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    LOST TREASURES PATCH NOTES

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    Learn about all the updates, buffs, and tweaks coming to Apex Legends along with the Lost Treasures Event.

     

    LOST TREASURE COLLECTION EVENT

    We’re bringing a ton of exciting changes to the game along with the Lost Treasures Collection Event. In addition to the event, we’ll be making a host of tweaks to various Legend abilities and weapons. Get all the intel here so you’re fully prepared when you drop in.

     

    ARMED & DANGEROUS EVOLVED LTM

    The Armed & Dangerous Limited time mode has evolved. In this LTM, only Shotguns and Snipers are allowed. You’ll also start with a Mozambique and Evo armor. All other armor has been removed from the loot pool. But that’s not all. Respawn beacons will also be removed and all players will start with the Mobile Respawn Beacon in their inventory.

     

    MOBILE RESPAWN BEACONS

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    Need to Respawn on the go? Use the new Mobile Respawn Beacons! In the Armed and Dangerous LTM, players will start the match with one in their inventory. Then from the inventory screen, deploy it anywhere on the map and save your fallen teammates. But beware, calling in a Respawn Beacon takes time, giving your enemies time to find you, take you out, and use that Beacon you just deployed. So find that safe spot before you call it in.

     

    CRYPTO TOWN TAKEOVER

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    Crypto is taking over and providing some recon to Kings Canyon. Located at the south-east of the map (under Repulsor), lies Crypto’s Map Room. Use his tech to get the location of all Legends on the map and check the screens scattered around the room to see how many enemy squads are nearby.

     

    HEIRLOOM - MIRAGE'S TROPHY

     

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    Isn’t that a handsome guy! Yes, it’s true, your man Mirage is getting his Heirloom! The gorgeous statue is one of a kind (sort of) and will ensure you look good in the arena.

     

    LEGEND UPDATES

     

    Lifeline

    • Passive
      • Combat Revive now replaces Combat Medic.
        • Deploy D.O.C to revive teammates. D.O.C. will deploy a shield and revive Lifeline’s teammate, leaving Lifeline free to defend or revive someone else. 
        • This fully replaces Lifeline’s old passive, including Fast Heal
    • Tactical
      • Lifeline’s Tactical cooldown is now 45 seconds (was 60 seconds). 
    • Ultimate
      • Lifeline’s Care Package now contains more items
        • Care Package will contain 3x more small healing items, when it decides to spawn small healing items
        • Care Package will contain 2x more attachments, when it decides to spawn attachments

    Octane

    • Tactical
      • Upon activation, Stim will remove movement impairing effects.
      • Stim sprinting speed is increased by 10%
    • Ultimate
      • Players can now double jump in mid-air after using Octane’s Launch Pad
      • Players can change direction easily from the double jump.

    Revenant

    • Tactical
      • Will now cancel:
        • Pathfinder mid-grapple
        • Wraith mid-Phase Walk attempt (before Phase Walk activates)
      • Will now prevent:
        • Mirage cloaked revive
        • Mirage decoy control activation
        • Lifeline combat revive
    • Ultimate
      • Range removed on Death Totem

    Crypto

    • Tactical
      • Deploying Hack (Crypto’s Drone) now takes 1.5 seconds (from 2.5 seconds)
    • Ultimate
      • EMP will now disable Wattson’s Pylons. 

    Loba

    • Tactical
      • Burglar’s Best Friend will no longer be intercepted by Watton's Interception Pylon.
    • Ultimate
      • Black Market Boutique (ultimate) will now only pick up 1 stack of ammo (rather than 1 stack + the amount that was required to fill whatever partial stack you had in your inventory).
      • Ultimate Accelerants now give 20% ult charge (up from 17.5%).

    Mirage

    • Tactical
      • You can now hold the tactical button, and release to auto-control decoys
      • Decoys will now say lines when shot
    • Passive
      • When cloaked, Mirage’s holo emitters will be visible to players that are less than 5 meters away
    • Skydive
      • Will now create decoys for the entire squad when skydiving when still diving with your squad. 

    Gibraltar

    • Fast Heal granted inside the Dome Shield, slowed down: 25% faster -> 15% faster

    Caustic

    • Enemies can cancel Caustic’s barrel by shooting it before it is fully inflated.

    Wattson

    The intent of these changes is to create openings where enemies can breach Wattson positions.  It is still possible for Wattson players to hold a position with a trophy indefinitely, but that should come at the cost of using Ultimate Accelerants.

