EA doesn't have an answer yet to the runaway success of the battle royale genre, lead by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite . And their chief competition in Activision's Call of Duty franchise found success with Black Ops 4's Blackout battle royale mode after developer Treyarch scrapped the game's planned single-player story campaign for the battle royale mode late in development. It totally wor

Passively, Gibraltar gains a Gun-Shield that appears in front of him while he aims-down-sights. This helps keep him engaged in medium to long-range gunfights longer, and gives him the advantage. Gibraltar's first active ability is a Dome Of Protection, which is a shield large enough to fit your whole squad in, if need be. Gibraltar's Ultimate ability calls in a mortar strike on a targeted location. This is a great way to push a squad out of cover, keep them split up, or trap them in a build

Passively, Caustic has the ability to see enemies through his gas, allowing himself to stay visually covered and damage an enemy with his gas, all while shooting them, too. Caustic's first active ability is a Nox Gas Trap, which once set up can be triggered by an enemy moving nearby or when the trap is shot. Caustic's Ultimate ability blankets a large area in his Nox Gas, which can be used to grant yourself visual cover or move an enemy out of their own co

**Apex Legends ** is getting new solo and duo modes added according to a new datamine leak. The latest multiplayer shooter from Respawn Studios, the creator of Titanfall , Apex Legends was announced and released all within a couple of days. A new entry in the mega-popular battle royale genre of games, Apex Legends has become very successful, very quickly. The free-to-play title gained 10 million players in its first 72 hours and even gave a boost to its publisher EA's stock prices. The game has also received great reviews with Screen Rant's own Apex Legends review calling it " super polished " and " wonderfully excitin

As we pointed out in light of the Apex Legends reveal is that the timing is strange since EA is just two weeks away from releasing their other futuristic online-only action game Anthem , and just a few months away from the Battlefield V battle royale mode, Firestorm. There's a risk of cannibalization here, but perhaps Firestorm is further off than we thou

Passively, Wraith gets a vocal warning when she's in the sights of an enemy. She can choose to warn her teammates with an on-screen prompt when this happens, too. Wraith's first active ability allows her to enter The Void, allowing her to avoid all damage for a short time. Wraith's Ultimate ability allows her to open a Dimensional Rift wherever she's standing, and link it to another location. These can be used by enemies too, so you'll need to position them carefully and keep a constant eye on 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

"We're doing a free to play game, with essentially loot boxes, after we were bought by EA, and it's not Titanfall 3. It's the perfect recipe for a marketing plan to go awry, so why have that - let's just ship the game and let players pl

PUBG allows players to play alone, with a partner and as a member of a four-player squad. Fortnite meanwhile has a constantly changing pool of player modes from the stalwarts of solo, duo and four-player squads to limited time modes like 50 v 50 team deathmatch-esque bouts or one where everyone tries to topple Thanos from Infinity War . Apex Legends has already been able to make a dent in Fortnite and PUBG 's popularity, if not their player base, by offering something different. Now that Apex Legends Updates|Https://Apexarenaelite.Com/ Legends has players' attention, the natural step would be to challenge the battle royale giants on their own turf by adding solo and duo modes. It remains to be seen if Apex Legends ' popularity will stick or if it's just a flash in the pan, but if the game does want to succeed, adding solo and duo modes will probably be the first of many gameplay upda

To promote the game, publisher Electronic Arts is going the influencer route, having invited and paid streamers and YouTubers to a secret LA event last week to play the game. Tonight, those attendees all posted sponsored tweets in unison, sharing excitement that they can discuss the game tomorrow after Respawn's presentation. All of these tweets, paid for by EA, were hashtagged as an #Ad so take that for what you will. This is marketing, not personal opini