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Apex Legends - March 17, 2025 UpdateMar 17, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeads up, legends! We recently identified two issues that we wanted to give you an update on. 1) On March 11 there was a brief period of time where the Spark Bonus Meter wasn't updating. This has since been fixed, and all players who completed the bonus meter or lost progress on their bonus meter have been granted one Beast of Prey Pack. 2) Additionally, there is an issue where it looks like Beast of Prey Packs do not count towards unlocking Loba's Heirlooms. This is a visual-only bug, and these packs do count towards unlocking her Heirloom.EA отменила разработку нового шутера от Respawn EntertainmentMar 7, 2025 - Gamemag.ruРуководство Electronic Arts приняло решение отменить разработку шутера от Respawn Entertainment. Об этом стало известно из профиля экс-координатора производства проекта Эмили Эванс в LinkedIn. March 5, 2025 - UpdateMar 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey, legends! We heard your feedback regarding Relic Weapons Trios. This has now been moved over to an LTM slot instead of being a takeover mode. For transparency, we wanted to share a bit of the reasoning behind Relic Weapons Trios not being an LTM right out the gate. As a general rule, we want to limit the amount of modes available at the same time. Too many modes could in turn result in poor matchmaking, which is something we are actively trying to improve. The hope was that fully-kitted weapons wouldn't alter the core game mechanics too much and that players would use this takeover to get into action faster and easier. This is why we originally planned it as a takeover mode. We see now that maybe it was TOO fast and we needed to pace the experience better. As always, please keep the feedback coming. Thank you!Apex Legends™ EA Play* Weapon CharmMar 4, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/787e597d8c972d4e11f3b3b1c2d5118fd8dc2609.jpg Experience a world of thrill with EA Play. Join to get great player benefits and unlimited access to an unrivaled collection of EA’s fan-favorite franchises and top titles. Members can unlock rewards in the hottest titles each month including Weapon Charms in Apex Legends. Dive into all the game-winning, world-creating, and galaxy-defining moments in The Play List or discover a new favorite with trials of select recent releases for up to 10 hours with no commitments. If you decide to buy, your progress carries over to the full game, ready for what’s next. Plus, members score 10% off EA digital purchases, saving on full games, points packs, and DLC. Find out more about upcoming EA Play benefits at https://store.steampowered.com/subscriptions/ea or follow us on X (Twitter) and Instagram @eaplay. *Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/eaplay/us/en/pc/ for details. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172470/Apex_Legends/ February 26, 2025 - PatchFeb 26, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey, legends! We just had another patch was just pushed live to address some balance changes. Updates in this patch include: EVA-8 rate of fire reduced at base and all bolt tiers Hemlok burst fire delay was reduced P2020 damage increased to 25 (was 24) and Akimbo hipfire spread tightened Mozambique pellet damage increased to 17 (was 16) and spread tightened RE-45 base magazine size increased to 20 (was 18) and white mag to 21 (was 20) The image for Trios-Redemption no longer shows Storm Point as it's not currently in rotation NINJAYLA'S TAKEOVERFeb 25, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/a4264d0be4dcd14d497eb787876a58a48698d62e.png Prove the community rules all by completing the Respawn & Revival Community Challenge. Work together in this week's Respawn Tokens Takeover and reach all three challenge milestones to determine how many Apex Packs you can unlock in next week's individual challenges. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172470/Apex_Legends/February 24, 2025 - PatchFeb 24, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHeads up, legends! We just pushed an update / patch to address some issues that have popped up since launch. Fixes include: Updated Ash's dash to prevent players from accidentally triggering it Resolved a visual delay when deploying Wattson's fences Mythic R-301 attachments are no longer lost after being respawned Resolved a crash when viewing your Match Summary An issue causing the incorrect total of RP to be shown in Ranked Match Summary Resolved a crash that was happening on Xbox Series X/S consoles Wraith's Slow Clap emote will now display correctly Fixed a crash that occurred when updating video settings on the Nintendo Switch February 19, 2025 - UpdateFeb 19, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey, Legends! An