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Apex Legends: Arsenal Battle Pass Trailer

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Add some killer pieces to your wardrobe with the Arsenal Battle Pass. At level 25, electrify onlookers with Wattson’s “System Shock”, and reach new heights of style at level 50 with Horizon’s “Singularity Specialist”. Take out your mark with the “Pulse Eater” Devotion, and unlock Epic skins for Ballistic, Gibraltar and Lifeline, Reactive skins for the C.A.R. SMG and more! On the path to mastery, earn a new music pack, loading screens, emotes, banner frames and weapon charms. Buy the Arsenal Battle Pass now, or jump ahead with the bundle to instantly unlock the first 25 levels.

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Meet Ballistic | Apex Legends Character Trailer

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Introducing Ballistic, the ultimate competitor of the original Thunderdome Games who’s come out of retirement to teach these young pups some respect.

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All Apex Legends Ballistic abilities

Ballistic has been revealed as the next hero in Apex Legends and he is set to shake up the formula in brand new ways. With a focus on weapons and either granting them new abilities or new perks, he is set to really shake up how the battle royale plays with a bunch of Apex Legends Ballistic abilities.

Below, you can find a full overview of what Ballistic can do in a match of Apex Legends. Ballistic is back from the Stories From The Outlands in Apex Legends and his debut will come alongside the next season, as well as a number of Apex Legends ranked play changes in Season 17.

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Apex Legends' Ballistic ultimate isn't all it's cracked up to be

Battle royale developer Respawn Entertainment has finally confirmed what Apex Legends' Ballistic can do in its' free-to-play FPS. With a Whistler lock-on projectile and the ability to carry a third weapon, he's going to be one Assault class legend worth looking at. However, there's one strange pitfall with this Apex Legends character's ultimate ability that could catch players out: triggering Tempest will force you to use your stowed third weapon.

As detailed in Apex Legends' official Ballistic character page ahead of the Apex Legends Season 17 release date, Tempest (his ultimate ability) will provide his teammates with faster reloads, faster unarmed move speed, and infinte ammo - for the duration of the ability, of course. However, it also confirms that "Ballistic's sling weapon will be equipped and upgraded to gold" - something not made clear in the recent trailer showcasing Ballistic's abilities.

Why might this be a problem? Well, Sling (his passive ability) will not allow players to equip any attachments on this additional weapon. So, while this weapon could help you out in a pinch, it's not going to be where you keep your favourite weapon throughout a battle royale match.

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Here's why we never got those leaked Apex Legends ALGS esports skins

An investigation into why the leaked Apex Legends ALGS esports skins never made it to the battle royale's in-game shop has appeared online and it seems that the onus is on publisher EA and developer Respawn Entertainment - not the esports organisations themselves. From what we know, it sounds like discussions between EA, Respawn Entertainment, and the organisations were shut down just weeks before the ALGS esports skins were due to be available in Apex Legends.

Delving into why Apex Legends' ALGS esports organisation-based skins, which you can see in this September 2022 leak from 'Hypermyst' here, never made it to the item shop, Digiday journalist Billy Studholme was able to uncover that "EA shut down talks of esports revenue-sharing from in-game item sales" in September 2022, "according to email correspondence to executives at two of the esports [organisations] that were involved with talks with EA".

Despite the skins themselves seemingly ready to go, as the leaks suggest, Studholme's findings seem to suggest that their apparent disappearance is the result of EA and Respawn Entertainment's refusal to meet the ALGS esports organisation's terms when it came to revenue-sharing - something that provides a vital source of income for organisations. And, since this deal fell apart, a number of the ALGS' top organisations have "left the esports title for good".

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