Respawn Entertainment Fires Apex Legends Lead Game Designer Over Old Sexist And Racist Remarks

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Apex Legends Lead Game Designer Daniel Klein has been fired by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment mainly due to sexist remarks he made in a blog post titled “I am Daniel’s Angry Rant” which he published back in 2007. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the blog post contained comments that women are naturally irrational and that the XX chromosomes are “moron chromosomes.” [...]

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Apex Legends Cross-Progression And Next-Gen Update Still In The Works Says Respawn Entertainment

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Last week, Respawn Entertainment rolled out a big update called Emergence that introduced Seer as a new Legend along with major changes to the World’s Edge map. Now that the rush of a new update has settled down, players are now wondering when they’ll finally be getting the next most-requested feature after cross-play came out last fall: cross-progression. Respawn Entertainment’s [...]

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Apex Legends Averaged 13 Million Weekly Active Players During Season 9 (Likely More than ALL Blizzard Games Combined)

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Electronic Arts published their Q2, 2021 earnings report yesterday and in it they disclosed that Apex Legends, their hit battle royale game, averaged 13 million weekly active players during Season 9. The game also broke a new record for peak daily players, but a specific concurrent number wasn't disclosed. Just to put that 13 million "weekly active players" number into [...]

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Apex Legends ‘Emergence’ Update Brings New Character, Major Map Changes, And Ranked Arenas

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The Emergence update is now live in Apex Legends with a new addition to the battle royale shooter’s collection of quirky characters. Meet Seer, a drone-controlling artist that can hear enemy heartbeats, track enemies through walls, and reveal the footsteps of nearby enemies. “With microdrones and an artist's eye, Seer spots opportunities that other Legends might miss and seizes them [...]

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ESPN And ABC Cancels Apex Legends Tournament TV Broadcast In Response To The Recent Mass Shootings

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Following the recent incidences of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, ESPN and ABC have decided to pull this weekend’s Apex Legends EXP Invitational eSports TV broadcast. An ESPN spokesperson confirmed the news to Rock Paper Shotgun saying that, “The decision was made out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings [...]

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