EA and Respawn Entertainment have announced the next in-gameApex Legendsevent, titled Unshackled. This event, which showcases new skins forValkyrie and Cryptoas the main art, is set to begin next week. It will last from April 19 to May 3.
Events inApex Legendsare nothing new, as one or two major events take place every season. However, this Unshackled event is bringing back some fan-favorite elements, introducing new ones, and so on. It remains to be seen how the event is received, but it looks promising.
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Apex Legends Unshackled Event Brings Back Flashpoint
Without a doubt,Apex Legendsevents are at their best when they introduce a new LTM or bring back fan-favorite ones. Perhaps nothing confirms the love of LTMs more thanControl, as manyApex Legendsplayers want it to be permanent. For now, though, they can look forward to playing Flashpoint again, this time on Olympus.
Flashpoint is a pretty straightforward, but intense LTM. There will be no healing items inApex Legends, with players' only option being the large lit-up areas dubbed as Flashpoints across the map. In other words, if players want to heal, they’ll have to fight. What’s good about this LTM is how big of a role these Flashpoints actually play.Apex Legendsplayers can expect them to be hot drops, with players constantly in these zones. It’ll be a stroke of luck if players find an unoccupied Flashpoint, and it won’t last long.
Apex Legends Unshackled Event Features New Cosmetics, Two Reward Tracks
What’s particularly interesting about this event is that it features TWO reward tracks, when these usually only feature one. From April 19 to April 26, players will be able to progress one reward track (containing anEpic Seer Skinat the end), and it will reset on April 26. They’ll have until May 3 on the second track, with the final reward an Unshackled Pack (though there is an awesome Boxing Nessie Holospray along the way too).
Otherwise, there is a pretty standard but plentiful collection of rewards, including 40 event-themed cosmetics. Crypto, Pathfinder, Wraith, and Valkyrie are the big winners here, with theCAR, Hemlock, Peacekeeper, and Rampage getting love on the weaponend.
Players should be aware that there is no mention of anyheirloom items forApex Legendscharactersfor those who were curious (as Crypto got his with the last event), but the thematic event screen is getting updated. Nonetheless, the event seems to have promise, and withApex Legendsseason 13also on the horizon, it bodes well for new events and content next season, too.
Apex Legendsis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. A mobile version is available in some regions.
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