Following the initially confusing announcement that Apex Legends Mobile's fourth battle pass is about to expire (the in-game season hub had October 18 listed as the season's end date), the mobile game's developers have now clarified that the «small» update it referred to in their previous announcement is in fact a brand new battle pass, and the current Hyperbeat battle pass will be replaced with the Aftershow battle pass early next week.
The announcement was made via an in-game news slide, which explained that the new battle pass will go live on October 4, shortly after the Hyperbeat battle pass expires at 4:59 PM PT / 7:59 PM ET. Curiously, the developers also mentioned that this season's Seasonal Currency, Hyperbeat Coins, will not expire, and will instead carry over into the next season. Unfortunately, this is not the case with Mission Cards, which were recently altered to expire at the end of each battle pass.
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Little else is known about the update--including whether or not it will come with a new legend. Thus far, each season of Apex Legends mobile has been split in half, with the first half of the season debuting a mobile-exclusive legend alongside a battle pass, and the second half of the season bringing ina new battle pass and a legend from the console and PC version of the game. With that in mind, most players assumed the next update to the game would be the beginning of the third season and kick off with the introduction of a new mobile-only
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