    • Wattson’s Pylons now last for 90 seconds
    • Wattson can now have up to 3 pylons out at a time
    • Wattson can stack 2 Ultimate accelerants per inventory slot

    Wraith

    Increasing Wraith’s tactical cooldown has proven to be ineffective at curbing her exceedingly high win rate and kill rate.  These changes are meant to disincentivize Wraith players from using Phase Walk as a “get out of jail free” card, and move it into more of a repositioning and scouting ability.

    • Phase Walk
      • Phase Walk now takes 1.25 seconds to enable (was 0.4 seconds).  During this time, Wraith will receive a 20% move slow
        • This does not affect Phase Walk while placing a Phase Portal
      • While in Phase Walk, Wraith now gets a 30% move speed boost
      • While in Phase Walk, Wraith can now see other players while in the Void.
      • Phase Walk now lasts 4 seconds (from 3 seconds)
      • Phase walk cooldown is now down to 25 (from 35 seconds)
    • Phase Tunnel
      • Decreased distance for portal placement by 25%.

    WEAPONS / LOOT

     

    Ziplines

    • A cooldown will be applied to re-grabbing Ziplines without touching the ground
    • The cooldown will increase with each time a player disconnects and re-grabs the zipline
    • The cooldown will reset when the player touches the ground

    HAVOC Rifle

    • Greatly increased horizontal recoil in the initial shots of a burst
    • Decreased magazine size from 32 to 28.
       

    Sentinel

    • Rechamber time 1.75 -> 1.6
    • Energize duration 90 -> 120

    QUALITY OF LIFE

     

    • Teammates can now ping a friendly Caustic Trap. 
    • New health bar for when users are in Revenant’s Shadow form.
    • Map rotation times are now even between Kings Canyon and World’s Edge

    BUG FIXES

     

    General 

    • Fixed an issue with some railing not being climbable. 
    • Fixed an issue with being unable to mute squad before the Legend select.
    • Removed more exploitable spots against Prowlers in Bloodhound TT
    • Fixed issues with loot spawning in unreachable places in both Kings Canyon and Worlds Edge.
    • Fixed an issue with players being able to move at walk speed when downed. 
    • Fixed an issue with Prowlers not killing Mirage Decoys in one swipe.
    • Fixed issues with Ninja controller layout and deathboxes.
    • Fixed an issue with the “You got a treasure pack” message appearing after each match. 

    Crypto

    • Fixed an issue with Crypto’s Drone flying without input if the user started to sprint by use of double tap to sprint option. 

    Lifeline

    • Fixed an issue with Lifeline able to drop her care package on a Quest Artifact location, preventing users from picking up the artifact.
    • Fixed an issue with Lifeline’s Drone getting stuck in the air after collision with an Octane Jump pad. 

    Loba

    • Fixed issues with Loba being able to get to out of bounds areas using Burglar’s Best Friend (tactical).
    • Fixed an issue with Loba’s Burglar’s Best Friend (Tactical) being blocked by invisible collision at the entrance of Firing Range.
    • Fixed an issue with Loba’s Black Market Boutique (Ultimate) not showing the correct range.
    • Loba’s Black Market Boutique (Ultimate) now shows correct ammo count for care package weapons. 
    • Fixed an issue with Loba’s tactical not functioning on certain surfaces. You should now be able to recreate the trailer moment! 
    • Loba’s Ult is now refunded if it gets caught between two doors.

    Mirage

    • Fixed an issue with Mirage’s decoy not being able to ping correctly under certain conditions.
    • Fixed an issue with Mirage Decoy’s not being able to crouch walk through certain areas.
    • Fixed an issue with Mirage Decoys playing the fall animation when the player is falling. 
    • Fixed an issue where Mirage can still control his decoy after being silenced by Revenant. 

    Octane

    • Fixed an issue with Octane bounce pads “deleting” other Legends abilities. 
    • Fixed an issue with Octane’s Jump Pads disappearing when other legend’s tactical interacts with it. 
    • Fixed an issue with Octane’s Jump pads falling through the floor on hover tanks

    Pathfinder

    • Fixed an issue with Pathfinder’s Grapple not allowing running if a failed deployed occurred.
    • Fixed an audio issue with Survey Beacons being too loud when used. 

    Revenant

    • Fixed an issue with Revenant’s death totem not being rendered from over 200 meters.
    • Fixed an issue with Revenant’s audio for his tactical cutting off half way through its playback.

    Wraith

    • Fixed an issue with not being able to heal after getting knocked and going through a Wraith porta

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    Adventure calls in the Lost Treasures Collection event!

    in Apex Legends

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    Discover the new Crypto Town Takeover, take on the “Armed and Dangerous Evolved” limited-time mode, and unlock up to 24 spectacular items!

