The game isn’t officially announced just yet, but word leaked out this morning thanks to esports journalist Rod Breslau. As Breslau reported today, it’s called Apex Legends and will be out on Monday for PC, Xbox, and PS4. It’s a free-to-play battle royale that, interestingly, won’t let you use the Titan mech suits that make Titanfall so iconic. You’ll have supernatural MOBA-like hero abilities and play either solo or in a team of three as you battle other players for delicious chicken dinners.
We’ve heard all of those same details. A tipster sent me some info about Apex Legends early last month—“It plays like Titanfall mixed with Overwatch and Blackout from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4,” they told me at the time—and from what we’ve heard, publisher EA held an event for streamers and YouTubers this week to show off the game, which is likely how the news leaked.
Here’s another interesting tidbit: As I was reporting on EA’s purchase of Titanfall developer Respawn in the fall of 2017—a move that was forced by a Nexon bid for the studio and may have been directly connected to the closure of Visceral—I heard from a Respawn source that Titanfall 3 was well into development and that the studio had been looking to release it by the end of 2018. The rationale, that source said, was that the game’s underlying technology was starting to feel dated and that Titanfall 3 might not feel or look as good if it came out too much later. (Like the previous two Titanfall games, Titanfall 3 used a modified version of Valve’s Source engine.)
Perhaps the studio decided to switch engines for Titanfall 3, releasing Apex Legends (which is also reportedly on Source) as a stopgap as it pushed back the release of a proper third Titanfall game. Or perhaps the work Respawn had done for Titanfall 3 wound up evolving into this spinoff game. No matter what, the third Titanfall appears to be way down the road.
Expect Apex Legends to be announced very soon, perhaps tomorrow at the Super Bowl or on Monday as a not-so-much-of-a-surprise reveal. This will be the first of two games Respawn has planned for this year, in addition to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, which is slated to come out in the fall.
>No Mechs
What's the point then!? :lol
I think it's worth waiting to see the game in action first.this deal keeps getting worse all the time if "wall riding" means "wall running"
Yes there are no Titans and things like wall riding are not in the current iteration of the game. But a lot of the features and core feel of Titanfall 2 is still there. There is elements of parkour in the game. I think the Edge editor is wrong to say there is 'no parkour'.
Game will be 60fps on consoles too.
The nod to R6S is primarily because of how the game has in depth characters that you can customise.
Also the game will have a tutorial mode to ease people in.
Dated tech is the least of the series problems. If they're dropping Source (for Frostbite, naturally) that'd be hilarious since 1-2 were the most optimized EA games in a long while.
I'll be happy if I can finally drag my friends away from the remarkably shitty PUBG. I don't really get the draw of BR, but Respawn has made the two best shooters I've played so maybe this will be good.
According to the design director, a single-digit handfull of the developers from the Titanfall team went over to work on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but it’s essentially an all-new team making that game. The core Titanfall team is working on Apex Legends and there are currently no other projects in development.No Titanfall 3 bois :fbm
*EA shuts down Respawn Entertainment*ohohohoho no no no, they can't leave till they finish Star Wars, EA needs one of those fuckers
Me being all bitter about Titanfall aside, br games just fucking suck at core level. I'm sure it's a masterpiece of the genre, but what a fucking genre it is. First match we drop in fucking nowhere and get shot by a camped up sniper. Next game, there is plenty of loot but just a bunch of secondary shit. My teammate manages to locate some rifle, I find a pistol. Sneak up on a guy and unload, but of course that's not enough. Then I get killed.
Seriously, this is like every game flaw wrapped up in a new and hot genre.
first game i join our squad leader has us jump to somewhere out of bounds and we're eliminated instantly. what the fuck
During its earnings results conference call, Electronic Arts said it will launch a new, paid Titanfall game later this year that is a twist on the franchise.
It doesn’t have wall Running?
Does it have anything at all from titanfall apart from assets?
It doesn't really feel like TF or COD. It's got damned tight gameplay, though.
