It’s not often that we get to go into a game without any real knowledge of what to actually expect, but here we are! Apex Legends arrived out of nowhere, and the initial results have been more than just promising: They’ve been bloody brilliant. On the surface, Apex Legends ticks all the right battle royale boxes. It has a map that shrinks every few minutes, plenty of weapons to pick up and it handles beautifully.
You can be grumpy about the free-to-play Battle Royale game Apex Legends all you like, but the fact is that Respawns new multiplayer game, set in the Titanfall universe, is a heck of a lot of fun to play, even for people who don’t generally like the genre. It’s a bit like Overwatch meets Fortnite, and is super slick and polished. It doesn't, however, mean that Titanfall is dead.
Battlefield V had a very rough start, and EA is finely spilling the beans on just how rough it was and how they're now turning those misfortunes around.
Yesterday saw the not really a surprise at all launch of Apex Legends, a new free-to-play Battle Royale from the makers of Titanfall, Respawn. It’s a game set within the Titanfall world, which is great, because Titanfall is an amazing series that deserves to be supported. Thankfully for fans of that series who don’t really appreciate squad-based multiplayer Battle Royale games, there’s a Titanfall 3 in the works, right? Right? Well, no.
It looks like Apex Legends might be off to a great start. Respawn’s free to play shooter managed to notch a million unique downloads within eight hours of its launch, and video streaming sites are filed with nothing but channels broadcasting the hottest new chicken dinner on the block. Currently available on PC, Xbox One and PS4, here’s the quick breakdown on the game and its current contents.
Titanfall ain’t dead yet, but where Titanfall 3 then? Still a ways away apparently, but maybe there might be some other action on the way in the form of the industry’s latest trend: The battle royale. Spread online by numerous video streamers and influencers because clearly video game bloggers and journalists are incapable of keeping a secret, and corroborated on by Kotaku’s always-reliable Jason Schrier, Apex Legends will see players ditch their Titans in favour of some of that sweet sweet chicken dinner.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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