Apex Legends is leaping to cell

Apex Legends gathered 50 million gamers in its first month, and writer EA apparently needs to maintain that momentum going by bringing it to cell.

EA COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen mentioned throughout a Tuesday earnings name that it is “in superior negotiations” to deliver the free-to-play battle royale recreation to cell units and China. It’s going to additionally launch the sport in South Korea.

The decision revealed that Apex Legends — which you’ll at the moment play on PS4, Xbox One and PC — turned the EA’s fastest-growing new recreation ever after its February launch and that 30% of its gamers are new to the corporate. It was developed by Respawn, the studio behind Titanfall and the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

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It is mainly EA’s reply to Epic’s Fortnite: Battle Royale, which had 200 million gamers in late 2018 after popping out the earlier yr and hit cell final summer time.

We’ll doubtless see extra at its EA Play fan occasion subsequent month.

First revealed at 4:35 a.m. PT.
Up to date at 5:05 a.m. PT: Provides extra element.