Apex Legends – Season 8 is less than a day away, and we can’t wait. This past week, we had the opportunity to speak with some of the good folks at Respawn Entertainment. Here’s what they shared with us!

We sat down with the lovely Respawn team to talk about the new ‘Mayhem’ theme and the new Legend Fuse. As with all interviews in this modern-apocalyptic setting, we sat down for a cozy zoom chat. Kudos to the Respawn team for being so great to talk to. Let’s get started:

What was the inspiration for Fuse?

“There’s not one inspiration for Fuse. We have a pretty deep and robust creative process when it comes to building a character. Generally, we start by asking, “what is the gameplay area we want to build around?” When we started building Fuse, it was really around the idea of grenade gameplay and what grenades and guns mean to a match. We started with the design space and that was the anchor for the character.”

One of the things we did very early on is this personality questionnaire that we filled out. What would a person do in these different situations? We had so much fun filling it out with things like, “What would [Fuse] say in a bar?”, “How would he go to the grocery store, and what would he put in his shopping cart?” We just tried to figure out what kind of person [Fuse] is, and then we were able to identify the little details that make a person.

At the end of the day, we talked about Fuse like a member of the team. He was a real person with real feelings and a real personality, and we knew what he was going to say in all these situations.

Everyone on the team thought Fuse was the kind of guy you’d want to go out for a drink with and listen to his offbeat stories.

Can you give us more information about the new weapon, the 30-30 Repeater?

Because of its lever action, it’s a slower, more methodical weapon compared to the G7 Scout. You reload individual bullets one at a time, which you can interrupt at any time. Similar to the Mastiff, you can always leave the magazine full. One of the big features is that when you aim the 30-30 with the sights, it builds up a charge and increases the damage on your next shot. We opted for slower gameplay but higher damage without actually forcing the player to fire at a slower rate. It’s a bit of a pain to miss with these charged shots, but it’s super rewarding when you actually hit.

Golden magazines – will they be specific per weapon type or will there be one for all?

They are specific per weapon type, there will be four new golden magazines – Energy, Light, Heavy and Sniper. Each [weapon] will have their own, there’s kind of a method behind this madness. We like the idea that if you find a golden magazine for a weapon you’re not using, it might tempt you to swap it out and move to a new weapon or communicate and give it to a teammate. Having a single magazine that fits every weapon doesn’t really fit our loot game. We like it when there’s a little bit of RNG.

You guys caught the attention of Gabe Newell the other day, he expressed a lot of interest in Apex Legends. Are you guys exchanging ideas, should we expect a showmatch between GabeN and Respawn?

There’s nothing official, but everyone has picked up on that and we’ve talked about how it would be a blast to have a match between us. If he’s out there listening and interested, we’d love to set up a match.
In the Fight Night trailer, Forge was seen in a flashback. Is he really dead?

He is sooooo dead. Deader than dead. Dead as a doornail
Special thanks to the entire Apex Legends development team, who have all been really wonderful. But that’s not all the questions we asked.

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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