Apex Legends Developers Respawn Entertainment has announced that the mobile version of the game will be discontinued in all regions on May 1, a few weeks before its one-year anniversary. As if that wasn’t bad news enough for players, he also said that once the game is over, any items or add-ons they purchased will appear as well. Apex Legends Mobile. EA shared the news about the change as part of its earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal 2020.
a latest news of the company described the closure as a “mutual decision” reached with a “development partner”; Apex Legends Mobile Developed by Respawn, Tencent’s Lightspeed & Quantum Studioswhich also handles the portable port of pubg. Respawn’s post reiterates that observation but begins by claiming, “After a strong start, the content pipeline for Apex Legends Mobile has begun to lower this bar in terms of quality, quantity, and tempo.”
Since its launch, Apex Legends Mobile It has a reputation for adding mods that players would have wanted to see in the full game, with additional abilities for existing Legends, new play modes, and a pair of mobile-exclusive Legends, Fade and Rhapsody.
As of 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, you can no longer purchase real-money items in the game, and the game will also be pulled from the app stores. It will officially close at 7 PM ET on May 1st.
However, EA does not offer any refunds for real money purchases, “according to the terms of the EA User Agreement,” The company wrote in the instructions. This may sound like a slap in the face to people who have invested their money in the game, and it seems particularly rowdy from EA when developer Iron Galaxy offers players refunds for their in-game purchases. contraction Before Just announced the closure of that game.
However, it appears that there could be some form climax on mobile in the future. On EA’s earnings call, CEO Andrew Wilson said that EA and the development partner chose to cancel this “version” of the game and that the company has “plans to reimagine the connected Apex mobile experience in the future.” Later in the call, Wilson added that mobile would be the “future growth trend” for climax franchise.
EA also halted development on its plan battlefield mobile game, which it announced in April 2021. “In view of the evolution of the industry and our strategy to create a deeply connected network battlefield The ecosystem took shape, and we decided to build on the current trend to best realize our vision of the franchise and meet the expectations of our players,” EA he wrote in a news post on his website.
The company has made a number of changes to battlefield franchise after the bad debut of Battlefield 2042, including putting Respawn President Vince Zampella in charge of the franchise and announcing a new narrative campaign in the works from a new studio, Ridgeline Games. “We are working hard on the development Battlefield 2042We are still in pre-production on our future battlefield Our expertise is in our studios around the world,” EA said in its post.
I would also like to draw your attention once again to the “Deeply Connected”. battlefield Language “ecosystem” from EA Post. Based on the company’s earnings call, it appears that EA’s mobile strategy for battlefield And climax They will be linked to other games in those franchises down the line.
“As we look at the mobile market, the biggest new launches that are experiencing the most success are those that are closely related to [a] wider franchise,” Wilson said. “Not always there is crossover, but definitely crossover progression and a sense of being part of a unified community and one unified game experience.”
and dedicated to battlefieldWilson said the company has paused work on the game to allow the company to “really think about the broader franchise strategy and to allow leadership to build a true cross-platform gaming experience around a reimagined game.” battlefield In the future.”
On Tuesday, the company also announced that it would be delaying Star Wars Jedi: Survivor From March to April. And on the earnings call, COO Laura Mele said so The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earththe upcoming mobile game from EA located in Lotter Universe, it will be launched this year.
Updated January 31st, 6:32 PM ETAdded: More details from EA’s earnings call.