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Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game where players form squads of three and select from different playable characters called "Legends", each with unique abilities. Squads drop onto an island and search for weapons and supplies while the playable area shrinks, forcing encounters with other squads. The last squad standing wins. It includes various game modes, seasonal events, and microtransactions for cosmetic items. It takes place in the same universe as Respawn's Titanfall games and has received positive reviews for its gameplay and popularity, reaching over 100 million players.

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Gameplay: Apex Legends Is A

Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game where players form squads of three and select from different playable characters called "Legends", each with unique abilities. Squads drop onto an island and search for weapons and supplies while the playable area shrinks, forcing encounters with other squads. The last squad standing wins. It includes various game modes, seasonal events, and microtransactions for cosmetic items. It takes place in the same universe as Respawn's Titanfall games and has received positive reviews for its gameplay and popularity, reaching over 100 million players.

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Apex Legends 

is a free-to-play battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Respawn


Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Microsoft
Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Nintendo Switch in March 2021,
and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in March 2022. A mobile version of the game specially
designed for touchscreens titled Apex Legends Mobile has also been announced which is
scheduled to be fully released by 2022 on Android and iOS. The game supports cross-platform
play.
Before the match, players form into two- or three-player squads, and select from pre-designed
characters with distinctive abilities, known as "Legends". The game has two gameplay modes. In
"Battle Royale", up to 20 three-person squads or 30 two-person duos land on an island and
search for weapons and supplies before attempting to defeat all other players in combat. The
available play area on the island shrinks over time, forcing players to keep moving or else find
themselves outside the play area which can be fatal. The final team alive wins the round. In
"Arenas", players form into three-player squads and fight against another squad in a 3v3 team
deathmatch over a series of rounds to determine the winner of the match. Teams win when their
team has at least 3 points and is 2 points ahead.
Apex Legends is set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn
Entertainment's Titanfall series, with several characters from the Titanfall series appearing either
as minor characters or playable Legends. Work on the game began around late 2016, though the
project remained a secret right up until its launch. The game's release in 2019 came as a
surprise, as until that point it had been assumed that Respawn Entertainment was working on a
third installment to the Titanfall franchise, the studio's previous major game. Apex
Legends received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its gameplay, progression
system, and fusion of elements from various genres. Some considered it a worthy competitor to
other battle royale games. Apex Legends surpassed 25 million players by the end of its first
week, and 50 million within its first month. By April 2021, it had approximately 100 million players
making it one of the most played video games of all time by player count.

Contents

 1Gameplay
o 1.1Seasons
o 1.2Events
o 1.3Characters
 2Development
o 2.1Esports
 3Reception
o 3.1Awards
o 3.2Player-count and revenue
o 3.3Controversies
 4References
 5External links

Gameplay
A gameplay screenshot showing the game's ping system.

Apex Legends is an online multiplayer battle royale game featuring squads of three players


using pre-made characters with distinctive abilities, called "Legends", similar to those of hero
shooters.[1] Alternate modes have been introduced allowing for single and for two-player squads
since the game's release.[2][3] The game is free-to-play and monetized
through microtransactions and loot boxes, which allow the player to spend both real money and
in-game currency on cosmetic items, such as outfits for the Legends and new colors for weapons.
[4][5]

Each match generally features twenty teams of three-player squads. Players can join friends in a
squad or can be matched randomly with other players. Before the match, each player on the
squad selects one of the 20 playable characters (as of season 12), with the exception that no
character may be selected more than once by a squad. Each character in the squad has a unique
design, personality, and abilities that provide different playstyles to the team. All teams are then
placed on an aircraft that passes over the game map. One player in each squad is
the jumpmaster, selecting when the squad should skydive out of the aircraft and where to land
with the concurrence of the other squad members. However, players are free to deviate from the
squad's path.
Once on the ground, the squad can scavenge for weapons, armor, and other equipment that is
scattered around buildings, or in crates randomly distributed around the map, while keeping an
eye out for other squads. Apex Legends includes a nonverbal communication "ping system"
which allows players to use their game controller to communicate to their squad certain
directions, weapon locations, enemies, and suggested strategies.[6] While the game offers
movement options similar to other shooters, it includes some of the gameplay features of
previous Titanfall games, such as the ability to climb over short walls, slide down inclined
surfaces, and use zip-lines to traverse an area quickly.[7]
Over time, the game's safe zone will reduce in size around a randomly-selected point on the map;
players outside the safe zone take damage and may die if they do not reach the safe zone in
time. This also confines squads to smaller spaces to force encounters. The last squad with any
members left alive is crowned the "Apex Champions" of that match. Players who
become knocked down in the course of a game can be revived by their squadmates. Should a
player be killed completely, they can still be resurrected if their team member(s) collect their
respawn banner, which appears at the place where they died, and bring it to one of
several beacons on the island. The banner, however, must be collected within a time limit, before
expiring and fully eliminating the player.[1]
Season 9 introduced a new permanent mode named "Arena". In this mode, players form into
three-player squads and fight against another squad in a 3v3 team deathmatch over a series of
rounds to determine the winner of the match. Teams win when their team has at least 3 points
and is 2 points ahead. Additionally, if a game should drag on to round 9 (where both teams have
4 points) a final sudden death round begins. Respawn stated this scoring system "prevents total
blowout games from dragging on for too long" and also "lets more competitive games keep the
heat going for longer".[8] Rather than skydiving onto the map and gathering equipment like in the
battle royale mode, players spawn in a "shop" where they can purchase equipment and charges
of their Legend's abilities using materials earned in the previous rounds to prepare for the next
fight. This variation of the game borrows mechanics from other shooters such as Counter
Strike and Valorant.[9] The mode is the first permanent deviation away from the battle royale
format.

Seasons
Each new season is intended to bring with it the release of a new playable character, usually new
weapons and purchasable cosmetic items.[10]
The game's first season started on March 19, 2019. Associated with seasons are time-
limited battle passes that reward players with new cosmetic items, should they complete in-game
challenges during the season.[11][12][13] Alongside new cosmetic items, seasons can also bring
changes to the map and additional gameplay elements.[14]

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