I'm on Xbox, but my shit skill level sort of makes me a liability. GT: Atlas Warbear
this is pretty funny, I was trying to find out wtf an apex legends is and saw that that quartering dude everyone hates actually broke this story days before kotaku and this rob guy.NO TITANS
Confirmed by Schreier:Quote from: https://kotaku.com/a-free-to-play-titanfall-battle-royale-game-will-be-out-1832291956The game isn’t officially announced just yet, but word leaked out this morning thanks to esports journalist Rod Breslau. As Breslau reported today, it’s called Apex Legends and will be out on Monday for PC, Xbox, and PS4. It’s a free-to-play battle royale that, interestingly, won’t let you use the Titan mech suits that make Titanfall so iconic. You’ll have supernatural MOBA-like hero abilities and play either solo or in a team of three as you battle other players for delicious chicken dinners.
We’ve heard all of those same details. A tipster sent me some info about Apex Legends early last month—“It plays like Titanfall mixed with Overwatch and Blackout from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4,” they told me at the time—and from what we’ve heard, publisher EA held an event for streamers and YouTubers this week to show off the game, which is likely how the news leaked.
Here’s another interesting tidbit: As I was reporting on EA’s purchase of Titanfall developer Respawn in the fall of 2017—a move that was forced by a Nexon bid for the studio and may have been directly connected to the closure of Visceral—I heard from a Respawn source that Titanfall 3 was well into development and that the studio had been looking to release it by the end of 2018. The rationale, that source said, was that the game’s underlying technology was starting to feel dated and that Titanfall 3 might not feel or look as good if it came out too much later. (Like the previous two Titanfall games, Titanfall 3 used a modified version of Valve’s Source engine.)
Perhaps the studio decided to switch engines for Titanfall 3, releasing Apex Legends (which is also reportedly on Source) as a stopgap as it pushed back the release of a proper third Titanfall game. Or perhaps the work Respawn had done for Titanfall 3 wound up evolving into this spinoff game. No matter what, the third Titanfall appears to be way down the road.
Expect Apex Legends to be announced very soon, perhaps tomorrow at the Super Bowl or on Monday as a not-so-much-of-a-surprise reveal. This will be the first of two games Respawn has planned for this year, in addition to Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, which is slated to come out in the fall.
https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1091689636341211136
this is pretty funny, I was trying to find out wtf an apex legends is and saw that that quartering dude everyone hates actually broke this story days before kotaku and this rob guy.brad from gb had a funny story about that on the bombcast. saying that he went to LA and saw apex on tues/weds and that the respawn guys said youtube/twitch influencers would be seeing it the next day. so as soon as brad got back to GB he insisted they get the video for it made and uploaded/ready to publish because it was a sure thing one of the influencers would blab to someone. :lol
who's playing on ps4?i'll prolly try it on ps4
No one cares about titanfall
Apex makes Blackout completely irrelevant.
Have made it to 2nd twice and have choked :mjcry
Big tournament today. $50K Starts at 1PM. Should be all over twitch.
i'm kinda curious how this would play solo now
It doesn’t have wall Running?
Does it have anything at all from titanfall apart from assets?
It doesn’t have wall Running?
Does it have anything at all from titanfall apart from assets?
It has its rich, deep lore. :heh
the struggle to continue maining pathfinder after playing away and realising that if you don't have a hit box like a giant lego man you can actually last more than two seconds in close combat is real.
probably he most mental decision in this game was giving every character identical health and speed, but massively different size/shaped hitboxes. dodging wingman shots with wraith is an absolute piece of piss compared with PF/gib/caustic and it's not like their kits are so overpowered they compensate for being a total bullet magnet.
how can you say the game is good without dropping video clips accompanied by rap ???
how can you say the game is good without dropping video clips accompanied by rap ???
