Jul 23, 2020

Get Your First Look at the Steam Release Exclusive Gun Charms

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Hey Apex Legends Fans,

We have some exciting news for those of you eagerly awaiting Apex Legends’ release on Steam this fall. We’re celebrating by giving away some very special gun charms to Steam players. It’s our way of saying welcome to the Arena.

Everybody loves a crossover episode!

For something this momentous, we couldn’t give you something half-baked -- that’s why we partnered with Valve to design these Half-Life and Portal inspired gun charms!

Terrify your opponents with the adorably horrifying Headcrab Runner Gun Charm! It’s a para-site for sore eyes.

Here's an interesting fact: You can bring GLaDOS into the Arena with the PotatOS Gun Charm. *Slow clap*

Form an unspoken connection with the Wired Companions Gun Charm. The sparks are flying already!

These will all be free limited-time login rewards for our Apex Legends Steam players, so add it to your Wishlist and follow us on Steam today. We’ll keep you updated as we get closer to the launch this fall.

Jun 23, 2020

Apex Legends new event adds mobile respawn beacons and loads else

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Everyone in Apex Legends is a treasure hunter now, and Crypto has a moustache. I clearly haven’t been paying enough attention, but this is the backdrop to the “Lost Treasures” event and I’m happy to roll with it – not least because that event adds mobile respawn beacons. It goes live at 4pm BST (8am Pacific), and it’s bringing loadsa new cosmetics along with a new special room that lets you see other squads on the map. There are quite big character rebalances, too

The shotguns ‘n’ sniper rifles only mode has also returned, but this time with a new item that let you summon a one-use respawn station. I’m glad to see those will be added to the main game once the event has run its course. It’s been a while since I stretched my Apelegs but a change like this is a fine way to lure me back.

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Jun 18, 2020

Apex Legends finally gets Switch release and cross-play this autumn

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At long last, Apex Legends players are finally getting the feature they've been asking for ever since launch: cross-platform play.

Revealed during this evening's EA Play Live event, the news means those on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC will be able to play together, starting sometime this autumn. Oh, and so will Switch players, as Apex Legends is also arriving on both Switch and Steam this year.

Respawn initially confirmed it had plans for cross-play in an interview with Eurogamer at launch, with lead producer Drew McCoy explaining cross-progress and cross-purchases would never be implemented "due to the way systems were set up early on" which "can't [be] reconciled after the fact". Things went quiet on the cross-play front for a while, but in April the devs popped up to say the feature was "important" to the game - and, well, here it is. We don't yet know the full specifics of how it will work, however, such as whether it will be input-based.