Apex Legends hits 100 million players as season 9 approaches

Olivia Richman • Apr 15, 19:15

Now greater than two years previous, Apex Legends has hit greater than 100 million distinctive gamers. 

Respawn Leisure tweeted the information on Wednesday, thanking followers for serving to Apex Legends hit this spectacular milestone. The tweet was accompanied by a montage of legends and fashionable streamers and professional gamers having fun with the sport. 

“We’re simply getting began,” Respawn added. 

Apex Legends has been constantly rising because it was launched in 2019. In lower than a month, Apex Legends reached 50 million gamers. Progress slowed after its shock launch however the sport continues to climb. As Apex Legends has hosted new occasions and launched on new platforms, it has solely turn out to be extra fashionable.  

In keeping with Steam Charts, Apex Legends has peaked at over 200,000 concurrent gamers on Steam on a couple of events and the sport routinely hovers in or across the top-five most-active video games on the platform. That 200,000 depend does not embody these taking part in via EA Video games’ Origin DRM or anybody taking part in on consoles. Precise participant counts are unknown, however Apex Legends is probably the third-most-popular battle royale title on the earth at the moment behind solely Fortnite and PUBG Cell.

Apex Legends Season 9 is about to start out on Might 4.

That is trigger to have fun for Apex Legends gamers, as it would probably see the sport add extra new content material to the battle royale. Not a lot has been mentioned in regards to the upcoming season, however large modifications are undoubtedly in retailer. This consists of updates to current brokers and a brand new map. The sport at present has a bunch of recent limited-time sport modes to maintain their 100 million gamers entertained whereas they await the large replace.