https://streamable.com/73pnw
https://streamable.com/digs6
https://streamable.com/a16h0
https://streamable.com/vv7ny
https://streamable.com/bo1sh
https://streamable.com/h1opx
https://streamable.com/hie3h
https://streamable.com/i9hz7
https://streamable.com/eek43
https://streamable.com/q64it
https://streamable.com/82gey
https://streamable.com/reuk9
https://streamable.com/nn4tn
https://streamable.com/b3s6l
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnoyEQEuto
how can you say the game is good without dropping video clips accompanied by rap ???
https://streamable.com/73pnw
https://streamable.com/digs6
https://streamable.com/a16h0
https://streamable.com/vv7ny
https://streamable.com/bo1sh
https://streamable.com/h1opx
https://streamable.com/hie3h
https://streamable.com/i9hz7
https://streamable.com/eek43
https://streamable.com/q64it
https://streamable.com/82gey
https://streamable.com/reuk9
https://streamable.com/nn4tn
https://streamable.com/b3s6l
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnoyEQEuto
click link
see wraithbox abuse
feel hurt and let down
How has this shit attitude been working out for you? Bless up.
https://streamable.com/vmwisHow has this shit attitude been working out for you? Bless up.
all my heroes are dead.
https://streamable.com/vmwisHow has this shit attitude been working out for you? Bless up.
all my heroes are dead.
https://streamable.com/kd3al
https://youtu.be/LR5XG7Z_ywE
https://youtu.be/hPOuIHDfu_Ispoiler (click to show/hide)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I625zPMQ4r4[close]
https://twitter.com/neko_kk2/status/1104227590074556416
https://streamable.com/kd3al
Check it out..We were the last team alive and I was greedy af and wanted the supply drops 🤷🏼♂️.. Then my team got killed.. I took one guy down and was about to res them when this happened..
https://xboxdvr.com/gamer/mmarsu-nl/video/70874526
Hey Friends,
So between the datamining and the unintentional update about Season 1 on Origin today, there’s been a lot of speculation and confusion so we wanted to give some clarity:
We’ll be providing details on Season 1, Battle Pass, and the next Legend very soon. It’s not coming out today.
There’s lots of stuff that has been datamined from Apex since launch and is swirling around the Internet. We know this stuff is fun to dig up and speculate about, but you should not treat any of that info as a source of truth. There’s stuff in there that is very old, or things we’ve tried in the past and cut--remember our design process is to prototype and play lots of ideas--and some of it may be things we’re still building for Apex Legends. Finding this stuff by no means confirms that it’ll ever come out. At best you should treat any posts about this as a rumor and the real info will come from us when we’re ready to show off what’s coming next.
Thank you to everyone for staying patient through this and hang tight. We’re excited to get Season 1 kicked off and having you grinding on that Battle Pass with a new Legend to master soon.
Battle Pass Season 1 Philosophyhttps://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/battle-pass
TL;DR Season 1 is about keeping it focused and allowing players to earn a lot of rewards at a great value (you even get the cost of the base Battle Pass back if you reach level 97). We’ll begin adding more and more innovations each season, as we evolve the Battle Pass.
Our first Battle Pass is all about letting you continue to learn and experiment with the core Apex Legends experience while earning awesome loot at the same time. You’ll notice the first version isn’t built around a complex quest system where you need to do a 720 backflip off of Watchtower Artemis and get two Wingman headshots before hitting the ground. While we think there’s really cool design space in quests and challenges for future Battle Passes, we wanted the initial version to allow our players to just play and learn the game.
All of the rewards in the Wild Frontier Battle Pass are exclusive to Season 1 and will never return to the game after the season ends (excluding Apex Packs and the content dropped in them).
Meet Octane
After blowing his legs off in a record-breaking gauntlet speed-run, Octavio “Octane” Silva is diving into the Apex Games with metal legs and even bigger ambitions. He’s searching for the ultimate adrenaline rush by using his death-defying moves to become an Apex Champion.
His Adrenaline Junkie ability lets him trade health for speed, and an endless supply of Stim health regeneration means he’s always ready for action. His Launch Pad Ultimate Ability lets his squad fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Jump into Apex Legends and play Octane today!