     

     

    Hey all,

    Brad Pettigrew, Product Manager on Apex Legends, here with an overview of the Lost Treasures Collection Event, which runs June 23 - July 7.

     


    WHAT’S IN THE LOST TREASURES EVENT:

     

    • Limited Time Mode - Armed and Dangerous Evolved
    • All-new Town Takeover - Crypto’s Map Room
    • Exclusive Event Prize Track with two Legendary Weapon skins
    • 24 Event Limited premium cosmetic available directly or through Lost Treasure Event Packs
    • Introducing ‘Special Offers’ page featuring
      • All new Rare skins and charms
    • Mirage Heirloom Set Preview
      • Unlock all 24 Lost Treasures cosmetics during the event and unlock the Mirage Heirloom set for free

     

    LIMITED TIMED MODE - ARMED AND DANGEROUS EVOLVED

     

    Longtime fans of Apex Legends will know Armed and Dangerous as our sniper/shotgun only mode, which we’re bringing back for Lost Treasures but with a twist.

    First, the only armor available in the mode is Evo Armor, which players will drop with. This means that Blue, Purple, and Gold armor will not be available in Armed and Dangerous: Evolved, leaving players to battle it out to reach higher armor tiers like Blue, Purple, and Red.

     

    We’re also removing Respawn Beacons from the map. Why? Keep reading.

     

     

    DEBUT OF NEW EQUIPMENT - MOBILE RESPAWN BEACONS

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    Armed and Dangerous Evolved will see the introduction of a new piece of loot: the Mobile Respawn Beacon. Use it to call down a miniature Respawn Beacon almost anywhere on the map, then use your squadmates Banner Card to bring them back to the fight. The Mobile Respawn Beacon deploys via satellite drop and needs landing clearance (much like Lifeline’s care package), and once it lands it’s first come, first served so make it count.

     

    During the Lost Treasures collection event Mobile Respawn Beacons will only be available in Armed and Dangerous Evolved. Once the event is over they will be added to the regular Apex Legends loot pool across both Public and Ranked matches.

     

     

    EXCLUSIVE EVENT PRIZE TRACK

    We’ve seen great feedback about our event prize tracks and we’re happy to be bringing an all new one for the Lost Treasures Event, pictured below.

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    As with before, you’ll be able to earn up to 1000 points per challenge set and the challenge set will refresh at a daily rate. Plus, you’ll still be able to complete your battle pass challenges at the same time too.

     

     

    INTRODUCING SPECIAL OFFERS TAB

    New to this event we’re introducing a second ‘SpecialOffers’ tab. This page introduces 7 additional cosmetics at a lower price point of 500 Apex Coins.  These are event limited so they will not be eligible to return for at least another 6 months; however, these items do not count towards your 24 item collection. They will be available for the duration of the event.

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    EVENT LIMITED COSMETICS

    The Lost Treasures Collection Event brings another set of 24 themed, limited-time cosmetics to Apex Legends. All 24 items will be available through direct purchase (for Apex Coins or Crafting Metals) and in Event Apex Packs for the entire duration of the event. Each Event Pack will come with one event item and two non-event items at the following drop rates.

     

     

     

     

     

    Non-Event items can be from the following categories: Weapon Skins, Legend Skins, Legend Finishers, Banner Frames, Banner Poses, Banner Stat Trackers, Intro Quips, Kills Quips, Gun Charms or Crafting Metals.

     

    If you unlock all 24 Lost Treasures Collection Pack Items during the event, you’ll unlock the Mirage Heirloom set for free. If you don’t manage to unlock this new Heirloom set during the event, it will be available via the heirloom crafting shop after the event ends.



    Let us know what you think in the discussion thread here!

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    Evan's Remains Review — A Middle-Ground Mystery

    in Game Reviews

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    Publisher: Whitethorn Digital
    Developer: Matías Schmied
    Rating: Everyone 10+
    Reviewed on: PlayStation 4
    Also on: Xbox One, Switch, PC

    Most genre hybrids take aspects of different game types and blend them into one seamless experience. In an action/RPG, for example, players usually can’t tell where the “action” stops and the “RPG” begins. Evan’s Remains is different; it combines a visual novel and a puzzle game, but each genre remains distinct and intact. It alternates between puzzle-solving sequences and story scenes, but never feels disjointed. Instead, Evan’s Remains is a stylish, side-scrolling indie that injects variety at the right moments, even as it struggles with its defining elements.

