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.
Apex Legends has just teed up what is to come in Season 13, and as well as its newest legend Newcastle and a massive sea monster, Respawn has teased that a rework to the battle royale's ranked mode is on the way.
On the official Apex Legends website, Respawn gives a brief overview of what is to come in Season 13. Among this information is a section called "Ranked Reloaded", and while exact details are thin, it appears the battle royale is going to encourage teamwork in its competitive mode.
"Rise and fall through the ranks together in a reworked Ranked system that rewards teamwork and skill," Respawn says. While this is not much to go on, and ranked tweaks are regularly made at the start of new seasons and even throughout seasons as well, to package this up as its own "Ranked Reloaded" suggests that the changes coming in Season 13 will be significant.
RELATED LINKS:
Apex Legends' Season 13 character confirmed in latest cinematic
Apex Legends Revenant glitch causing chaos in Flashpoint LTM
Apex Legends Season 13 teasers hint at arrival of huge sea monster
Apex Legends fans have a lot to look forward to in Season 13 and beyond. Why, you might ask? Well, Respawn Entertainment has just confirmed who the next legend joining the Apex Games is - and it's who we all thought it would be. Newcastle, someone who featured heavily in the latest round of Apex Legends character leaks, is going to be Apex Legends' Season 13 legend.
Yes, Newcastle - who's whole kit was leaked several weeks ago in one of the largest Apex Legends leaks we've seen so far - is indeed the next character to jump into the fight on Storm Point and beyond.
On April 25, Respawn Entertainment released the Saviors Launch Trailer - the official name of Season 13 - and offered fans an exciting first look at Newcastle in action. It was also revealed that, as expected, Newcastle is indeed Bangalore's long lost brother: Jackson Williams.
RELATED LINKS:
Apex Legends "reworked ranked system" coming in Season 13
Apex Legends Revenant glitch causing chaos in Flashpoint LTM
Apex Legends Season 13 teasers hint at arrival of huge sea monster