Apex Legendshas had a successful fourth season thus far, filled with events, a new Legend, and a brand new battle pass. As a very welcome and added surprise, Respawn has announced through a Tweet that the fan-favorite map, Kings Canyon, will be returning toApex Legendsfor a limited time from June 05, 2025, through May 30, 2025.
Kings Canyon was the map of play forApex Legendsfrom the launch of the game through Season 2. Once Season 3 rolled around,the new map World’s Edge was launched, and Kings Canyon was temporarily put aside. World’s Edge is a larger map, filled with varied biomes, but many fans miss the classic feel of Kings Canyon. Other than an occasional limited-time mode, like what is taking place this weekend, Kings Canyon isn’t available to play.
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An interesting thing to note about this weekend’s version of the Kings Canyon map is that it is specifically from Season 1. Between Season 1: Wild Frontier and Season 2: Battle Charge ofApex Legends,Kings Canyon saw some rather large map changes. But because this weekend will see the Wild Frontier version of Kings Canyon, players will be able to enjoy places of the map that weren’t destroyed by the Season 2 overhaul like Bridges and Cascades (which was specifically altered thanks to shenanigans by the Legend Crypto).
This weekend will be a great opportunity to practice for the upcoming ranked changes inApex Legends. Currently, the ranked mode takes place on Worlds Edge, but on March 24,the map will change over to Kings Canyonfor ranked play and will remain on that map for the rest of Season 4.
Apex Legendsrecently had its first birthday, and Respawn has continued to evolve the game, make updates and improvements, and add new content. An example of that is thenewest Legend, Revenant, who hasn’t yet been playable on Kings Canyon, so it will be interesting to see how he plays over the weekend and with the ranked changes coming soon.
This weekend is just another example of how Respawn continues to keepApex Legendsrelevant. Fans are already feeling nostalgic about a map that is less than a year old, and Respawn is dipping into that nostalgia by creating a limited-time mode that players will no doubt enjoy. A lot of the game has changed,including theApex Legendsweapon Metaand new available Legends. If players want to slay-out on Worlds Edge this weekend, they can do that as well, as Kings Canyon will be its own limited-time playlist.
Apex Legendsis free-to-play on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
