Respawn Entertainment recently announced that their hit battle royale, Apex Legends, will soon be coming to mobile platforms. This announcement comes at the same time as the announcement for the upcoming Season 13, Saviors, which has been confirmed to be coming to the game on May 10, 2022.
Similar to many other battle royales like Fortnite and PUBG, Respawn's decision to port Apex Legends to mobile devices has received a positive response from players and fans. Many casual and hardcore mobile gamers are excited to try one of the most popular modern video games.
While a battle royale title is nothing new in the genre, Apex Legends has several factors that set it apart from its competitors. The world-building and story-telling was something unheard of in this genre until Apex hit the market. The game also features a comprehensive catalog of different characters, each with its own set of abilities.
At the moment, the game is not available to everyone. However, pre-registration is open for iOS and Android. Respawn Entertainment has also introduced a reward system to encourage players to pre-register for the game. These rewards will be available to all players upon launch, and some of them are very high-value.
Currently, 13.5 million players have pre-registered for Apex Mobile. This number still is 1.5 million away from the game's first pre-register in-game reward, an Apex Mobile Holospray. The rewards range from badges to free guns and champion skins for the R99, Bloodhound, and Pathfinder.
Developers have stated that they built this version of the game from the ground up. This allowed them to customize the game's mechanics to be better optimized for mobile devices. However, this game build will include only 10 playable
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