Apex Legends News

На прошлой неделе издательство Electronic Arts и студия Respawn провели для журналистов и блогеров презентацию крупного обновления для шутера Apex Legends, которое получило название "Наследие" (Legacy). Речь идет о девятом сезоне королевской битвы, который стартует уже 4 мая. 

Respawn is treating the Apex Legends player base to a whole host of additions in Season 9: Legacy. Titanfall fans will be thrilled to see Viper's daughter, Valkyrie, zoom into the fray. Meanwhile, the introduction of a new 3v3 Arena game mode - our guide for which you can check out here - allows players to enjoy the popular FPS game at an even greater tempo, thanks to its quick fire rounds.

However, one new addition to Apex Legends Season 9 which has particularly excited us is its latest weapon, the Bocek (pronounced 'bow-check') compound bow - and it hits hard. According to its official flavour text, the Bocek is "a powerful and deadly weapon, for those with the skill to wield it. Capable of inflicting tremendous damage at medium range, you'll need to make each shot count."

'Bocek' may seem like a simple poetic name for a bow, but it actually stems from a long-running Respawn naming convention whereby components of the Apex (and Titanfall) universes are named after developers. For example, the Kraber sniper rifle is named after Senior Audio Director Erik Kraber. This time, it's weapon designer David Bocek who has the honour of being immortalised in-game.

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Apex Legends' Arenas mode is great fun - who doesn't want 3v3 battles in cool new locations? However, the Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-inspired team shooter will live and die by its competitive integrity. In such a finely-balanced environment, subtle tweaks to weapon prices or legend abilities could impact gameplay far more than in the battle royale mode.

We know Apex Legends Arenas ranks are coming in a "later update" but other than that, we don't have a lot of information about what it could look like and how it'll function. We expect the ranks to take a similar form of the battle royale variant of Apex Legends ranked, but it could also take inspiration from the games that Arenas feels more akin to - Valorant and CS:GO.

While we wait for more information on the competitive version of the mode, we've gathered all the information about Apex Legends Arenas' ranked mode to date, and speculated on what shape it will take. We've also taken into account the modes of other competitive FPS games to see what may be in store. We'll keep this page updated as soon as we hear any more information about ranked Arenas.

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