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    You control Dysis, a young woman who shows up on a mysterious island in search of a missing genius named Evan. That’s all you know at the beginning, but the narrative gets more complicated as you proceed, bringing in other characters and additional mysteries. Like a visual novel, the scenes unfold through text boxes and character portraits, though you also have plenty of opportunities to appreciate the excellent pixel art and animation. The story is well-paced, with a trail of questions to follow. Where is Evan? Who is this shadowy figure? What is the island’s secret? I enjoyed the pursuit of the answers, but the tale culminates in an absurd twist that retroactively makes the characters and events less interesting, so the journey ends with a shrug instead of a bang.

    The narrative sequences are only part of the experience, serving as interludes that give you breaks between puzzles – single-screen challenges requiring you jump over a barrier on the far side. Different blocks can teleport you, launch you in the air, and disappear once you leap off. I like how all of these elements are combined in ways that give each puzzle a unique approach, so you aren’t jumping through the exact same hoops from one to the next. And even though you’re running and leaping across 2D blocks, the platforming isn’t about skill. I like that success is more about experimentation and logic; once I figured out what to do, I never had any trouble carrying out the plan.

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    Though the experience is fun and pleasant, Evan’s Remains also feels constrained. It’s a short game, but that isn’t a problem by itself. However, the three-hour total playtime doesn’t give the puzzle ideas enough time to ramp up to a satisfying level. They always seem to stop short of making you feel clever; since the solutions are always a mechanical series of jumps, they don’t invite or reward unconventional thinking. You’re left to imagine the smart or intricate ways the components could be layered, because the challenges don’t do it themselves. This modest level of ambition certainly doesn’t make Evan’s Remains a bad puzzle game – but it doesn’t make it a great one, either.

    Evan’s Remains successfully achieves what it attempts: It delivers a compact story punctuated by neat puzzles. It switches between these central elements frequently, so no one idea overstays its welcome, but the concepts aren’t deep or compelling enough. A disappointing conclusion hurts the narrative, and a lack of evolution hurts puzzles; since the game is split distinctly into sections involving only those two things, even the best moments of Evan’s Remains carry a sense of unfulfilled potential.

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    Score: 7.75

    Summary: Evan’s Remains is a stylish, side-scrolling indie that struggles with its defining elements.

    Concept: Unravel a mystery by alternating between puzzle-solving and dialogue-reading

    Graphics: Stylish pixel art and impressive animations lend the game an appealing aesthetic

    Sound: Atmospheric music and distinct sound effects suit the gameplay and story

    Playability: The controls are simple, so the challenge comes from arriving at solutions rather than performing precise leaps

    Entertainment: Though the narrative and puzzles don’t ultimately ascend to great heights, Evan’s Remains is interesting and unique

    Replay: Moderate

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    EA Play 2020 updates

    in Apex Legends

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    New event next week, Apex Legends coming to Switch, Steam this fall - crossplay too! Read about all the big updates coming out of EA Play.

    Hi Apex Legends Fans,

     

    We’re expanding! We made some very exciting announcements at EA Play Live today. If you missed it or just want a recap, we’ll cover them all here. Drop into the Lost Treasures Collection Event on June 23 and get ready for some of the most requested additions to the game to arrive soon. Apex Legends will arrive on Steam and Switch in the fall. And no matter what platform your friends use, you’ll be able to drop in together -- crossplay will be arriving soon too!

     

     

    JOIN THE HUNT IN THE LOST TREASURES COLLECTION EVENT

    New LTM, new town takeover, Mirage gets an heirloom and more! Check out all the details on the Lost Treasures Event here.

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    WE'RE BRINGING APEX LEGENDS TO STEAM AND SWITCH

    EA is doing a massive push to bring their games to make it easier for players to play with their friends, regardless of which platform they own. We’re very excited that players will be able to drop into the Arena on Steam this fall. And it gets even better. We’re huge Nintendo fans at Respawn, so we’re thrilled to announce that Apex Legends will be launching this autumn on Switch as well!

     

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    CROSSPLAY IS COMING TO APEX LEGENDS

    Ready to take on the world? Hopefully your friends on other platforms are really as good as they claim to be. This fall you’ll be able to squad up no matter what platform your friends prefer - Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, or on PC via Origin and Steam.

     

    We can’t wait to take these next big steps with you. Don’t forget to drop in and join the search in the Lost Treasures Event on June 23. Thanks for continuing to make Apex Legends such a passionate community and we’ll see you in the Arena!

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    Let us know what you think in our discussion thread here!

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