It was like "finding a needle in a haystack."

For months now, Apex Legends players have been complaining about issues where various weapon sound effects and visual effects just flat out stopped playing during a match. The issue seemed to start for most of those impacted around the start of Season 16, which began in February 2023.

The story of this bug and how Respawn arrived at the fix is quite interesting. Thankfully for all of us, they shared the entire story...

A new limited-time mode finds you avoiding the heat, plus get Ash's heirloom.
A seasonal update for Apex Legends rolls out on March 28th that promises to bring the heat to everyone under the sun. Literally.

The "Sun Squad Collection Event" for the Respawn Entertainment developed battle royale offers players a chance to unlock some special swimsuit clothing options, Ash's "Strongest Link" heirloom, other event items, and some general fixes and balancing adjustments...

This third studio will be opening in Madison, Wisconsin.

It seems both Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment plan to keep Apex Legends going for a very, very long time.

A third Respawn studio is soon to open in Madison, Wisconsin. This third studio will initially focus solely on Apex Legends for the foreseeable future. This studio will be led by industry veteran Ryan Burnett. Burnett has been in game development for about two decades now. He previously worked at Raven...

Of all the ways to let someone go, doing it via a Zoom call and after a night shift shouldn't be one of them.

On February 28, EA tried to quietly lay off over 200 quality assurance (QA) testers from their Baton Rouge office. These QA testers were primarily working on the Respawn Entertainment developed battle royale game Apex Legends. The initial reporting about these layoffs came to light via Kotaku, who says that the layoffs happened via a Zoom call.

The process of laying...

Call it a Valentine's Day gift to the fans.

Revelry is the name Respawn has bestowed on the upcoming Season 16 of Apex Legends. The season, expected to launch on February 14 at 10AM (PT) will feature some massive changes to very key parts of the game. Everything from classes, to first-time player experiences, to limited time modes is getting a bit of TLC from the developers.

First up, Respawn will be "adjusting all Legends" for Season 16. They are doing a rework to th...

The hotfix driver fixes issues with several popular titles.

If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you may want to pick up the latest hotfix driver release. Nvidia put out a new hotfix driver today for RTX and GTX video cards. This hotfix is based on the latest Game Ready Driver 516.59 and brings the driver version up to 516.79.

Contained in today's hotfix release are a number of fixes for some issues in a handful of newer and more popular games. Particularly of note here...

A massive update just hit Apex Legends and here is everything you need to know about it.

Season 12 for the ever-popular battle royale game Apex Legends just dropped and with it comes a wealth of new and updated content. First and foremost, there is a new Legend that you can play as named Mad Maggie. There are some big changes that have hit the Olympus map along with some changes to weapons, Legend abilities, and even a new limited-time mode called Control.

Before getting...

Contrary to popular belief, not everything was delayed in 2021.

Once again, Valve employees have poured through the data over the course of hundreds of hours to produce a list of the biggest and best-selling games available through Steam in 2021. It's either that, or they just had a program compile all of the data for them, but the alternative sounds more thrilling.

Valve has broken down Steam's "Best of 2021" into several categories. They have listings for the...

EA says they are restructuring its development teams as it looks to "grow Battlefield."

Battlefield 2042 is a bad game and you should not buy it. That seems to be the prevailing thought from most fans who have played the game for any length of time since its release just a couple of days back. It's a game that is full of bugs, barren maps, idiotic Specialists, a huge focus on vehicular combat, and more missing "legacy" features than you can shake a stick at....

Other players won't be the only thing you'll be going up against in Season 11.

Respawn Entertainment fully revealed Storm Point, the newest map that will be added to Apex Legends in Season 11. When Season 11, Escape, releases on November 2nd, players will get to drop in to the tropical island paradise of Storm Point. This new map is releasing in addition to a new Legend, Ash, along with the Titanfall weapon, the C.A.R. SMG.

Respawn principal designer on Apex Legends, Rodney...

Everybody needs a little vacation sometimes, even Apex Legends.

Respawn Entertainment debuted their launch trailer for the upcoming 11th season of play for Apex Legends. This new season, entitled Escape, shows that even a bunch of Legends need a little R&R from time to time.

Apex Legends: Escape is slated to launch on November 2. This is your first look at the new season and a peak at some of the new content that awaits players when this update drops. We already know...

The new character is also coming alongside a new weapon.

Dr. Ashleigh Reid was a character that was first introduced in Titanfall 2. The character, in their current identity, will soon be coming to Apex Legends as the game's newest playable character. She was a Simulacrum Pilot in Titanfall 2.

Now known as Ash, she was turned into a Simulacrum after betraying her colleagues and getting stabbed in the process. Ash is already familiar to a number of Apex Legends players...

The things that go bump in the night.

Respawn Entertainment is once again offering up a little event for the spooky season that is Halloween. Starting October 12 and running through November 2, players will be able to participate in the Monsters Within Event.

This event will feature the Encore Arenas map, as well as earn special event-limited cosmetic items. The cosmetics will focus on the Legends of Revenant, Bloodhound, Caustic, and Seer.

In addition to...

They're just too busy with other games.

In a recent livestream, Respawn's Jason Garza says that the studio isn't working on Titanfall 3, nor are they working on any new Titanfall 2 content. Garza flat out says that "there's nothing there. We've got too many other games in the works right now."

He did at least later clarify that the team at Respawn are still investigating hacking and other vulnerabilities in Titanfall 2.

It seems that Respawn's primary...

One step forward, two steps back?

Respawn just released a new patch for Apex Legends today that attempts to fix numerous bugs. The team says that the patch also includes some fixes for client crashes and server disconnects.

Unfortunately, it seems as though the patch may have made things worse for players. Following the update, countless posts on Reddit now say that the game is actually performing worse than prior to the patch being rolled out. Users are complaining about...