The Apex Legends Birthday Collection Event is adé! Or not! Respawn has extended it and in the meantime updated the game with a teaser for an upcoming Caustic Town Takeover!
The Apex Legends second birthday collectible event has been extended by over a week due to numerous issues with logins plaguing the community. Thank you, Respawn!
It’s been over a month since we’ve had a Town Takeover in Apex Legends. The last one was Pathfinders Fight Night, which introduced more of the Legends experience in addition to adding a boxing arena where you can only fight with melee attacks. The next Legend to get a Town Takeover will likely be Caustic. Most players have probably noticed that just before the character selection screen, Caustic appears and visits a certain location on the map.
Said location is between Crash Site and Artillery in King’s Gulch. Caustic even had a voice line when he passed by there earlier, expressing his fascination. If you visit the site now, you’ll find a giant gas canister. Right next to it, you’ll find a panel that plays a message when you interact with it:
The erupted gas hole and the fuel have combined to create a gigantic supply of poison. If there was a way to refine it, I could shape it into something spectacular.
It’s not clear when Town Takeover will actually happen, but considering the teaser has already been released, it will certainly be soon. This could also mean that we will get more information about Caustic and its origin. Whether it will be an animated short remains to be seen.
Town Takeovers usually reflect the personality and history of a legend, in Caustic’s case we should probably expect a lot of venom. There are currently four takeovers in Kings Canyon – Octane’s Gauntlet, Singh Labs, Crypto’s Map Room and The Mirage Voyage. We’re excited to see what Caustics Zone will be called.
What is actually… “Apex Legends?
Within 24 hours, “Apex Legends” became the most-watched game on Twitch – after one week, over 25 million people were already playing it. What is the battle royale shooter about?
What is “Apex Legends” about?
Scenario: In a distant future, bandits, adventurers, and outlaws settle their disputes in a sporting contest to the death. The setting is a fertile, industrially developed valley on the edge of the galaxy.
- Genre: Battle Royale shooter
- Game modes: survival battle between a maximum of 20 teams of three.
At its core, “Apex Legends” is a classic battle-royale shooter: up to 60 players land simultaneously in teams of three on the game map called “Kings Canyon” – a densely built-up, fertile valley with many accessible houses, bunkers and towers. Once on the ground, unarmed players must search their surroundings for equipment and ammunition. The goal of the game is to stay alive until the end.
To prevent players from hiding all over the map and waiting to automatically be the last one left, the game area shrinks every few minutes. The longer a round lasts, the smaller the area where survivors can move and hide.
Apex Legends refreshes this now classic game formula with some ideas that are unique to the genre: For example, before starting a round, players select one of eight heroes, each of which has two special abilities and facilitates certain play styles.
Bangalore, for example, is the classic soldier who can conceal her position with smoke grenades and call in an artillery strike in an emergency. The heroine Lifeline, on the other hand, can summon a drone to heal teammates – or directly order the delivery of high-value weapons and equipment via aerial drone. This way, all players can find the right hero for their preferred course of action.
How can I play Apex Legends?
Platform: “Apex Legends” is available for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Price: The battle royale shooter is a “Free to Play” title and can basically be played for free on all platforms.
In-game purchases: “Apex Legends” allows the purchase of cosmetic items and new heroes either by means of in-game currency, which can be earned for free in every round, or with real money. The real-money currency “Apex Coins” can be purchased in five different amounts: The smallest possible amount is 1000 Apex Points for around 9.99 euros, while the largest pack with 10,000 Apex Points content costs 99.99 euros.
The developer emphasizes that it is not possible to buy game advantages with the help of real money: You can only use it to customize the appearance of the heroes, it says, or purchase new heroes.
Age rating: “Apex Legends” does not have a youth rating (USK 18).
Which technical terms should you know?
Respawn Beacon: If a player is shot down, the team members who are still alive have the opportunity to bring the fallen comrade back into the game: Each eliminated player leaves behind a so-called Respawn Banner, which can be collected by the players of the own team and handed in at one of 28 Respawn Beacons, certain locations on the map. If this succeeds, the fallen player returns to the game.
Jumpmaster: At the beginning of the game, one of the maximum three players of a team always takes on the role of the jumpmaster. He decides when and where his team enters the game area.
Ping: Using the middle mouse button, players can alert their teammates to interesting locations in the game world or enemies. These pings are a valuable tool for communicating quickly and efficiently within the team.
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