EA Teases A Bigger, Newer Apex Legends 2.0
Respawn's battle royale game Apex Legends debuted six years ago this month, and parent company Electronic Arts has now hinted that an "Apex 2.0" could be in the works--but it won't launch soon.
As part of EA's latest earnings briefing, CEO Andrew Wilson said Apex Legends' debut in February 2019 was one of the "great new launches" for any game in the past decade of video games. Since then, it's reached more than 200 million people. But in recent times, Wilson said the game "has not headed in the direction that we have wanted for some time" in terms of its business performance.
So to turn things around, EA is going to focus on a number of key areas, one of which is a potential bigger "2.0" version of the game. But before that, Wilson said Respawn's more immediate aim is to support the "tens of millions" of people who play the game every day with quality-of-life updates, better anti-cheat measures, and more content to keep people interested and engaged. Wilson said Respawn has made "some progress" in that area, but "not as much as we would have liked." Phase two, he said, would be developing a "more meaningful update of Apex as a broad game experience." Whatever this might be, it probably won't release until after Battlefield 6 arrives, Wilson said.
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