Q 01/05

Which company publishes Apex Legends?

A) Electronic Arts

B) Activision

C) Ubisoft

D) Take-Two Interactive

Answer · why

A) Electronic Arts

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

Q 02/05

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

A) November 4, 2018

B) February 4, 2019

C) March 19, 2019

D) May 17, 2019

Answer · why

B) February 4, 2019

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

Q 03/05

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

A) Sliding down slopes

B) Zip-line traversal

C) Pilotable Titans

D) Climbing short walls

Answer · why

C) Pilotable Titans

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

Q 04/05

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

A) The Game Awards 2018

B) The Grammy Awards

C) CES 2019 in Las Vegas

D) Super Bowl LIII halftime

Answer · why

D) Super Bowl LIII halftime

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

Q 05/05

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

A) Source

B) Unreal Engine 4

C) Frostbite

D) Unity

Answer · why

A) Source

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