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Apex Legends Lead Game Designer Daniel Klein has been fired by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment mainly due to sexist remarks he made in a blog post titled “I am Daniel’s Angry Rant” which he published back in 2007. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the blog post contained comments that women are naturally irrational and that the XX chromosomes are “moron chromosomes.” [...]
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Last week, Respawn Entertainment rolled out a big update called Emergence that introduced Seer as a new Legend along with major changes to the World’s Edge map. Now that the rush of a new update has settled down, players are now wondering when they’ll finally be getting the next most-requested feature after cross-play came out last fall: cross-progression. Respawn Entertainment’s [...]
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Electronic Arts published their Q2, 2021 earnings report yesterday and in it they disclosed that Apex Legends, their hit battle royale game, averaged 13 million weekly active players during Season 9. The game also broke a new record for peak daily players, but a specific concurrent number wasn't disclosed. Just to put that 13 million "weekly active players" number into [...]
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The Emergence update is now live in Apex Legends with a new addition to the battle royale shooter’s collection of quirky characters. Meet Seer, a drone-controlling artist that can hear enemy heartbeats, track enemies through walls, and reveal the footsteps of nearby enemies. “With microdrones and an artist's eye, Seer spots opportunities that other Legends might miss and seizes them [...]
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Apex Legends has just received a major update with the addition of the new 3vs3 arena for those who’d rather keep things small. Here’s how it works: “Arenas is a new permanent game mode [that] condenses the chaos of 20-squad Battle Royale matches down into more focused 3v3 combat. You’ll face off against the enemy without any other squads coming [...]
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Apex Legends has hit a huge milestone this week as the free-to-play battle royale game breaks the 100 million player mark. The EA and Respawn team thanked the game’s community on Twitter with a short celebratory video that also teases an announcement coming on April 19. The game celebrated its 2nd anniversary just a few months ago and is currently [...]
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Another round of video game companies have announced the cancellation of their events in light of the COVID-19 global outbreak. First up is Swedish video game developer Mojang. The Minecraft developer has decided to cancel this year’s Minecraft Festival in Florida. The decision to postpone the event wasn’t a direct result of the outbreak, but because the planning had to [...]
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Welcome to the mmos.horseracingexpert.net Game of the Year Awards 2019 Edition. Note that only games released in 2019 qualify for these awards! Without further ado, I give you our games of the year. MMORPG of the Year - World of Warcraft Classic The most exciting MMORPG launch of 2019 was without a doubt World of Warcraft Classic. The original version [...]
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When level caps are raised in a game it’s usually done in increments of 10, 20, or even 50. Respawn Entertainment, however, has gone a bit overboard and decided to raise the Apex Legend level cap from 100 to 500. Don’t worry, you’ll get a lot more incentive to climb up the additional 400 levels such as more Apex Packs [...]
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Following the recent incidences of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, ESPN and ABC have decided to pull this weekend’s Apex Legends EXP Invitational eSports TV broadcast. An ESPN spokesperson confirmed the news to Rock Paper Shotgun saying that, “The decision was made out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings [...]
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