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EA announces $3 million Apex Legends Global Series for 2020
Olivia Richman
EA Games just announced the Apex Legends Global Series, and with $3 million in prize money on the line, this is a big leap forward for Apex Legends in the esports scene. The Global Series will feature 12 online events open to teams from 60 countries around the world. Teams will compete for a chance to earn points towards a qualifying spot in live events like Challenger Events, which will …
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Team SoloMid, Sentinels players caught cheating during scrims
Olivia Richman
Apex Legends pros from Sentinels and Team SoloMid have apologized after being caught cheating. Suspicious clips of the players from a professional scrimmage were proliferated on Reddit after being clipped from a live stream by competitor Jack “NiceWigg” Martin. After the Counter Logic Gaming pro was eliminated in a scrim, he decided to spectate TSM and quickly called out Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen, Jordan “Reps” Wolfe, and Mac “Albralelie” Kenzie Beckwith …
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Apex Legends and other esports take over The Game Awards
Olivia Richman
The Game Awards are coming on December 12 and nobody is more excited than Respawn Entertainment. Except perhaps for Mirage. The Apex Legends prankster recently made waves on Reddit when he appeared on a funny tweet where he can be seen taking credit for Apex Legends’ many nominations in the upcoming rewards show. “Can you believe it? (Obviously, yes), your boy Mirage is nominated for ‘Best Competitor in a Battle …
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Apex Legends community poll reveals which legends need nerfs
Olivia Richman
Over 1,900 Apex Legends players voted on which legends they feel to be rebalanced in Season 3. The detailed chart revealed that the Apex community felt that the legend most in need of a buff was Mirage. His passive, Encore, was one of the main things players pointed out. Almost 1,200 voters said it was “bad,” since his ability to become invisible is often noticeable and therefore not very effective. …
Apex Legends will feature new duos mode for a limited time
Syed Mujtaba Naqvi
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Apex Legends players were excited to find out that duos mode, where players team up in pairs, is coming to the game. Players will be able to enjoy the new feature for only a limited time. The duos mode will be live in the game starting November 5, developer Respawn Entertainment shared on Twitter. This is the first time this is happening in Apex, as the game has been exclusive …
EA Games returning to Steam, plans to add Apex Legends, FIFA 20
Steven Rondina
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EA Games is returning to Steam. The gaming juggernaut surprised gamers by stating that they will once again begin releasing games on Steam, as well as dipping into their back catalog a bit. The news was revealed on EA’s website. “Electronic Arts and Valve have partnered to put EA games into the hands of the players on Steam. Starting next spring, EA Access, our ever-growing subscription service powered by great …
Apex Legends fans livid about Fight or Fright skin prices
William Davis
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Apex Legends’ Fight or Fright Collection Event offers players 24 limited edition cosmetics, but some aren’t too pleased with the cost of these spooky skins. The Halloween-themed event kicked off October 15 and offers loads of new cosmetics and a new game mode called Shadowfall. The exclusive Legendary skins are available to be crafted using 2,400 in-game crafting materials. If a player doesn’t own that many crafting materials, then they …
Apex Legends fans solve Crypto’s secret message before Season 3
Olivia Richman
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Apex Legends fans have been analyzing Crypto’s hints and hacks even before the legend was confirmed for Season 3. That feverish need to find out more about the secretive legend hasn’t died down now that he’s in the game. A few tricky Reddit users solved a very cryptic ARG taking place right on the Apex Legends subreddit. On the header of the game’s subreddit, popular Apex data miner FrozenFroh pointed …
Apex Legends Halloween event details leaked, includes skins, LTM
Olivia Richman
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Season 3 brought Apex Legends fans to a brand new map, World’s Edge. The excitement doesn’t end there though, if recent leaks are to be believed. Dataminers claim they have unearthed details on Apex Legends’ next special event. It appears the battle royale title will be celebrating Halloween with “Fight or Fright,” which is set to bring a limited-time game mode, skins, and more. The seasonal event introduces a LTM …
Halloween event apparently coming to Apex Legends soon
William Davis
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The month of scares has begun and Apex Legends will be celebrating the holiday season with its first Halloween event. Previous Apex Legends events have been inspired by the game’s in-universe lore and character backstories. None of the events have been based on real-world holidays. Other popular competitive games such as League of Legends or Fortnite have featured Halloween events and received plenty of positive reaction from their respective communities. …
Crypto abilities teased in Apex Legends new hero’s reveal trailer
Fariha Bhatti
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The 11th playable character of Apex Legends has been officially confirmed. The long-rumored, repeatedly teased character Crypto has been revealed in a cinematic trailer that delved into the legend’s backstory and hinted at his abilities. The trailer begins with Crypto and a young woman, Mila, discovering an algorithm that predicts who will win the next match in the Apex Games. The information proves to be dangerous when it results in …
Apex Legends Season 3 introduces Meltdown, hints at map changes
Olivia Richman
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Once again, a notorious Apex Legends data miner seems to be spot on. A few weeks ago, That1MiningGuy leaked some information about the Season 3 battle pass, which he said was called Fire and Ice. Now, there are some new hints that seem to support this upcoming theme in the battle pass now known to be called Meltdown. With Season 3 only weeks away, Apex Legend’s Italian website had some …
TSM talks future of competitive after Apex Legends Invitational win
Olivia Richman
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Team SoloMid was the winner of the 80-team Apex Legends Preseason Invitational, taking home over $100,000 for their victory at Apex Legend’s first big esports touranment. With Season 3 just around the corner, Jordan “Reps” Wolfe, Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen, and Mac “Albralelie” Kenzie Beckwith are already looking forward to the new competitive season. The dominant Apex Legends squad spoke with WIN.gg about what could help the Apex Legends competitive scene …
Apex Legends reveals Series 1 ranked rewards, includes badges, trails
Olivia Richman
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With only a few weeks left of Season 2, Respawn Entertainment announced its rewards for Apex Legends ranked play in Series 1. This update was first revealed at the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational. “Earn your rank and enjoy the spoils of battle with all-new ranked rewards,” Apex Legend’s official Twitter account declared. Players who competed in Series 1 will earn a weapon charm and a badge indicating their highest rank …
TSM win Apex Legends Preseason Invitational, establish top spot
William Davis
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Team SoloMid has defended its X-Games Apex Legends EXP title with a resounding victory at the massive 80-team Apex Legends Preseason Invitational. The official preseason for Apex Legends is now over, and more information about the upcoming regular season will be announced at a later date, according to a Respawn representative who spoke at the tournament. Heading into the regular season, TSM’s squad of Jordan “Reps” Wolfe, Mac “Albralelie” Kenzie …
Apex Legends Season 3 battle pass leaks with exclusive skins
Olivia Richman
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Although fans didn’t expect any official Apex Legends updates until late September, data miners have already found leaked information about Season 3. After revealing multiple legends and their potential abilities, That1MiningGuy is back. This time the data miner has information on the Season 3 battle pass. Called Fire and Ice, fans should expect the battle pass to arrive in October. That1MiningGuy has uncovered the exclusive content that it comes with. …
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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