Apex Legends Seemingly Reveals Next Legend Early

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Respawn Entertainment has maintained a very healthy tempo for releasing new characters intoApex Legends. Through now, each season of Apex Legends has seen a new character introduced, shaking up the battle royale's meta in exciting ways update by update. Respawn has admitted it may slow down in the future, but it doesn't look like now is that time, as Apex Legends' next character appears to have been leaked by Respawn early.

Rather than the leak stemming from an inside source or datamined information, the new Apex Legends character named Vantage was revealed by Respawn Entertainment accidentally. Respawn appears to have pushed a «Survive» video from the Stories from the Outlands series before the planned announcement for Vantage. Additionally, a promotional image for the video was pushed live in the Apex Legends client that features Vantage's face.

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The full text of the teaser image found in Apex Legends reads, «There's a new installment of the Stories from the Outlands! Watch Survive and meet the new Legend joining the Games in Apex Legends: Hunted coming August 9!» In other words, Respawn plans to release Vantage as a playable Legend in the battle royale with the start of the next season. More specifically, Vantage will be released when Season 14 arrives on August 9.

Leaks have revealed several details about the upcoming Legend Vantage. The two most prominent gameplay elements associated with Vantage are her rifle, always included in her kit, and her winged companion (likely a bat). The rifle includes a long-ranged scope for sniping and targeting, and can be used to reveal specific details regarding the focused target's character and gear. Vantage can use