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Apex Legends leaks show epic abilities for potential new legend Uplink

Though Apex Legends Season 16 is currently underway, battle royale game fans are already looking ahead to what the next Apex Legends update holds. New legend Uplink is a fresh contender allegedly in the works from developer Respawn Entertainment - and these Apex Legends leaks surrounding him are pretty tasty. Recent discoveries dig into his abilities, giving players a glimpse of what to potentially expect in the popular FPS.


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DON A GUARDIAN’S ARMOR IN THE IMPERIAL GUARD COLLECTION EVENT

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[h2]MIXTAPE
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The festivities for the 4th Anniversary of Apex Legends continues with the launch of the Imperial Guard Collection Event! Say hello to Mixtape: a permanent playlist featuring a rotation of Team Deathmatch, Control, and Gun Run! It’s the perfect way to take a break from Battle Royale and hone your skills in new ways.

We're also excited to be adding the Mixtapes modes to Custom Matches on March 7th! We'll also be adjusting the requirements to start a match based on the modes available.



  • Players needed to start Battle Royale Mode: 30
  • Players needed to start Team Deathmatch mode: 12
  • Players needed to start Control Mode: 6
  • Players needed to start Gun Run: 6


[h2]IMPERIAL GUARD COLLECTION EVENT ITEMS
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Unlock 24 enchanting limited-time cosmetics, with Legendary skins for Wraith, Gibraltar, Loba, and more!



All 24 items will be available in exchange for Apex Coins or Crafting Metals and in Imperial Guard Collection Event Apex Packs for the entire duration of the event.

For this collection, we’re keeping our anniversary festivities going by changing the crafting cost of items in this event!

All Crafting Metal prices for event items will be reduced by 50% (e.g. Legendaries that would have cost 2,400 will be reduced to 1,200). You will be able to craft all the items in the Collection Event for half the cost of Crafting Metals. This means players can unlock Wraith’s Hope’s Dawn Kunai for half the cost compared to other Collection Events.

We will also be adding 2 Collection Event packs and 3 regular Apex Packs to the reward tracker, allowing players to unlock Hope’s Dawn even sooner! You can still earn up to 1,400 points per day and challenges refresh daily. All these challenges also stack with your Battle Pass so you can complete multiple challenges at once.

As a refresher, here is the breakdown of Collection Event packs contents:



If you unlock all 24 Collection Event items before the event ends, you’ll automatically receive Wraith’s “Hope’s Dawn” Heirloom!

[h2]HOPE’S DAWN
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Apex Legends is ever-changing. With the recent fourth anniversary of Apex Legends, we brought some major shake-ups to the game. We are continuing our philosophy of taking learnings from the last four years to ensure the game continually feels fresh and new for players across all aspects of the game.

Wraith’s Kunai was first added to the game in 2019 with the introduction of Heirlooms. Since then, we have expanded what Heirlooms look and feel like in the game. To bring Wraith’s Heirloom up to a place that’s more in line with our recent Heirloom releases, we’re revitalizing her Kunai and introducing Wraith’s new “Hope’s Dawn” Heirloom!

Celebrate the 4th Anniversary with this new version of Wraith’s Kunai Heirloom. Hope’s Dawn comes with a host of new details and changes for our Wraith mains—both old and new.

Acquiring the new Hope’s Dawn Kunai set will give you access to new animations, VFX, color variations, a new Mythic emote, and a Mythic Banner. Slay in style as you hot drop into our anniversary season!

For those who unlock Hope’s Dawn and already own Wraith’s OG Heirloom, you’ll have the option to equip either of them in your menu.

Players with the original Kunai will also automatically get the new animations and VFX made for the release of Hope’s Dawn. Some eagle-eyed Wraith mains might have already noticed we began rolling out the new animations and VFX with the launch of Revelry!

During the Imperial Guard Collection Event, players will unlock the Hope’s Dawn Kunai by finishing the Collection Event. After the event ends, players can choose to spend their Heirloom shards on the original Kunai Heirloom or the Hope’s Dawn Kunai via the Mythics store tab in-game.

Full Patch Notes here: https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/news/imperial-guard-collection-event

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Apex Legends' new playlist the perfect place to warm up for ranked

For the last couple of weeks, Apex Legends players have been able to take a break from battle royale and jump into this shooter's take on the indomitable Team Deathmatch. However, now that the Apex Legends Imperial Guard Collection Event start time is upon us, there's a new permanent playlist to look forward to - and it's going to be a fantastic place for players to hone their skills and warm up before they attempt to clamber up Apex Legends' ranks. We are, of course, talking about Apex Legends' Mixtape.


If you're sitting there wondering what Mixtape is, and why you should care about it, you're in the right place. Apex Legends' Mixtape is a rotational playlist that sees Team Deathmatch available permanently alongside Apex Legends' Control - a fan favourite LTM from seasons gone by - and the more-recently introduced Gun Run.


From March 7 onwards, which is when the new CE kicks off, Mixtape will see all three LTM modes available on a permanent basis every 15 minutes. So, even if you're not a fan of Gun Run - for example - you won't have to wait long to jump into one of the other game modes available.


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Apex Legends' Imperial Guard Collection Event start time is hours away

When is the Apex Legends Imperial Guard Collection Event start time? Well, the next major Apex Legends content update is here, and we can't quite believe it has already been two weeks since the Revelry update and Season 16 dropped. But, it has been two weeks and now the Imperial Guard Collection Event is upon us. If you're looking forward to jumping into this new event and everything it's going to offer, we have what you need to know about when it's all available right here.


Despite the fact that this Apex Legends blog post only confirms the start date of this event, the Apex Legends Imperial Guard Collection Event start time is 10:00 PST / 13:00 EST / 18:00 GMT on March 7. This information is based on the start time of previous in-game events; Respawn Entertainment has a schedule and it likes to stick to it.


However, it is worth taking all of this with a small pinch of salt. Although quite unlikely, the time above isn't set in stone and these things are subject to change and delays. When you consider the fact that the Imperial Guard Collection Event is introducing an entirely new playlist alongside the standard array of Collection Event content, it wouldn't be too surprising to see some delays.


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If there's one thing Respawn Entertainment does well when it comes to Apex Legends, it's in-game communication. The ping system felt revolutionary for a battle royale game when Apex Legends launched and it without a doubt helped players organise and share relevant in-game information without voice chat. However, there's a level of complexity to Apex Legends that a ping system can't convey and we think there's a feature that could help new players jumping into Apex Legends' ranked mode (and those of you solo-queueing) stay on top of communicating this information without the need for voice chat - or text chat, if you're a console player.


If you're sitting there wondering what this feature could be, this Reddit post from Apex Legends player 'Shocker_103' offers up a very good example of it - although, we don't really have a name for it. What we think Apex Legends needs is contextual tips - something akin to the Smart Loot system employed in the battle royale, but with suggestions relating to resource allocation and taking advantage of the unique abilities each legend has.


As you will be able to see below, an example of a pop-up that suggests a player with a high-rarity Knockdown Shield gives that to the Newcastle player in their squad to "increase the chance of a successful revival" is the sort of thing we're talking about.


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