You might wonder if the publisher is about to be competing against itself with two battle royales on the market, but EA is confident that the experiences will offer different experiences for different types of players.
But that hasn't happened yet as Apex Legends has hit the huge 10 million players mark in just three days, with one million players on there concurrently. "But we fell in love with Apex Legends and wanted, needed, other people to play it too". Despite being "yet another" battle royale (BR) game, Titanfall dev Respawn Entertainment's latest project has clearly captured the attention of gamers around the globe - and it's not hard to see why.
Technically, you can't buy Crafting Metal with Apex Coins, Legend Tokens or real money. Crafting Metal seems to drop very frequently from them though - for better or for worse - so the more Apex Packs you open, the more Crafting Metal you're going to accrue.
"With nearly two years of development time at a AAA studio made up of industry veterans, without even launching in early access, it is a miracle that Apex Legends is free-to-play".
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For Respawn lead Vince Zampella, the community response to Legends so far has been overwhelming.
"We've been pouring over tons of data coming in from game [we'll talk more about that next week] as well as listening to feedback across the wide ocean of the Internet", wrote the studio. From all of us at Respawn, thank you for giving us and Apex Legends a chance.
"We have lots of great stuff to chew on, many things to fix and improve, and good debates have already begun among the dev team". Rather, companies have to innovate and keep pace with the changing and growing appetites for gaming, as well as meet players where they are, harnessing new opportunities on social-media platforms.
