Since its launch back in May,Apex Legends Mobilehas been pumping out a flurry of content to keep players engaged and satisfied. With Season 1 coming to a close, Respawn Entertainment took to dropping a hype trailer showcasing the newest Legend, Rhapsody, and when to expect her along with Season 2 to hit the mobile port ofApex Legends.
As mentioned,Apex Legends Mobilehas seen no shortage of content since its launch in May. As soon as it hit mobile platforms, it was very obvious that this would be more than an empty port with numerous changes that fans of the console versions have been clamoring for. The port also launched with amobile-exclusive Legend named Fade, and the newest season will bring another exclusive Legend to expand the roster.
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The launch trailer gives us an insight to the newest Legend, Rhapsody, a bit of her background and a preview at her potential abilities. Besides her name being a reference to ancient Greek epic poems, her skill set seems to heavily lean into the musical side of her name while possibly borrowing from Lifeline’s skill set. She carries around a little helper drone that can be seendeploying a barricade similar to Newcastle’sthat can absorb incoming fire. Also shown is a potential ability to buff teammates as her squad is surrounded by sound waves, although there’s no indication as to what the buff could do.
When the newest Season launches on July 12, Rhapsody will join the fray, upping the roster of playable characters up to 12. In the trailer, it is also revealed that a new map, Pythas Block 0, will be added to the game as well. However, the trailer doesn’t mention whatmodes the newApexmap will be playable on.
Apex Legendstook the battle royale scene by storm when it dropped out of nowhere back in February 2019. While it wasn’t theTitanfallsequel many were hoping for, the game exploded onto the scene with fans appreciating thereferences to the belovedTitanfallseries.Apex Legends Mobilehas followed in a similar path and has changed the scope of mobile ports by providing unique content that differs from the main version of the game.
Conversely, as much love asApex Legends Mobilehas been receiving, console and PC players have not been too pleased. A lot of the features that are in the mobile port are features that fans have been clamoring for, and while it’s great for the mobile scene, non-mobile players aren’tpleased byApex Legends Mobile’s exclusive features..
Apex Legends Mobileis available now for Android and iOS.