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https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1110204726291955712
Lastly, regarding other games in development at Respawn, it is important to understand that there are entirely separate development teams working on Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Additionally, in order to fully support Apex Legends, we are pushing out plans for future Titanfall games. No resources from the Apex Legends team are being shifted to other titles in development here at the studio, nor are we pulling resources from the team working on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.I don't believe you dot jpeg
When’s the next update planned
Meh dead boring game is dead
Also fuck Respawn. Shitty ass customer service and shitty ass communication with fanbase
Question: Can I visit just a little bit at Respawn, just the resource question? It's something we get from investors a fair amount. And so obviously that studio is being taxed with some really important stuff. So I guess would love to hear your thoughts on how resourced the Apex Legends effort is, either in terms of bodies or dollars or whatever you can say? And where did that come from? And did any of that get pulled from the Star Wars effort? And just to reassure us that you've got enough on all of that. And why don't I leave at that? It's a pretty broad question.
Andrew Wilson: Okay. Good question. I would offer a few pieces of feedback that I think will make you feel better about life. The first is that there are multiple teams at Respawn, very different teams as well. Again, Apex Legends is a fast-paced multiplayer first-person shooter and has a bespoke team specific to that type of game. This is the team that had worked on Call of Duty many years ago, had launched Titanfall, and now Apex Legends. So this is very much their particular skill set. The Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order team is a completely different type of team led by Stig, who had been a game director on God of War, and it's all about the single player journey fantasy of being a Jedi. And so they have 2 discrete teams. And there's actually a third team at Respawn as well working on some new things.
In addition to that, this is where scale matters in this industry. In Electronic Arts, we have a very large central group that can provide art, engineering and design help if needed across the company, and we have a number of live services teams also across the company that are well-suited for the creation of new content. And so the combination of individual teams inside Respawn that are individually staffed with their specific games in mind and the global scale of EA and the central resources that we have to help across art and engineering, we feel very, very good about our ability to sustain the needs of our global player base.
Blake J. Jorgensen: We've also pulled teams from outside of Respawn to provide them resources on development if they wish to do so -- as Respawn wishes to do so. We have a large DICE team in LA, for example. We have a large live services team in Vancouver. And what we've tried to do is perfect our organization to be able to work long distance as well as in the middle of a studio. And so we've given them the opportunity to pull on any resources they want. And they're very, very conscious about how to make sure they've built the best game and they use the resources very effectively to do that, but they -- there's no shortage of resources relative to what they need.
Next week we’ll be starting to talk about what’s coming next for Apex. We’re not done with Season 2 yet and have some rad stuff planned. That’s all I can say for now other than keep an eye on our channels on 8/6.
Have a great weekend!
Cosmetics, who cares?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adqjzrrL8BU
yes because 7 dollars isnt egregious and complaints cannot be made
either just shut up and dont buy it or buy it and love it? :lol
Nah, you're totally right. I love never unlocking a character in a Tekken game anymore. Just buy those DLC characters if you want any extra's chump!
Fuck off with this apologetic bullshit. Microtransactions, loot boxes have actively made games worse.
It disgusts me to see people defend this kind of ridiculous antics.
Pretty sure it's no surprise all of their skins are mostly garbage, but these ones, nahh these are premium so PAY UP CHUMPS if u wanna look cool
I'm not buying it, so what is your beef? That people aren't happy with it? If McDonalds starts putting 4/5 extra dollars per burger, I bet you see people complaining too.
JUST EAT THE SLOP YOU FAT FUCKS is what you would say
All the halloween skins
https://imgur.com/gallery/48H2PJm
https://streamable.com/o6f79
Revenant is a tsundere :uguu
Revenant is a tsundere :uguu
my favorite bishonen tsundere murder machine
Why they gotta give her thunder thighs and an absolute wagon though :noah
Only realized after reading around how gimped lifeline is now, with the gibby and mirage buffs they do her job better than her