Apex Legends dev confirms Seasons 5, 6, 7 and 8 already in development
Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends players may still be enjoying the end of Season 4, but according to Respawn developers, there are already plans for Seasons 5, 6, 7, and 8. In fact, they might even include some Titanfall 2 content as well.
Apexâs fourth season has been a smash-hit so far. First, blood-soaked robot Revenant joined the battle royaleâs extended roster. Mid-split, ranked switched to Kingâs Canyon. Now, Worldâs Edge is hosting Bloodhoundâs Town Takeover.
Already, however, eyes are turning to the titleâs fifth season. Thatâs not all Respawn has in the pipe right now though â â according to design director Jason McCord, Apexâs devs are hard at work on the next three seasons beyond that too.
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âWe are updating the game as fast as we can. We literally canât do anymore, and we have a lot of stuff planned that people want â but it takes a lot of time. Thereâs nothing to be done about that,â McCord said on Twitter on April 6.
McCordâs statement came after a deluge of comments from the Apex community on Twitter regarding how slow Respawn was often perceived as being when it came to huge changes to their ongoing Apex Legends franchise.
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That perspective seems pretty unfair, the battle royaleâs lead game designer said, especially when the dev team was âhard at workâ constantly on new content. That includes future guns, legends, and planned balance changes.
âStick with usâŚâ McCord continued. He also revealed just how far ahead the devs are compared to the live game-state. âWe are literally testing content for Season 5, 6, 7 and 8 regularly. We have LOTS coming, and arenât going anywhere.â
And for a fun anecdote, we are literally testing content for Season 5, 6, 7 and 8 regularly. We have LOTS coming, and aren't going anywhere.
â Jason McCord (@MonsterclipRSPN) April 6, 2020
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Respawn teases more Titanfall content for Apex Legends
Of course, fans may be more interested in what is coming in those next four seasons, rather than just hearing theyâre on the way. In that regard, Respawn has remained more quiet â that is, outside of a major Titanfall tease.
âWeâre always bringing in stuff from the Titanfall universe,â Apex game director Chad Grenier and general manager Dusty Welch said on future content in an interview with Game Informer for the magazineâs 324th print issue.
âWe built an awesome world in Titanfall and want to make sure weâre bringing that forward,â Grenier continued, before teasing a slice of new content. âI will say this â â there could be a pleasant surprise for Titanfall fans in Season 5.â
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There could well be a few answers to Grenierâs riddle. Weâve seen Prowlers, local to Titanfallâs Leviathan planet, arrive in Bloodhoundâs Town Takeover already. Thereâs also rumors hardy South African pilot Blisk could be a future legend.
Months ago, leakers also dug up code suggesting Titanfallâs energy submachine gun the Volt could be arriving in Apex during the titleâs fourth season. Instead, we got the Sentinel sniper, but the Volt SMG could still be on the horizon.
When will Apexâs future seasons actually launch?
With at least four more seasons on the horizon, itâs easy to get excited for all the brand-new content Apex players will get their hands on. What we have to remember, though, is Apex is quite slow with how they drop updates.
Season 5 is the easiest to predict. Season 4 is slated to finish on May 5 â â just under a month away â â meaning thatâs when the fifth season should start.
Beyond that, it becomes a bit more of a guessing game. Season 1 ran from March 19 to June 18 (91 days), before Season 2 kicked off on July 2. Apexâs lengthy third season launched in October. Season 4 dropped February 4.
A standard season seems to last around 90 days, unless it lands across Christmas. Those last a little longer than the usual content run. That means the best guesses for when the next season drops are as follows:
Potential Apex season release dates
- Fifth Season â â May 5, 2020
- Sixth Season â â August, 2020
- Seventh Season â â November, 2020
- Eighth Season â â February, 2021
Taking Season 7âs potential Christmas extension into account, weâre looking at brand new Apex content all the way until the end of April 2021. Itâs no small surprise, then, that McCord says the devs have âa lot comingâ in the future.
For now though, weâre still right in the middle of Season 4. Thereâs still a month to go for the ranked split, as well as two weeks of Bloodhoundâs titular event.
So, stay patient! Respawn has promised plenty more to come, and theyâre sure to deliver â â as more details on the next four Apex Legends seasons are revealed, you can be sure weâll have all the info right here at Dexerto.