Apex Legends Season 9 Legacy Hands-On Preview

Luke got an early hands-on with Season 9 of Apex Legends

- Luke Greenfield

I’ve been playing Apex Legends since the release of Season 2 back in July 2019, though I wouldn't get into it properly until Season 5. Since then, I’ve been closely following the game at every Season launch, even staying up all night with a friend on the eve of Season 7’s launch in order to grind ranked on the final day of Season 6 and then try out the new map, Olympus, the following day. So when I was invited to join EA and Respawn in a special first-look and early hands-on experience for their biggest update yet, to say I was stoked would be a bit of an understatement.

The past year has been massive for Apex Legends. A launch on Steam & Switch, coupled with crossplay, has seen a huge rise in players, and just recently the game reached 100 million unique players. The game has seen a plethora of Limited-Time Events, along with changes to the meta that came with the introduction of new Legends, and a new map Olympus. Now, Respawn is showing no signs of slowing down, with the introduction of a new Legend that allows for incredible map-wide mobility for the whole team, a rework of the Olympus map, a brand new game mode that is here to stay, and the introduction of the most ambitious weapon seen in the game yet.