Apex Legends closes in on 200k concurrent Steam players

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Apex Legends hits new Steam concurrent player record

Title saw 13.7 per cent spike in peak simultaneous users in January

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Apex Legends studio Respawn hiring for new IP

Now-removed job listing says the firm is setting up an incubator for new properties

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Respawn says it refuses to crunch team on Apex Legends

Game director Grenier says updates might be slower, but staff health is a priority

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Apex Legends on track to become $1bn game this year

Free-to-play battle royale title could hit milestone two years after its release

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Apex Legends set for Steam release

Title will feature cross-play with Origin, PSN and Xbox Live when it drops later this year

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Respawn opens Apex Legends-focused studio in Canada

New outfit in Vancouver

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Respawn's McCoy departs the Titanfall studio

No word on where the Infinity Ward vet is heading to

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Apex Legends is coming to China

The game will launch on mobile

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Respawn's Zampella is now heading up EA's DICE LA studio

Developer likely to rebrand at some point

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EA and Respawn to roll out Apex Legends esports event

“We expect that esports will play a big role in the future of Apex Legends"

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SuperData: COD Modern Warfare sold almost 5m copies digitally across PC and console in October

Meanwhile, Apex Legends brought in $45m in revenue for the month

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Apex Legends exceeds 70 million players

Monthly player count for The Sims 4 has increased 40% year-on-year

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E3 2019 - EA says it needs to have longer alpha periods following Anthem's disastrous launch

Chief studios officer Laura Miele said that BioWare's MMO should have been playable a year before its launch

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