In an interview with Eurogamer , Respawn lead producer Drew McCoy was refreshingly open about how players ended up with Apex Legends instead of Titanfall 3 . Matter-of-factly, he acknowledges the perceived oversaturation of the battle royale genre and confirms that Titanfall 3 is not currently in development. Learning from the PR disaster Blizzard brought upon itself by announcing Diablo Immortal for mobile when fans were expecting Diablo 4 , McCoy says that the surprise release of Apex Legends was a carefully calculated bid to " let the game speak for itself ." And it seems to have paid off spectacularly, with the game's sudden launch stirring an overwhelmingly optimistic response from critics and gamers alike. Almost forlornly, McCoy admits that he and the rest of Respawn were very aware of the kind of game they were working on and the logically negative conclusions that players would draw if given too long to judge the game prior to release, say

Apex Legends (whose very name is likely a riff on minor Titanfall series antagonist Kuben Blisk's mercenary outfit, the Apex Predators) is an incredibly polished and streamlined iteration on the battle royale formula. Originally leaked a day before its surprise February 3 release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, Apex Legends excels in areas where other battle royales tend to falter thanks to developer Respawn's innovative approaches to teamwork, traversal, and spawning. While there's little room to complain about a new AAA competitor that has serious potential to shake things up for Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 , there's little question of the fact that free-to-play Apex Legends - which wears its market-driven influences like Overwatch on its sleeve - is a far cry from Titanfall despite their passing similarit

A lot of the fundamentals here are going to be familiar to battle royale veterans, but Apex definitely brought along its own set of unique quirks when it comes to gearing up. Each of point of interest in Kings Canyon has a loot tier assigned to it, with higher tiers providing better loot, the latter being more hotly contested drop si

The information on Fortnite pertains to when it went free-to-play and battle royale as well, so it's not as though Apex Legends is being given a head start by including the brief period that saw Fortnite remain relatively obscure. Fortnite also launched into PUBG , so the argument that Apex Legends is capitalizing on a market that's more fertile isn't a completely sound one. That being said, however, there's certainly more people invested in the genre than there used to be, so Apex Legends Dlc|Https://Apexarenaelite.Com/ Legends ' numbers might be what to expect from great battle royale titles in the future. The game still has a long ways to go when it comes to concurrent players as well, as Apex Legends recently surpassed 2 million - Fortnite hit over 8 million concurrent players late last y

The release of Apex Legends comes just at the end of an exceptionally dismal fiscal quarter for EA , who published both Titanfall entries and acquired Respawn back in late 2017 . According to the first page of the report , however, there is light at the end of the tunnel into which EA has dug itself. The statement points to the obvious cash cow of FIFA , the heavily marketed Anthem , and the newly released Apex Legends , but it also promises investors relief in 2019 in the form of another Titanfall -related project that has yet to be formally announced. For now, it's anyone's guess what " related Titanfall experiences " fans have to look forward to this year as it's left intentionally vague. Of course, Titanfall 3 is squarely out of the question, so the end product could take the form of anything from a mobile game to a remake, or, most compellingly, it could be the Oculus VR game that Respawn in rumored to have been working on for a while

Nonetheless, Respawn is taking steps in nearly all the right directions with Apex Legends so far, and this most recent effort to include players is no exception. When considering Apex Legend _ 's quick climb to success and the game's inherent live-service model (as well as a rumored _Titanfall project coming this year ), it will be will be intriguing to see how Respawn continues to put players first in 2

Each class carries a specific set of passive, active, and and ultimate skills, giving them unique roles in and out of combat. Bloodhound, for example, can track other squads if they've been nearby. Pathfinder can set up ziplines to assist with squad mobility, while Lifeline lays down the healing. Learning how to use your Legend's abilities will make or break your squad's effectiven

"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

On the other end, there is the likely chance that this was Epic Games doing some non-existant PR damage control. By all means, I'm sure they are increasingly conscious of the rise of Apex Legends -- EA has been able to quote daily successes since the game's unexpected launch. In the first eight hours, the battle royale title had scored over a million individual players . Within 48 hours, that number had jumped to 2.5 million players . Then, by the end of the work week, Apex Legends had managed to reach 10 million players, with a high score of 1 million concurren