games competitors and we’ve got everything you need to know compiled here. Apex Legends takes place in the same universe as the Titanfall games. This is a far-future universe in which major factions fight over planets and resources with borderline-magical technology. Part of the universe that was established in Titanfall …
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“Refusing to engage is not good”: Apex Legends devs talk ratting
Olivia Richman
Ratting has become front and center with ranked Apex Legends players due to negative experiences in Season 17. Season 17 was largely met with disappointment and frustration from the competitive Apex community as more players than ever got to Master and Predator ranks. The rank inflation seemed to be partially the fault of ratting, a playstyle that has not won over most competitive players. Developers made some changes in Season …
Apex Legends Neon Network Collection brings Legendary skins, Loba lore
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends’ upcoming Neon Network collection is hyping up the battle royale community. Neon Network is coming on Tuesday, July 25 and fans were given a taste of the vibrant and electric cosmetic event with a trailer. In the trailer, fans are put in Loba’s high heels as she nervously searches an eerie facility full of Revenant shells. It looks like part of the Neon Network event will have gamers …
Apex Legends stuck matchmaking? We might have a fix
Nicholas James
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One of the most common issues when playing Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale is supremely long matchmaking times, so if your Apex Legends is stuck matchmaking, we might be able to help. There are all sorts of technical foibles you can run into while preparing to play a match of Apex Legends. One of the more widely reported bugs is the matchmaking process taking ages and ages without finding a match. …
Ranked changes coming to Apex Legends in Season 18
Olivia Richman
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Developers have confirmed that big changes are coming to Ranked in Season 18 of Apex Legends. Apex Legends players are disappointed with Season 17’s Ranked experience, with many rushing to Reddit to call it unrewarding. Gamers expressed that Ranked doesn’t feel like it rewards players for their skills, with players able to climb up the ranks based on match outcome instead of their performance. But an Apex Legends developer confirmed …
Is Apex Legends getting a new legend in Season 18?
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends Season 18 is coming right in the heat of the summer on August 8, but it may not be as scorching as players were hoping. A trusted leaker is now saying that there is likely no new legend in Season 18. Over the past few weeks, the Apex Legends community has been getting word from leakers that a major Revenant rework is part of an upcoming season. Dataminers …
Apex Legends girlies get silly over new Horizon heirloom
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends players are convinced that Horizon’s new heirloom is inspired by a sex toy. Fans were excited when it was announced that Horizon was receiving an heirloom in the Dressed to Kill Collection event. You’ll automatically be rewarded with the heirloom if you unlock every skin in the collection, but some gamers are saying they already have the heirloom at home. After a closer inspection, some Apex Legends fans …
Everything coming in Apex Legends Dressed to Kill Collection event
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends Season 17 is getting its first event in the form of the Dressed to Kill Collection. This update comes with some big legend changes as well as some desirable cosmetics. Here are all the changes coming to Apex Legends Season 17. Season 17 has been a bit uneventful (literally) so far. But the community is now being given 24 collection cosmetics, a Horizon heirloom, massive balance changes, bug …
Apex streamer reaches level 100 Weapon Mastery with Charge Rifle
Olivia Richman
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An Apex Legends player has just reached level 100 weapon mastery on one of the most cringe weapons in the game. On May 18, streamer Chef_Snad announced that he has become the first player to reach level 100 for any weapon in Apex Legends — and he did it for the Charge Rifle. The Charge Rifle is often seen as the most obnoxious weapon in the game, a hitscan weapon …
Class changes in Apex Legends Season 17 make Support legends OP
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends is getting some serious class changes in Season 17. The latest patch notes for Apex Legends show some shocking class reworks. Classes were first reworked in Season 16, putting legends into four distinct classes that all have their own class-related abilities. But it looks like developers have decided to make some changes after seeing how the classes worked throughout Season 16. One of the biggest changes that Apex …
Apex Legends Arsenal adds a Weapon Mastery system
William Davis
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Apex Legends Season 17, known as Arsenal, is upon us. The next update for the game brings a new Weapon Mastery system, and here is everything we know about it. Season 17 Arsenal is changing things on Apex Legends. The update will see a major overhaul of World’s Edge, the second battle royale map in the game. Some of the changes include raising the levels of lava and adding a …
Ballistic confirmed in emotional Stories From the Outlands
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends Season 17’s newest legend has been confirmed, Ballistic. The legend has been hinted at in numerous teasers and leaks, but the latest Stories From the Outlands has made his arrival to the Apex Games official. “Encore” is the latest Stories From the Outlands from Respawn Entertainment, giving insight into legends’ backstories and lore. This time around, we get a better look at the highly anticipated legend, Ballistic. In …
Apex Legends Season 17 legend accidentally leaked
Olivia Richman
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EA accidentally leaked the next legend in some artwork for Apex Legends Season 17. The developer recently shared an official blog post about the upcoming Veiled Collection event. And while the gaudy and elegant skins were most definitely appealing, the real draw was the Season 17 artwork included within that accidentally showed off the next legend. The header image showed an unknown legend that appeared to be the upcoming character, …
How to fix Code 429 Error in Apex Legends?
