Apex Legends News

Apex Legends' Season 16 map changes bring back fan-favourite POI

Respawn Entertainment's battle royale shooter Apex Legends is four years old, if you can believe it, and staring down what could be its' biggest update yet. Dubbed Revelry, Season 16 is a celebration - of sorts - that is also refreshing the legend meta in lieu of a new character. However, the Apex Legends Season 16 map changes are what we're here to talk about; they're very exciting. Not only is Respawn Entertainment peppering anniversary decorations across every environment, it's also bringing back a fan-favourite POI to every battle royale map in rotation: the Mirage Voyage.

Yes, you're reading that right, the Mirage Voyage is back. Now named the "Mirage à trois", Apex Legends' lead map designer Jeff Shaw has confirmed that the development team has "brought back everyone's favourite party boat" with "a new dance floor and... a golden Mer-Mirage masthead".

In the past, battle royale players have found themselves able to drop into this POI on King's Canyon and World's Edge; however, these appearances were few and far between and it's safe to say that quite a few players have been calling for this particular POI to return.

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Apex Legends' Ranked map rotation is expanding in Season 16 update

Be it World's Edge or Storm Point, every Apex Legends player has their preference when it comes to the game's map rotation. If you've been hoping for some variety in Apex Legends Season 16, then the next update is a key moment for ranked players. Apex Legends ranked will be ditching its current map rotation method, as developer Respawn is intending to take notes from the game's standard battle royale playlists.

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Apex Legends still "not planning" to use Mobile content in main game

Apex Legends' Season 16 update is almost here and, for the first time in forever, Respawn Entertainment isn't introducing a new legend to the battle royale's growing roster of playable characters. This makes quite a bit of sense, when you think about what Respawn Entertainment is doing to refresh the legend meta, but it also coincides near-cosmically with the closure of the Apex Legends mobile game. With both Fade and Rhapsody seemingly ready to go, you might agree with the sentiment that Apex Legends' exclusive mobile characters need the console treatment. However, in a pre-release Season 16 preview event, Apex Legends' game director Steve Ferreira has made it clear that battle royale players shouldn't expect to see mobile exclusive content in Apex Legends anytime soon.

Discussing this during a short Q&A session with the media, Ferreira expressed that Respawn Entertainment doesn't plan to introduce any mobile exclusive content to Apex Legends.

"The content we created in [Apex Legends] Mobile was intended for one type of experience and HD is a different type of experience," Ferreira says - with the term "HD" referring to the main Apex Legends game you see on PC, PlayStation consoles, and Xbox consoles.

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Apex Legends' Team Deathmatch brings familiar fun to battle royale

Respawn Entertainment has been unfairly berated quite a bit over the years by the Apex Legends player base for not listening to their wishes when it comes to new content, but the Season 16 update really does seem to be giving the players everything they're asking for. From a brand new Apex Legends class system to a brand new assault rifle, there really is a lot to look forward to. However, the one stand-out addition that we're really excited about is Team Deathmatch. That's right, Apex Legends is finally getting a TDM mode - and it's bringing some familiar fun to this battle royale shooter.

Detailing just what fans can expect when they jump into a game of Team Deathmatch on Apex Legends during a press event ahead of the Apex Legends Season 16 release date, game mode designer Marty Wong has explained that this iteration of the popular game mode "should be pretty familiar for most people" - but, that doesn't mean it won't be a lot of fun.

Specifically, Apex Legends' Team Deathmatch is going to be a 6v6, fast-respawn mode with loadouts - quite a lot like Control - that is built around a best-of-three round format. What do we mean by this? Well, each team of six will need to earn 30 kills to win a round and, then, win two rounds to win the game.

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Apex Legends is sunsetting Arenas to add a highly requested feature

Now, we don't want to get anyone too excited about Apex Legends' Season 16 update, but Respawn Entertainment has made the decision to finally sunset Arenas. Introduced in Season 9, this round-based three-versus-three mode was a decent alternative to Apex Legends' core battle royale mode; it also made a great place to practise your gunplay against live opponents, rather than taking to the Firing Range. However, whether you're a fan of Arenas or not, Apex Legends isn't just getting rid of it as a game mode; Respawn Entertainment is eventually replacing Arenas with a brand new playlist that fans have been asking for.

As explained by Apex Legends' design director Evan Nikolich, Respawn Entertainment is going to replace Arenas with Season 16's new Team Deathmatch LTM - something this battle royale's fans have been waiting quite a while for.

Going into Season 16, Respawn Entertainment "want to create a safe space for players to get in practice", according to Nikolich. So, they're "doing that by first introducing TDM at the beginning of the season, and then [they're] following [that] up with a new rotating mode called Mixtape". This new playlist will feature "some of the community's favourite modes" - including Control and Gun Run.

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