update was pushed out earlier today that includes the following: Weapon tuning for L-Star Weapon tuning for Rampage to 29 (was 30) Assault Class scan reduced to 2s (was 4s) Mirage's health bars no longer appear with Assault Class Scan Ash's Upgrades have been shuffled (double ult moved to level 3) and Ash's cooldown doubledApex Legends™: Takeover Twitch DropsFeb 11, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsTune in to select Twitch streams between February 11-17, 2025, to earn cosmetics while watching your favorite streamers dominate. Instructions on how to link your EA account can be found here. LET THE DROPS BEGIN Once your account is set up, sign into your Twitch account and watch the folks we’ve designated for drops each week. You need to have an EA account Twitch Drops are available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC Players will receive Twitch Drop rewards based on how much they watch You’ll see your reward in-game within 24 hours of the event the next time you log on PARTICIPATING STREAMERS ahleeyahh Alison LadyGame Asleyia Babynikki Berbatow BigCheese BlackBoye Boomrazzle Casper_FoX_ chaoticmuch Chefstrobel ClaraAtWork DERIDIUM Dhalucard dounatsu Emaerya Flanzinho GirlyPRO Gonzales Guapeee IAmTrinky JsavageW JulietteARZ LootieLoo Lost Lyric Mavitivo Meloonie mgclutch MisokaaTv MooseLee MrRoflWaffles MufasaScreams Nati Niikoletaa Oraxe PrimeVladii ShivFPS Sooshi Sophiesnazz Sweet Anita ThatPunchKid TheGamingMerchant TimProVision TwoAngryGamers VirtualGemma vRementv Ward3y Wisethug Yuki Ash Free Unlock BundleFeb 11, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/88d74d2c704df6bc7b63c4707f019ad3ee617750.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/3403260/Apex_Legends_Ash_Free_Unlock_Bundle/ Grab the Ash Free Unlock Bundle and drop straight into Apex Legends: Takeover for energetic mayhem and fun. The bundle includes: Ash unlocked Ash "Ultra Violent" Epic Skin Wingman "The Redactor" Epic Skin Celebrate 6 Years of ApexFeb 11, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsAnother legendary year down. This year we celebrate the 6th anniversary of Apex Legends. How are we celebrating you ask? We’re back with an anniversary event like no other. This year, we have a free community-made reward tracker, a first of its kind Mythic R-301, Mythic Mayhem Royale, and more. Get the party started and jump in during the first two weeks of the event, February 11-25, for: 1.5x boost on all XP gained 2x boost on rewards for Battle Pass Dailies COMMUNITY-MADE REWARD TRACKER Some of your favorite community artists and creators have joined forces to bring you a fresh and brand new community-made reward tracker to help commemorate our anniversary. Complete daily challenges and earn points to unlock free items like Legend skins, Art Trackers, Crafting Metals, an Anniversary Event pack, stickers and more. A huge and special shout out to all of the amazing artists and creators who squadded up to make this anniversary tracker happen! MYTHIC MAYHEM ROYALE Get ready for some Mythic Mayhem Royale! The new Mythic R-301 is coming to Pubs in this new takeover. Keep an eye out for new supply drops marked with Rampart's signature and hologram to receive a fully kitted R-301 with a distinct hop-up providing a unique buff during the event. In addition to Mythic Mayhem Royale, get ready to hunt down some Respawn Tokens while playing Trios and Duos (during the 3rd week of the event only). Loot a respawn token and get a second chance at victory! MYTHIC R-301 AND HEIRLOOM SHARDS {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/90a8521393be7340734b70b2a3363ef3e3661d7b.png Join the party and unleash destruction as you unlock 36 Anniversary Event items, with every item being Legendary or above, including a set of Heirloom Shards, Legend skins, weapon skins, and the Mythic R-301! Some Anniversary Event items this year may look familiar as we included a number of previous anniversary skins. However, if players already own the previous anniversary skins, they will automatically progress through the milestone rewards. Inspired by Wraith’s affinity with the void, mirroring her volatile nature and a dimension that transcends time and space - the first of its kind Mythic R-301 has entered the party. The Mythic R-301 is absolutely loaded. Use Exotic Shards to evolve it through four bold cosmetic upgrades.These upgrades include elevated animations, knock effects, and more. Players who obtain Void Disruption, the new Mythic R-301 weapon skin, during the Anniversary Event will automatically receive the matching Void Disruption ordnance skin. Afterwards, players will be able to unlock the Void Disruption ordnance skin via currency. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/a7a5ed05c315f35df767473ea7da7829f5a4e259.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/8e591e9189742c81f3b3c6f11ef2acf4afb5c870.