Apex Legends News

Apex Legends Ranked Season 6: Ranks, splits, and scoring explained

Whether you're a seasoned Apex Legends pro or a new player that's been sucked in by the teasers of Season 6 and Rampart, a lot of changes have been made to the game over the last year, especially to the battle royale's ranking system.

It's been over a year since Respawn and EA joined forces to launch Apex Legends and since then, the developers have learned a lot about competitive play in this free-to-play esports title. A new ranking tier was added in the last ranked series making the game more competitive than ever before.

So if you're looking to become a Master Apex Legends player in Season 6, you're going to need to know the inner workings of the game. Luckily for you, we've got everything you need to know about Apex Legends ranked Season 6, including the different tiers, the cost of competing, ranked splits, loss forgiveness, and more.

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Apex Legends Season 6 introduces crafting and new legend Rampart

Respawn has dropped the reveal for Apex Legends Season 6, showing off the game's 14th legend, Rampart, and announcing a new crafting system which ties in to Rampart's background and aesthetic as an "expert modder."

Season 6, which will be titled Boosted, will as expected bring with it a new Battle Pass and a new legend. Rampart - who in our opinion is one of the coolest-looking characters in the battle royale to date - is shown off in the trailer as a tinkering modder with a passion for repairing and reworking weapons. She is described on Apex's Season 6 page as "an expert modder who made her name in underground fight clubs." She also "talks big and has the ballistics to back it up."

She also appears toting a massive minigun-style weapon that is also featured in her splash art. In the final scene of the trailer, which sees the weapon lying on a workbench in front of her, Rampart declares: "Sheila and I are ready to dance."

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Apex Legends cross-play is coming - but console players won't be put in PC lobbies

Apex Legends cross-play is finally on its way - but Respawn is going to avoid placing PC and console players in the same lobbies if possible. Rather than everyone being thrown into the same lobbies, console players will only be placed in the PC lobbies if they have a PC player on their team.

In a now private TikTok, spotted by DBLTAP, Respawn software engineer Jake Smullin talks about cross-play and what that means for console and PC players interacting. To calm players' fears regarding PC players dominating the game, he tells the audience that "you will only be in PC cross-play lobbies if you have a PC player on your team".

PC players traditionally have an advantage over console players (without aim assist active) in that a mouse grants you better, faster aim - so players have been wondering if this advantage would alter the game significantly.

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Get Your First Look at the Steam Release Exclusive Gun Charms

Hey Apex Legends Fans,

We have some exciting news for those of you eagerly awaiting Apex Legends’ release on Steam this fall. We’re celebrating by giving away some very special gun charms to Steam players. It’s our way of saying welcome to the Arena.

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Everybody loves a crossover episode!

For something this momentous, we couldn’t give you something half-baked -- that’s why we partnered with Valve to design these Half-Life and Portal inspired gun charms!

Terrify your opponents with the adorably horrifying Headcrab Runner Gun Charm! It’s a para-site for sore eyes.

Here's an interesting fact: You can bring GLaDOS into the Arena with the PotatOS Gun Charm. *Slow clap*

Form an unspoken connection with the Wired Companions Gun Charm. The sparks are flying already!

These will all be free limited-time login rewards for our Apex Legends Steam players, so add it to your Wishlist and follow us on Steam today. We’ll keep you updated as we get closer to the launch this fall.