We’re in the early days of a new Apex Legends season, and as is expected from any build up to a climactic update launch, we’re getting little teases for what’s coming released via official Apex Legends socials. This time around, it’s an easter-egg filled workbench that has caught the attention of the Apex Legends community, a little late for the holidays but welcome nonetheless.
Since it’s release via the official twitter account yesterday, the community has been picking the image (embedded later in the article) apart, finding many recognisable story tidbits among other hints towards Newcastle’s character. There;s also a meme hidden in there too, for good measure.
Let's start with the story stuff. Right on the workbench you can see that bracelet that popped up in the trailer, seemingly an item of value to Newcastle. Pair this with certain other hidden objects across the image, including a hand-drawn family picture which has probably been drawn by a child (unless Newcastle is truly awful at arts and crafts), as well as his kid’s footprints next to a framed birth certificate and it’s clear our boy has some family woes.
Electronic Arts и Respawn Entertainment поделились подробностями стартующего 10 мая тринадцатого по счёту сезона Apex Legends под названием "Спасители". После обновления игроков ждёт новая легенда — Ньюкасл.
Season 13 of Apex Legends is arriving May 10th and there’s yet another new Legend entering the Apex Games: Newcastle. Newcastle is a defensive character with many, many shields, and who vibes a little like RoboCop crossed with Dead Space’s Isaac Clarke. Season 13, dubbed 'Saviors', also introduces some beastly changes to the huge Storm Point map that have been teased over the past few weeks on the Apex Legends Twitter.
A new cinematic trailer has been released, showing off the upcoming Apex Legends season, alongside our first look at the game’s newest character. The new season, titled Saviors, seems to be coming with monstrous changes to Storm Point as that’s where the events of the trailer takes place.
However, while an altered map is in the background, Newcastle takes centre stage as the star of the video and the 21st character to join the Apex Legends roster. While we don’t know exactly what the character can do in game at this point, certain info can be ascertained from the trailer which we’ve embedded below.
We’ll start by focusing on what we can see Newcastle doing combat-wise, rather than the narrative info revealed. Newcastle seems to be able to throw out a front-facing barrier in front of him, which provides additional cover for his teammates. In fact, much of what they do in this trailer revolves around blocking attacks, be it shots from nearby robots or giant laser beams. It’s hard to differentiate cinematic flavour from actual abilities, but it’s clear that they’ll be a defensive Legend.