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/c0ef3a36e8713bafedb2343df3e3803fa5a40e2e.png STORE TAB Today through March 4th, you can snag skins from previous anniversary stores dating all the way back to Apex’s 2nd anniversary! Bundl...Apex Legends™: Takeover Patch NotesFeb 10, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsOVERVIEW There’s no better way to kick off year seven of Apex Legends than upping the heat of battle. Two heavy hitters that have been in the background a bit too long make their way center stage with updates worthy of Apex Predators, and revamped perks raise up the rest of the Assault Class. No weapon is a bad weapon with buffs across the board for every piece that you can get your hands on. This new meta is cooking and it’s safe to say that this anniversary season flips the season of Support to one of aggression. Coupled with some strong updates for Armor and Helmets, greater access to weapons with the new Arsenals, and reduced visual clutter and time-to-kill has never been faster. It’s a whole new Outlands—be ready to fight. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/cdd24f9da37f3e0cf796d219e234c59f2c050d11.png LEGEND BUFFS ASH Ash sees a number of improvements this season to her Arc Snare and Phase Breach to make them more effective and reliable. Her snare change lets her snag targets against the strong edge of the tether more often. Her Ult goes farther, travels faster, and endpoint detection has improved to make the targeting stickier and less prone to accidental bad snapping. The big change for Ash is her new passive: Predator's Pursuit. This grants her an omnidirectional short-range dash—enabling her to close the gap on a tethered target or evade swiftly in a close-quarters skirmish. With these changes, Ash is set to become the Apex Predator she was always meant to be. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/a3167174bef9efe41bae265fd6dbb6a8f5ec0025.png BALLISTIC Ballistic sees some of his favorite upgrades, the extra charge and sling levelling, integrated into his base kit, giving him more utility and versatility in the early game. A new Level 3 upgrade allows him to double his Whistler charges, opening up his utility and crowd control potential immensely. Tempest, his Ult, now also grants a speed bonus—making him a frightening force when he and his team bare down on you. But the big guns? Ballistic's sling can now carry crate weapons, which can spool with infinite ammo when Tempest is active. In Takeover, Ballistic may very well relive his glory days. ASSAULT CLASS PERKS Assault Legends are walking arsenals: forged in combat and always ready for a fight. Their abilities grant them incredible combat utility that helps disrupt enemies, threaten their positions, or give them openings to strike. These Legends are enhanced with perks that let them worry less about their weapon economy, bring more explosive power to the table, and give them the combat edge to capitalize on one of core moments in any combat encounter—the shield break. Combat Reserve Carry extra ammo per ammo stack Have two new grenade-only slots in inventory Retain access to Red Extended Supply Bins Stowed Reload: stowed weapons automatically reload after 2s Battle Surge: breaking an enemy’s shields grants a speed burst, fast reloads, and highlights the target enemy for 4s {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/d08...New Updates Coming with Apex Legends™: TakeoverFeb 6, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsNEW UPDATES COMING WITH APEX LEGENDS™: TAKEOVER We live to fight, Legends. This season we’re bringing the community to the forefront of Apex Legends with some of your favorites taking over content and competition. These Creator Commissioners will craft a series of challenges based on their own Apex experiences with a chance to earn cosmetics. Gear up with Arsenals, a new one-stop shop stocked with weapons and ammo to hit the ground running. Purchase a Legend Spotlight Pass to find a potential new main and earn a Legendary skin for both your new Legend and a weapon. Add in Legend updates and bold meta changes, and we’ve got ourselves a party worthy of our sixth anniversary. Speaking of, our Anniversary Event kicks off at season launch with even more community created content and the debut of the Mythic R-301. This Takeover is a party you’re not going to want to miss. CREATOR COMMISSIONERS Creators take the wheel this season. Four different Creator Commissioners will step into the spotlight for two weeks each, bringing challenges to conquer, new and returning fan favorite modes, and fresh rewards. Week one you’ll chase glory together to complete Community challenges and ultimately determine how many Apex Packs† will be up for grabs the following week. Here are your community goals for each first week: