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We're excited to announce that Respawn/Electronic Arts will be joining the MDEV conference as an official sponsor! 🎮 This year, we'll be bringing more than a booth. We're creating an opportunity to connect with Madison's technology community through interactive experiences, meaningful conversations, and technical content. Come visit us to: 🎮 Experience our interactive booth #108 🤝 Meet members of our team, learn more about life at Respawn/EA, and explore career opportunities with our recruiter! 📅 See you at the Alliant Energy Center Madison, WI #WeAreEA #ApexLegends #makeplayhappen #MDEV

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Heads up, Legends 👋 We’ve launched @ApexLiveComms, a dedicated home for all Apex Legends live service updates, including bugs, outages, and patch info. Stick around here to learn more about Respawn Entertainment, our studio, our people, and our games.

Hey Legends, We just pushed a patch that includes the following adjustments and fixes: Octane: - We have seen an organic drop in his pick rate since the mid season patch went live, which we expected, but that didn't fall enough to a level we felt was healthy so that indicated some of the interactions of his new kit are unhealthy. - Reduced Swift Mend max healing from 9 to 6 - Reduced Swift Mend min healing from 3 to 2 Horizon: Horizon landed at a comfortable pick rate after her recent buffs, but when combined with Octane, the team comp has proven to be a bit squirrely. - Reduced max Newt Scoot time from 5 to 2.5 - Reduced New Scoot max speed from 700 to 550 Thank you for your continued feedback. See you on the Dropship!

Hey legends! Based on previous matchmaking tests, we've made some adjustments to Ranked lobbies as we approach the end of the season. The new changes include increasing the maximum matchmaking wait time for Masters players. With this season's player populations, Masters players will be restricted to matching only down to Diamond 3. Note: if you're in a premade squad, matchmaking will continue to take into account the member with the highest Ranked tier on your team. Let us know how your games feel!

Hey legends, the team has pushed a number of fixes as a follow up to the start of 27.1! Crypto: - Crypto's drone is no longer displayed for a fraction of a second when deploying the drone on a zipline, balloon or Evac Tower. - The appropriate ultimate icon is now displayed while in Crypto's drone view after selecting the Power Coupling upgrade. - Crypto's hands no longer remain stuck in front of the camera after taking damage from a Caustic trap while in Drone view. - Players are no longer able to spam the drone entering animation. - Crypto's Ult now appropriately charges from scanning enemies, even if they remain within the scan. Octane: - Stim Surge's animation now ends in alignment with the end of its effects - previously was misaligned when at low health with the Daredevil upgrade. - Stim Surge's animation now ends in alignment with the end of its effects when taking damage in the ring. - Base Stim model no longer overlaps with the Stim Surge Syringe. - Players are no longer able to spam Octane's tactical when riding ziplines or ziprails with akimbo weapons equipped. - Removed ghostly green bar that appeared when Octane performed two-handed actions while using Stim Surge. - When activating Stim Surge while climbing, the correct model is displayed and players will no longer be locked out of using Stim Surge. Trident: - Increased the volume of approaching Trident - it should be much more difficult to be caught by surprise. - Caustics traps no longer attach to the Trident - it was way too deadly. - Valkyrie no longer gets stuck in ultimate animation when interrupted by a Trident. New Player Pass: - Level up animation now display the correct level. Various: - The post-game progress screen no longer displays old challenges. - Various fixes/adjustments to Switch 2 shadow/lighting. - Fixed a boot crash on some Nvidia machines.

Hey legends, This incident is now resolved with the help of our community. Anti-Cheat is a constant cat-and-mouse game and your reports are imperative to bringing information to our attention, including the one that helped us today. Thanks for your patience as our teams jumped to tackle and resolve this issue.

We are aware of an active security incident where a bad actor is able to control the inputs of another player remotely in @PlayApex. Based on our initial investigation, we have not identified evidence that suggests the bad actors can install or execute code as in the case of an RCE or injection attack. We are actively working on a solution and will update you when we have more information.

Hey legends, we just pushed a patch to address the following: - Crash tied to Wildcard Hoverboard fixed - Fixed Firing Range crash that occurs when many players join the range Thank you!

Hey legends, We are removing the Brain Freeze wild card from Wildcard as it has been linked to game crashes on Playstation. We will continue to evaluate the situation and will communicate any further changes! Thank you

We're heartbroken by the passing of our founder and dear friend Vince Zampella. Vince was a titan and legend of this industry, a visionary leader and a force who shaped teams and games like Call of Duty, Titanfall, Apex Legends, the Star Wars Jedi series and Battlefield for our community in ways that will be felt for generations. His impact reached far beyond any one game or studio. We will remember Vince for how he showed up every day, trusting his teams, encouraging bold ideas, and believing in Respawn & Battlefield. Most importantly, he championed what he believed was right for the people behind those studios and our players because it mattered. We will miss him greatly. Our hearts are with his family, friends, and all who love him.

Hi legends, we have pushed the following changes to @PlayApex: -We have disabled the Flash Freeze Wildcard upgrade as we identified it was causing game crashes for some players. The dev team will continue to work on a fix, and we will update you when we know more. -Additionally, we have adjusted the Trident. Players now need to reach an increased minimum speed in order to deal damage. Damage dealt remains unchanged.

Hey, legends! The Battle Pass and Ranked reset for @PlayApex goes live on December 16, 2025. Our mid-season update will follow in early January 2026. This timing is a bit different from our usual schedule, so we wanted to give you an early heads-up.

The next @PlayApex Dev Team AMA is happening tomorrow, starting at 10 am PT! We'll be chatting about all things related to the Legend meta. Ask your questions ahead of time here ➡️ bit.ly/4q3vqoJ

Heads up, legends. We made the following changes to @ApexLegends: Map Fixes: World's Edge: Fixed a blue lighting tint issue Fixed an issue where certain window bars could be bypassed by crouching Broken Moon: Restored several missing ziplines across the map Audio & UI: Adjusted Rampart Package and Mythic Bin map icons to be more visible for the Supersonic Event Misc: Fixed server crashes when opening packs + entering a match Corrected a Superglide bug that will now allow you to Mantle Boost over obstacles while crouched

Hey legends, We have heard, loud and clear, the community feedback and frustration in @PlayApex with the Wildcard Birds of Prey R-99. As a result, we are removing the EMP effect for the remainder of the event in an effort to reduce its power. We will continue to monitor the situation, thank you for your patience!

Hey legends, to clear up some confusion: This pop-up appears in @PlayApex when we've released certain types of updates while you're currently in the game. When you see it, you should make sure to restart your client so any fixes we've deployed can be applied.