50 Fun Facts About Apex Legends

Which company publishes Apex Legends?

Respawn Entertainment develops the game and EA, which bought the studio in 2017, publishes it.

On what date did Apex Legends launch on PS4, Xbox One and Windows?

The game dropped with no prior announcement and passed one million players within eight hours.

Which signature Titanfall element did Respawn leave out of Apex Legends as unsuited to a battle royale?

Wall-running was cut for the same reason: designers felt it made reading the direction of threats too hard in a 60-player match.

The day before launch, about 100 influencers who had secretly played the game teased it during which event?

Respawn CEO Vince Zampella reportedly found the tactic 'gross' because it reminded him of the Fyre Festival hype.

Apex Legends runs on a heavily modified version of which game engine?

The same engine powered Titanfall 2, but it needed major changes to handle the far larger draw distances of a battle royale map.

A standard trios match of Apex Legends holds up to how many squads?

Respawn felt 60 players in three-person squads gave everyone a better shot at winning than the 100-player lobbies of its rivals.

In 2021 EA pledged that its patent on which Apex Legends feature would be free for any developer to use?

Critics called the non-verbal communication wheel the gold standard for the genre, and it has since been copied widely.

How many playable Legends were in the roster when the game launched?

Gibraltar and Lifeline were among the launch eight; everyone else arrived in seasonal drops.

Which Legend was the first added after launch, arriving with Season 1?

The daredevil's design was inspired by Titanfall 2's Stim ability and speedrunners of that game's Gauntlet.

Which Legend is a former IMC science pilot who lost much of her memory in phase-technology experiments?

She was redesigned repeatedly because a straight port of Titanfall 2's Phase Shift was too hard for opponents to read.

Which launch Legend is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns?

The tracker was raised on traditional beliefs taught by their uncle Artur, and their vague backstory fuelled early fan theories.

Which Legend is an unfailingly optimistic MRVN robot searching for its creator?

His grappling hook and zipline gun make him one of the game's most consistently popular picks.

Lifeline's healing drone goes by what name?

Ajay Che walked away from her family's war-profiteering fortune to do humanitarian work.

According to her lore, how many real-time years was Horizon trapped at the edge of a black hole?

The astrophysicist was betrayed and stranded by a colleague while collecting a power material called Branthium; far less time passed for her.

Respawn worked with cultural consultants from which people when writing Mad Maggie?

A haka was written specifically for the character rather than adapting a traditional one.

Valkyrie is the daughter of which Titanfall 2 antagonist?

Her jetpack is built from technology salvaged from her father's Northstar Titan.

Which announced Apex Legends character was killed off during his interview in a fake-out to mislead dataminers?

Respawn even planted misleading files in the game before revealing the real Season 4 Legend instead.

Loba entered the Apex Games seeking revenge on which Legend for murdering her parents?

The simulacrum assassin was once a human hitman named Kaleb Cross whose mind was copied into a string of robot bodies.

Catalyst builds barricades and hazards out of which substance?

She learned to manipulate it on Cleo, the moon of her home planet Boreas.

Which Legend was a main antagonist of Titanfall 2 before becoming playable in Season 11?

As scientist Ashleigh Reid she worked with Horizon on Project Iris before her mind was moved into a simulacrum body.

Vantage, the sniper Legend, is accompanied by a bat named what?

She was raised in isolation on the planet Págos after a prison transport crashed there.

Which Legend, added in 2024, can create passages straight through solid walls?

Respawn had to build new testing tools because none of the existing maps had been designed with wall portals in mind.

Conduit powers her exosuit with material salvaged from the battery of what destroyed machine?

The longtime spectator entered the Games to provide for her family.

Which two Legends were exclusive to Apex Legends Mobile and never joined the main game?

Rhapsody was a Vietnamese DJ whose sound abilities were partly designed as an answer to enemy-scanning metas.

Since Season 16, Legends are Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller or which fifth class?

The rework came in the same update that retired Arenas and launched the Mixtape playlist.

