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Apex Legends Mobile has new battle pass, skins in soft release
Fariha Bhatti
Apex Legends mobile has finally been released with a shiny new battle pass featuring exclusive skins and in-game cosmetics. After much anticipation, the mobile variant of popular battle royale Apex Legends is finally here. 10 countries can enjoy the exclusive content on their phone screens before the worldwide release. So far, soft launch Apex players love the application for its smooth interface and enjoyable game modes. However, it’s the unique …
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How to get access to Apex Legends mobile
Fariha Bhatti
Players can now finally take Apex Legends mobile on a spin. EA has officially announced its highly anticipated mobile battle royale for limited regions. The cut-throat game set in the scenic outlands has already earned its stripes as one of the best shooters on PC. EA is now eyeing the mobile scene to bring the fierce legends to micro screens. The mobile version of Apex Legends has been in the …
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shroud slams battle royale games for being boring and dated
Fariha Bhatti
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is no longer a fan of the coveted battle royale genre. The popular streamer says he prefers the five versus five format of Valorant, and here’s why. When games like PUBG and Fortnite shone a light on the criminally underrated genre of battle royale, publishers jumped on the bandwagon with dozens of new titles. shroud was one of the household names in the BR community around that …
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Here’s how you can get Heirloom Shards in Apex Legends
Fariha Bhatti
Ultra-rare Heirloom shards are tough to get, but not impossible. Here’s how you can get Heirloom Shards in Apex Legends. Apex Legends may be free to play, but investing in some items can help bolster the game experience. Legend skins, unique weapons, Apex Packs, and other items cost money, but they add to the fun. But Heirloom items are the most coveted skin in Apex Legends due to the scarcity …
Free Bloodhound Frosthaven skin is now available in Apex Legends
Fariha Bhatti
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Bloodhound turns plague doctor in this new free skin available on Prime Gaming. Here’s how to claim the reward. Respawn Entertainment has introduced plenty of free items through Prime Gaming since the battle royale game’s launch in 2019. It’s been a staple feature and continues to bring fresh cosmetics for subscribers. Previously, the publisher has rewarded the players with Legend skins, weapon skin, banners, and more. Almost all legends have …
How to dominate Apex Legends with new legend Mad Maggie
Fariha Bhatti
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A new villain has arrived in the updated outlands of Apex Legends. Mad Maggie brings disorder by blending aggression and precision with her deadly toolkit. Respawn has cast plenty of legends that focus on maximizing strategy and tactics. Seer and Ash were both valuable additions to Apex’s team play, but now Mad Maggie has arrived with unbridled aggression and firepower. Hailing from Salvo, this rebel warlord is mad powerful and …
How to check all the Apex Legends Packs you’ve opened
Fariha Bhatti
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Apex Legends may be free to play, but those with big money can still benefit from exclusive features within Apex Packs. But, keeping track of these loot boxes can be tricky. In 2022, only a few battle royale games are as popular as Apex Legends. The PC community keeps coming for Apex’s impeccable gunplay and interesting legends. The cut-throat shooter is free to play, but those willing to spend money …
Release date for Apex Legends Mobile soft launch teased
Fariha Bhatti
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Following an abundance of rumors, Respawn Entertainment finally confirmed that Apex Legends would be getting a mobile release. But what is the actual release date for Apex Legends Mobile? Apex Legends is still going strong as one of the most popular battle royales on the market. The modern FPS has garnered players’ interest with its unique, massive battleground and fast-paced gunplay. Fans of all shooter sub-genres have found something to …
Apex Legends teases season 12 legend, hinting at Mad Maggie
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends has continued to be a popular battle royale thanks to its gameplay and surprisingly deep lore. Each legend has a story to tell, each of them intertwining in unexpected ways which is going to be on full display in Apex Legends season 12. A recent tweet saw the return of Lisa Stone, the podcast host of “Unraveling the Syndicate.” Players haven’t heard from her since 2020. Now, Stone …
Apex Legends fans frustrated over season 11 legendary skins
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends fans are growing bored of the skins from recent battle passes, with season 11 being no different. Fans of the vibrant battle royale have noted that the past few seasons have contained underwhelming skins compared to the ones released in earlier battle passes. The skin that seemed to cause the controversy was the Biotic Luminary skin for Horizon released in Season 10. Apex Legends fans have continuously complained …
Who is Loba’s voice actress in Apex Legends?
Olivia Richman
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Loba may not be one of the top-tier legends in Apex Legends, but she is one of the most captivating and rewarding to play. Her high-fashion look and confidence make her one of the most mesmerizing legends, along with her aggressive personality and voice lines. So who is the voice behind Loba? Who makes this sassy, loot-hungry legend come to life? The voice actress behind Loba’s intense voice lines is …
NICKMERCS addresses low viewership on Twitch due to Apex Legends
Olivia Richman
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Nicholas “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff was recently accused of “falling off” after giving up Call of Duty Warzone, and the Apex Legends streamer has decided to respond. NICKMERCS and other streamers have become frustrated with Call of Duty Warzone. The battle royale was immediately popular upon its release but was quickly overtaken by hackers and cheaters. Without an effective anti-cheat system in place, the game became frustrating for its fans and players, …
Everything you need to know about Bloodhound in Apex Legends
Olivia Richman
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Bloodhound is one of the most popular legends in Apex Legends thanks to their powerful abilities to track and locate enemies. This is valuable intel that really gives teams an upper hand in most game modes. But who is this mysterious crow-taming legend? Bloodhound is known as the greatest game hunter the Frontier has ever seen. Bloodhound’s parents are both engineers who were stationed at the New Dawn industrial plant …
These are the most picked legends in Apex Legends Season 11
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends’ newest season has been shaken up by the addition of Ash. But how has the mysterious and insightful legend impacted the legend meta in Season 11? ApexLegendsStatus has been keeping track of the most-played legends in Season 11 and the results are likely what fans of the game would expect. The stats from ApexLegendsStatus are gathered from over 7.1 million Apex Legends players. While this isn’t the entirety …
NICKMERCS reaches Apex Predator rank in Apex Legends
Olivia Richman
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The streaming community has accused Nick “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff of being carried in the past. But the battle royal content creator made it clear this time around that he made it to Apex Predator rank in Apex Legends on his own merits. NICKMERCS is one of many streamers to switch to Apex Legends as Call of Duty: Warzone continues to be riddled with cheaters. As more content creators switch to Apex …
Apex Legends collaborating with Market on limited edition skins skins
Olivia Richman
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The Apex Legends Market crossover is now live, bringing an abundance of skin bundles to battle royale fans. While Apex Legends doesn’t have as many crossovers as other battle royales, the game is no stranger to collaborating with other IPs, including Star Wars and Mass Effect. In season 11, Apex Legends has decided to do something groundbreaking by collaborating with LA fashion company Market. Alongside this, Market is set to …
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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