William Davis
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Video games have different error codes that might explain what is wrong with the game. One of the codes for Apex Legends is Code 429 Error. In case you are wondering, here is what it means and how to fix it. Remembering every single error code is nearly impossible, but it is important to remember the most common ones. Some errors appear when there is an issue with your game …
Apex Legends blew up the hero shooter genre and shook up battle royales in a permanent way; but where is the game headed at this point?
Few games have had as explosive a launch as Apex Legends. The game was effectively shadow-dropped and instantly became one of the biggest titles in its genre. Though it didn’t “kill” Fortnite as some predicted, and didn’t necessarily even slow down its growth, it did carve out a niche of its own.
But where did Apex go from there? And where is the game headed at this point? Here’s everything there is to know about Apex Legends’ history and future.
What is Apex Legends?
Apex Legends is a hero shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment, the creators of the Titanfall series.
The game launched in 2019 with a surprising shadow drop. At the time, Fortnite was enjoying incredible mainstream visibility both online and even across mainstream media. Late-night TV shows, morning news programs, and radio DJs around the world were discussing this incredibly popular video game that teenagers were obsessing over.
It’s no surprise that an enormous publisher like EA Games would make a push to imitate its success. It did so in a surprising way, however.
The game launched on February 4, 2019, with no marketing beforehand. Instead, EA Games worked directly with some of the biggest Fortnite-focused streamers at the time, including Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. These Fortnite streamers were reportedly paid millions of dollars to showcase the competition, which proved to be a major success.
Official statements claimed that Apex Legends garnered millions of unique players within a day of its launch, and 25 million within its first week. In 2022, EA stated that the game had surpassed $2 billion in revenue throughout its lifespan.
Apex Legends sets itself apart with fast movement and action
Apex Legends combines gameplay elements from both the battle royale and hero shooter genres. The title is a first-person shooter where players are typically placed into a team of three. Teams air drop into a level that shrinks as the game progresses, and need to procure weapons and armor on site.
While this sounds very similar to Fortnite and PUBG: Battlegrounds, Apex Legends set itself apart by folding in hero shooter-style characters. Each playable character has a handful of abilities that can be used to help allies or harm enemies. These abilities varied wildly, ranging from tracking enemies’ footsteps to healing allies to launching one’s entire team into the sky to reposition.
Even in comparison to Fortnite, this made for a fast-paced gameplay experience. This was complemented by other mechanics.
Movement in Apex Legends was set apart by the ability to quickly scale obstacles, crouch, and slide down hills and stairs. This makes firefights quick and frantic.
Not only that, but the experience of allies being downed was significantly more dynamic. Downed players weren’t just forced to crawl; they had a shield they could use defensively or to help allies on offense. When a player is killed, they can be revived if allies interact with their body quickly enough and then interact with a respawn beacon. This mechanic wasn’t present in competing battle royales, and rewarded players for sticking around until the end of a game.
All this made for a highly engaging experience that maintained a strong place in the battle royale space.
Apex Legends popularity in flux after controversies
Though Apex Legends enjoyed an explosive launch and has generated billions of dollars in revenue, the game’s popularity has waned over time. EA Games doesn’t offer exact player count figures, nor do PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo. However, tracking services for Steam suggest that Apex Legends suffered a marked decline in its player count across 2023 and 2024.
The game hit an all-time peak on Steam in February 2023 with an average player count of 257,416 throughout the month, and a peak of 624,473, per Steam Charts. However, those numbers steeply declined in 2023, with those losses continuing into 2024 and 2025.
The exact reason is unclear, though the game has endured multiple major controversies.
Fans have long complained about the game’s loot box system, which forces completionists to spend a great deal of cash in order to acquire all the game’s premium skins. Complaints regarding hacking also came to a head publicly in 2024 when a hacker commandeered an Apex Legends esports event by injecting into competitors’ PCs.
Respawn also overhauled how the game’s battle pass system works, breaking up seasons into multiple parts while billing players for each part.
The game’s long-term future as one of the world’s most popular competitive games may be uncertain, but despite some questions, the game still remains one of the most popular live-service games in the world.
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