A new Titanfall game isn't at all surprising given that in 2018 Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed to sharedholders that Respawn, their latest developer acquisition, had two teams working on two different projects. One is this, Apex Legends , and Apexarenaelite.Com the other is the mysterious Star Wars game Jedi Fallen Order which is slated for release later this year. What is surprising however, is the timing of Apex's rele
"Our studio is comprised of a diverse group of people, the player base of battle royale is comprised of a diverse group. Having a diverse cast is super important. You want everyone to have someone they can connect
The news first comes from YouTube channel TheQuartering and was quickly confirmed by reports from esports insider Rod Breslau and Kotaku's Jason Schreier. We had also heard from our owns sources about influencers (Shroud and Dr. Disrespect are named) playing a new shooter at EA recently but didn't have concrete info on the quick release date. This certainly explains why the pair was streaming Titanfall 2 recentl
Apex Legends _ shares a few similarities with _Fortnite , but in terms of player growth, it's already surpassing Epic Games' juggernaut battle royale title, at least in terms of how they launched. Apex Legends is, according to early analysis, on pace to outgrow Fortnite at a rate that would be extraordinarily quick, even for a genre that has been explosive in its popular
Titled **Apex Legends ** , the new Titanfall game is a battle royale that will feature three-player squads but, weirdly, no actual Titans (the large, playable mechs the series takes its name from). Instead it seems EA is focusing on the high-speed, kinetic infantry gameplay of Titanfall which is inspired from the developer's roots in Call of Duty (they were initially formed from Infinity Ward de
Apex Legends _ is the latest battle royale sensation, breaking 25 million registered players during its first week available. Developer Respawn Entertainment suddenly launched the game last Monday, February 4, and positive buzz has seen _Apex Legends become one of the most talked about titles in recent memory, with a its playerbase swelling at an incredible r
The lack of build up doesn’t seem to have impacted its success, as the game hit the one million player mark in just 7 hours. Since then the numbers have grown and current figures put the number of players at over 10 million. While Apex Legends still has a long way to go to reach the heights of Fortnite or PUBG, the game is certainly making solid progr
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
One of the things currently being praised is the diversity within the character roster. While there is always an argument for more representation, the range of characters Respawn has created is fantastic to see. They have managed with just eight characters to represent a significant amount of people who rarely get to see themselves reflected in a g
By releasing Apex Legends on Monday, EA is risking this battle royale game cannibalizing the upcoming Firestorm mode for BFV which is slated for release this spring. Of course, these are two very different types of shooters, one set in the past, and one hyper-futuristic with verticality and wall-running in mind. The other interesting observation here is that EA's big bet and new IP, Anthem , releases in just two weeks. Anthem is a futuristic online-only game, so Apex Legends could bite into that as w
EA had Battlefield V releasing alongside Black Ops 4 but the publisher rushed developer DICE into releasing the game just two years after Battlefield 1 , meaning it launched with much of its content missing, including the game's co-op mode and Firestorm battle royale mode . Worse yet, Firestorm will only support 64 players, quite a bit under the magic battle royale player count number of 100. As we know now, Apex Legends will support even less play
As it turns out, however, Apex Legends is really good . EA announced Apex Legends reached 25 million players within its first seven days of availability, which should indicate just how quickly it is catching on with battle royale fans. On top of that, the game has already achieved a concurrent player total of over 2 million, another remarkable feat for a title that is only finding its footing within a crowded, competitive genre. For context, that means Apex Legends is currently growing at a rate faster than Fortnite
According to a few different tweets from industry analysts, Apex Legends is already outgrowing Fortnite . As a rough timeline, it appears Apex Legends hit 2.5 million players in just one day after launch, 10 million after three days, and 25 million after seven. It's an incredible feat that will likely need to slow down at some point in the near future, but for now, it's setting a pace that would make Apex Legends one of the most successful games ever. For reference, Fortnite Battle Royale hit 10 million players after two whole weeks, and didn't hit the 25 million mark until sometime between weeks six and ele