Which map debuted in Season 3, Meltdown, with lava, ice and a train running through it?

A season later a giant Harvester tore open lava faults in the middle of it.

Squads on Olympus, the 'city in the clouds', can ride around in which vehicle?

Olympus arrived in Season 7 alongside the game's Steam release and the first map rotation.

The lunar map Broken Moon is distinguished by which traversal feature?

It launched in Season 15, Eclipse, alongside Catalyst and the gifting feature.

Which tropical map was introduced in Season 11, Escape?

The same season brought a returning Titanfall 2 villain and the CAR SMG.

When Kings Canyon was 'reforged' in Season 14, the fan-favourite Skull Town returned under what new name?

Skull Town and Thunderdome had been destroyed back in Season 5.

Which map arrived in Season 22, Shockwave, the first season split into two halves?

That season also let players dual-wield the Mozambique and P2020 'akimbo'.

What was the title of Season 1?

It ran from March 19 to June 18, 2019, and launched the game's first battle pass.

Which fan-favourite Titanfall 2 weapon made its Apex debut in Season 6, Boosted?

The same season stripped all normal armour except gold from the loot pool in favour of Evo Shields.

Season 9, Legacy, added which weapon that fires arrows instead of bullets?

That season also introduced Valkyrie and the 3v3 Arenas mode.

The 30-30 Repeater, added in Season 8, is what kind of gun?

Season 8, Mayhem, also brought Fuse and expanded the top rank from 500 to 750 players per platform.

The round-based 3v3 Arenas mode, with a per-round gear shop, was removed in which update?

It borrowed its buy-phase from Counter-Strike and Valorant and was replaced by the Mixtape playlist of Team Deathmatch, Control and Gun Run.

What is the highest tier in Apex Legends ranked play?

It is capped to a fixed number of players per platform, so you can be pushed out of it by others climbing.

The 2019 Iron Crown event drew fury because its coveted cosmetic axe effectively cost how much?

Buyers first had to obtain 24 other paid items; Forbes called the model 'hilariously out of touch' and Respawn apologised.

How much did Apex Legends make in its first month, a record for a free-to-play launch?

By May 2022 EA said the game had passed $2 billion in lifetime revenue.

What was the game's all-time peak concurrent player count on Steam, set in August 2022?

The Steam version had only launched in November 2020, alongside Season 7.

Which studio, known for its DOOM and Rocket League ports, handled the Nintendo Switch version?

The Switch version was delayed to March 9, 2021, and earned 'mixed or average' reviews on Metacritic.

Which Chinese company owns Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, co-developer of Apex Legends Mobile?

The same studio makes PUBG Mobile; the Apex spin-off launched May 17, 2022 and lasted less than a year.

In July 2021 hackers hijacked Apex's in-game messages to promote saving which games?

A community investigation later concluded the site's owners were themselves behind some of the attacks on the Titanfall servers.

Respawn's founders Jason West and Vince Zampella had earlier co-founded which studio?

They created Call of Duty there before an acrimonious split from Activision in 2010.

In 2023 Respawn opened a third studio to keep Apex running for '10 to 15 years' in which city?

The Vancouver studio, opened in 2020, was the first satellite office dedicated to the game.

What total prize pool did the Apex Legends Global Series announce for its first year in 2019?

COVID-19 forced the whole inaugural season online, and it ended with five separate regional champions.

Which Australian organisation won the ALGS Year 2 Championship, the series' first live event?

The 2022 final was held at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a $2 million prize pool.

Which TSM in-game leader was named MVP when the team won the ALGS Year 3 Split 1 Playoffs in London?

That event at the Copper Box Arena debuted the 'Match Point' finals format.

The ALGS Year 4 Championship in February 2025 was held in which Japanese city?

Greek organisation GoNext won it, and the Year 5 final returned to the same dome in January 2026.

What competitive rule did ALGS Year 5 introduce for the first time?

After each match the most-picked Legend was removed from the pool for the rest of the series, alongside a new POI draft.