Tier 1 completion: 10 total Apex Packs† earnable Tier 2 completion: 15 total Apex Packs† earnable Tier 3 completion: 20 total Apex Packs† earnable In week two, the hunt is on to earn those rewards! Work through five individual challenges to unlock a Creator-selected Legendary weapon skin and the Apex Packs† you chased in the first week. Participating in week one doesn’t automatically earn you rewards, so you’ll want to jump into matches that second week as well. Plus, earn a Banner Frame when you tune in to your faves on Twitch via Twitch Drops and a free Creator-themed tracker set in the Featured store to gift your friends! If you haven’t already, be sure to connect your EA account with your Twitch account in order to receive drops: instructions can be found here. Creator Commissioners and their Legendary choices: February 25-March 10, 2025: Ninjayla Legendary skin: Wingman’s “Death Ray” March 11-24, 2025: Oraxe Legendary skin: Kraber’s “The Pioneer” April 1-14, 2025: Apryze Legendary skin: Mastiff’s “Bone Breaker” April 15-28, 2025: Kaminari Kyupi Legendary skin: Mastiff’s “Tombstick” ARSENALS We’re bringing the arsenal this season with…well, Arsenals. This new addition to Battle Royale provides easy and consistent access to weapons and ammo of your choice. Stations will be located across all POI's on every map and, while their locations are fixed, the ammo type they will provide is random each match. In addition to providing our full armory of weapons, Arsenals will also provide relevant ammo and the ability to enhance weapons. You can enhance one weapon per Arsenal and that weapon must match the Arsenal's ammo type. Doing so will grant an upgraded...Apex Legends™: Anti-cheat and Matchmaking UpdateFeb 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsLast year we made a commitment to you that we were going to continue to grow our communications and give you additional development insight. For our first dev blog of 2025, we’re sharing progress on the last two hot topics we covered: anti-cheat and matchmaking. We touched on both of these in our Dev Update video that launched today, but we wanted to give a written overview as well. You already know that anti-cheat is an ever evolving process, but we wanted to update you with the latest on teaming, botting, and actioning your reports. We chatted about matchmaking just ahead of the holidays, but there’s so much more to catch you up on including new features in the works. Here’s a TLDR of what we’re covering in today’s dev update: Anti-cheat Update Recent efforts against teaming including recent action being taken on ~1,200 accounts across all platforms and the removal of ~17.4 million ranked points An update on our progress against botting including a brand new machine learning model Report Feedback: a new feature that we’re investigating to provide additional insight into the report you sent in-game Brief touch base around a recently resolved incident that saw some high-profile accounts become compromised Matchmaking Update A sneak peek of in-progress features coming in the not so distant future: Unranked Skill Display, seeding skill values, and lessening Ranked resets Looking at some new and upcoming tests: npc “Apex Bots,” preferential matchmaking (solos vs. premades), and queue time adjustments Sharing some ongoing conversations for added transparency: Ranked premade restrictions, Ranked placement matches and skill difference and scoring Catch up before you jump in with our previous matchmaking and anti-cheat blogs, and keep an eye out on our social channels for more continual bite-sized updates such as the Linux blockage results or adjustments to matchmaking. ANTI-CHEAT UPDATE Anti-Cheat and game integrity will always be a top priority for us and the fight continues as we work to put in safeguards and evolve our systems to stop and get ahead of cheaters. This is another topic that we’ll share updates on as often as we can, whether it’s through social updates or blogs. Today we’re sharing some advances we’ve made in combating teaming and botting, and an upcoming feature to better your reporting experience. TEAMING While Apex is a team game at its core, it’s not a team’s team game. If you’ve not encountered this before, teaming is when multiple teams collude during a match for a shared goal. For those that have experienced this in the past, you might’ve noticed a decrease over the last few months. We’ve actively been targeting this negative behaviour in Ranked modes from multiple angles, including rolling out new automated teaming detection algorithms, swifter and more severe punishments, and stripping any ill-gotten ranked points from offenders. These efforts have led to action being taken on ~1,200 accounts across all platforms, including the...Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheatersFeb 5, 2025 - GamingOnLinuxBack in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/blocking-linux-steam-deck-in-apex-legends-led-to-a-meaningful-reduction-in-cheaters/ Apex Legends™ - Higround Prize Pack GiveawayFeb 4, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/db4a550ca3f6a9d6a28d4e53023603eb01a9c55a.png Want to win your very own Higround prize pack? Follow these steps for a chance to win your choice of a keyboard and mousepad: Like this post Leave a comment below! Good luck, legends! NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. 18+ Ends Feb. 9, 2025. For eligibility details, odds, and Official Rules, visit https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/higround-sweepstakes-rules.Apex Legends: Takeover Anthem TrailerJan 30, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThe stage is set. The Legends, ready. There’s no denying you’ve captured the worlds’ curiosity. Question is: What are you going to do with it? And keep an eye out next week for the Apex Legends: Takeover Gameplay trailer, Dev Updates, and more. Learn more: http://x.ea.com/apxl/takeover Apex Legends™ is a free-to-play* battle royale game where legendary characters battle for glory, fame, and fortune on the fringes of the Frontier. Play for free now on PlayStation® 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via EA App, Epic Games Store and Steam: http://x.ea.com/57366. Check out our YouTube channel: http://x.ea.com/56710. Follow us on X: / playapex . Follow us on Instagram: / playapex . Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@playapex?lang=en Credits: Production Company: Electronic Arts, Respawn Entertainment, Psyop, & Sun Creature Sound Design/Mix: Formosa All other categories: Electronic Arts & Respawn Entertainment *Applicable platform account and platform subscription (sold separately) may be required. Persistent internet connection and EA account required. Age restrictions apply. This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items."Celebrate with a cosmic twist in the Lunar Rebirth EventJan 21, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/56ec987786f18d17e444e532f57c2b51fa6146af.jpg Celebrate Lunar New Year with a cosmic twist, as Materia from the FINAL FANTASY™ VII REBIRTH Event returns via Rift Relics. Wield the devastating Buster Sword and equip Hop-Ups to boost your critical rate, and much more. Pull from the returning 36 FINAL FANTASY™ VII REBIRTH-themed cosmetics, with your owned items counting toward Loot progress. Earn rewards in the new Lunar Rebirth Reward Track and collect from 24 Event cosmetics as you work toward Alter’s Prestige Skin, complete with 3 Tiers, a unique Skydive Trail, and a unique finisher. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172470/Apex_Legends/Transcend the Otherworld in the Astral Anomaly EventJan 15, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsScience, Legends, science we say! Brace for interdimensional chaos as Launch Royale returns with a vengeance and a turbocharged map rotation. Earn Bytes to redeem rewards like Epic skins for Seer and the Flatline. Pull from 15 event cosmetics including Legendary skins for Octane and more with an opportunity for Legendary skins for Horizon and Alter, each with a unique Character Select Animation. LTM: LAUNCH ROYALE Step back in time again for Launch Royale! Experience the LTM with the old school weapons, Legends, abilities, ruleset, but on all of the current day Apex Legends Battle Royale maps. Kings Canyon, World’s Edge, Olympus, Storm Point, Broken Moon, and District will all be available to play with Launch Royale. If you're craving that old-school Apex vibe on the modern maps, this is the best time to jump in and see where legends were born. Relive a refreshed nostalgia from January 7-20, 2025. MILESTONE EVENT ITEMS Pick-up 15 otherworldly limited-time cosmetics as you progress through the Astral Anomaly event. Each item received during the event counts towards bonus rewards that are automatically unlocked at milestones along the way including 10 Exotic Shards. All 15 items will be available in Astral Anomaly Event Apex Packs† for the duration of the event, with each pack having a chance to unlock Alter’s “Anarchonaut” and Horizon’s “Dark Horizon” skins. Note: each event pack contains one event item and two standard items, and there are no duplicates of event items in these packs. REWARD SHOP Earn Bytes by completing daily event challenges, then check out the Astral Anomaly Reward Shop to redeem them for rewards and see your progress with all four event badges. Offerings will rotate halfway through the event. PATCH NOTES BALANCE UPDATES Care Package Opening a Care Package now grants EVO to the entire team instead of just the opener Gold Weapon Rotation Charge Rifle, Prowler PDW, Nemesis Burst AR, G7 Scout, CAR SMG Ring Lethality Support Perk benefits will be disabled once a player