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Early Apex Legends concept art shows a very different Storm Point

Old pitches and concept art for Apex Legends' first four maps have been unearthed online, and it shows an interesting view of a flat Storm Point that existed before the map's sloping, elevated design was finalised.

A fan of the battle royale has uncovered a treasure trove of old concept art living on the Art Station account of a former Respawn employee. While a lot of it was posted up to three years ago, and some of the early designs for the stars of our Apex Legends tier list have been circulated by the community before, we highly doubt any of you will have seen this concept art of Kings Canyon, World's Edge, Olympus, and Storm Point before.

The artist, Hethe Srodawa, was responsible for drawing up some of the earliest visions of these maps, and his Art Station showcases some early concepts and inspirations boards. While Srodawa left Respawn a few months after Apex Legends launched in 2019, he was still clearly responsible for helping inspire maps that would come to the game as recently as October 2021 with Storm Point. Srodawa currently works as the art director at Gravity Well, a new studio set up by ex-Respawn developers that is making a AAA title that's yet to be revealed.

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Apex Legends Horizon bug defies physics with finishing moves

Thought Apex Legends' Horizon was deadly enough with her physics-defying Gravity Lift tactical and Black Hole ultimate? Well, battle royale players appear to have found an Apex Legends Horizon bug that allows the eccentric astrophysicist to force downed enemies through walls and out of bounds - at least on Olympus, anyway. However, we're not quite sure they meant to discover this exploit.

Spotted by Apex Legends player 'Enjoipandarules', an unfortunate victim of the Horizon exploit we're talking about, it looks as though Horizon players can spam a finishing move on a downed enemy to push them into a wall - and then clip them through it. We know we like to say this is one of the best battle royale games out there, but it's clear that this game still isn't perfect.

Hilariously, looking at the clip itself (which you can see below), it doesn't actually look like the Horizon player has knowingly discovered this bug. When the downed player is clipped through the wall, the Horizon player appears to look around confused at their opponent's sudden disappearance.

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Apex Legends Horizon bug defies physics with finishing moves

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EA разработала технологию для выявления сговора в онлайн-играх

Electronic Arts подала заявку на патент под названием «Выявление сговора в онлайновых играх». В документе представлена технология, позволяющая распознать так называемый «тиминг», который стал для игроков в Apex Legends большой проблемой.

Apex Legends' new healer needs a stim pistol like Ana from Overwatch 2

Despite improvements to Lifeline's kit and her competence as a healer in any Apex Legends squad, fans of this battle royale shooter have been calling on Respawn Entertainment to introduce another healing-based Support legend for some time now. In and amongst the discussions being had online, the idea that Apex Legends' new healer needs a Stim Pistol ability like Ana from Overwatch 2 is growing in popularity - and we think it's a good idea.

If there's one thing keeping Lifeline from featuring at the top of our Apex Legends tier list, it's that she can't heal her squadmates at any sort of distance. When it comes to playing one of the best competitive FPS games like Apex Legends, flanking tactics and surrounding your enemies can be important to your success - and these are things that make Lifeline's DOC Healing Drone tactical somewhat redundant.

So, in an effort to counter these impractical situations that leave Lifeline's healing abilities a little useless, fans of this game believe that Respawn Entertainment should draw on another hero shooter when it comes to bolstering the medics in Apex Legends.

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