Respawn Reportedly Working on Single-Player Apex Legends Game

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Respawn Entertainment's popular battle royale title, Apex Legends, may be expanding outside the multiplayer realm. A recent job posting on the developer's site is seemingly looking to recruit talent for a new title set in the same universe of Apex Legends.

Since the surprise launch of Apex Legends back in 2019, Respawn Entertainment has done extremely well building the stories of the Legends. Each new season brings players a «Stories from the Outlands» cinematic that dives deep into the lore of the characters such as explaining how Ash is directly related to the beloved Titanfall 2. Fan reception to these stories has positively increased with each new story, so it only makes sense that Respawn would want to fully commit to a single-player experience to expand on the already laid out groundwork.

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According to the job posting on Respawn's site, the team is searching for a «Senior Engine/Systems Engineer — C++ -» for an "Apex Universe FPS Incubation Project." While not much information is gained from the job posting, it does point to whoever is hired will be working with other members of the team to assist with «collision, physics, audio, low-level OS and hardware support.» Aside from the position in question, another listing directly states that this project is a new single-player adventure.

Fans of Respawn Entertainment know what the veteran studio is capable of. Originally starting off on Call of Duty, the studio has significantly expanded its portfolio to work on other FPS titles with compelling stories such as Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond as well as Titanfall. 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order wasn't a perfect narrative experience, but it put the team