reaches the Ring Lethality Warning time limit Revive Expert benefits will still maintain a long cooldown before re-use after being used inside the ring ATTACHMENTS & ORDNANCE Accelerated Weapons NEW Accelerator: stock on the Nemesis Burst AR, G7 Scout, and CAR SMG Increases EVO gained from damage Increases Ultimate charge from damage Knocks grant 30% ult charge as long as an Accelerator weapon is equipped Dev Note: We are trying something fresh with this new Hop-Up and adding it to the base of these weapons by default. An ability like increased EVO and Ult charge gains makes the biggest impact when acquired early in a match, so we wanted to try and provide that exciting gameplay without the need to hunt for a rare item. Arc Star Players will now be notified with a “STUCK” message when they have been stuck with an Arc Star Dev Note: It can sometimes be difficult to know if you’ve been stuck by an Arc Star in the heat of combat. This messaging should help take the gues...Apex Legends™ EA Play* Weapon CharmJan 8, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38098458/ad188012c6ac74eff5a4c946c6786fde7942a9b3.jpg Experience a world of thrill with EA Play. Join to get great player benefits and unlimited access to an unrivaled collection of EA’s fan-favorite franchises and top titles. Members can unlock rewards in the hottest titles each month including Weapon Charms in Apex Legends. Dive into all the game-winning, world-creating, and galaxy-defining moments in The Play List or discover a new favorite with trials of select recent releases for up to 10 hours with no commitments. If you decide to buy, your progress carries over to the full game, ready for what’s next. Plus, members score 10% off EA digital purchases, saving on full games, points packs, and DLC. Find out more about upcoming EA Play benefits at https://store.steampowered.com/subscriptions/ea or follow us on X (Twitter) and Instagram @eaplay. *Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/eaplay/us/en/pc/ for details. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172470/Apex_Legends/Apex Legends is the First Game to Top Fortnite 10 Days in a Row on TwitchFeb 13, 2019 - GitHypWith a growing list of failed battle royale games that at one point had thriving player bases and viewer numbers, Epic’s Fortnite looked to continue its dominance in 2019 with no real competition in sight… that is, until the creators of Titanfall dropped in last week out of nowhere with Apex Legends. Last year, many believed triple-A military shooters, Call of Duty and Battlefield, could take over the battle royale genre in 2019. But with the hype for both now at an all-time low, EA and Respawn's brilliant marketing strategy, improved BR mechanics, and free-to-play format have resulted in Apex Legends becoming the most successful new game since Fortnite. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was actually the first game to take attention away from Fortnite for a whole week during the end of 2018; peaking with 508k concurrent viewers on Twitch and holding the #1 position for 8 days in a row. But unlike Black Ops 4, which saw its viewer base decline by 66% in its first week, Apex Legends has kept the interest of top streamers and its viewer base has grown over time -- keeping it in the #1 position on Twitch for a record-breaking 10 days in a row. Yesterday’s first-ever tournament for the game was Apex Legends' biggest day yet with a peak of 670k concurrent viewers during Twitch Rivals where team Kings Canyon’s Ninja, King Richard, and Dizzy took home the W. Compared to the game’s peak viewer count of 486k viewers on its launch day, Apex Legends has since seen viewership rise by 38%; which is a great sign that Apex could have some serious staying power at the top, especially when considering the hype for most new games usually fades away by their second week on Twitch. Player counts for Apex Legends also seem to be aligning once again with viewers' interest on Twitch. Respawn’s CEO, Vince Zampella, announced that the game broke 10 million unique players and 1 million concurrent players just 72 hours after launching. And just 4 days after his first announcement, Zampella also revealed that Apex Legends has already more than doubled that number with 25 million unique players and well over 2 million concurrent players at its peak. Seeing Apex Legends grow so quickly is reminiscent of Fornite’s meteoric rise after Epic shifted their focus to the battle royale genre. Unfortunately, at the moment all we have are official announcements from Respawn regarding the game’s continued growth... So for now, viewership on Twitch is currently our best indicator of the current state of the game, and as long as it keeps increasing at the top of Twitch, it's safe to say that the player counts are too.

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