Did you know that Apex Legends was already known before its sudden launch? A leak revealed the entire map and the genre. Back then, no one knew what to make of it. Today, Apex Legends even beats Fortnite on Twitch.
This was the leak: Almost a year ago, Reddit user hiticonic started a thread in the Titanfall subreddit in which he showed a map. The map was an alleged leak for a “Titanfall battle royale game.” Some of the locations are a bit different, but the map otherwise matches the current map of Apex Legends, just rotated 90°.
The thread received 0 upvotes and no support from the community. The few people who reacted mostly did so negatively. Comments like:
I really don’t want this to happen
ThaiMylace on reddit
They better not make a battle royale in their next game
Ill_Blitz_lII on reddit
Only a few people found the idea appealing and commented that they found other BR games boring but would play this one – similar to our author Benedict with Apex Legends.
Apex Legends today: After Apex Legends was finally released on February 4, it has become increasingly popular. It is now the largest game on Twitch and has even displaced competitors like Fortnite.
According to the statistical site SullyGnome, Apex Legends is the most-watched game in the last 30 days with over 123 million hours.(As of March 1, 2019) Apex Legends also has the largest number of concurrent viewers and the most average viewers.
Notable streaming personalities like Dr Disrespect have already hosted the first high-stakes tournaments and new streamers like superstar Dizzy have become famous with Apex Legends. Apex Legends repeats the success of Fortnite, but even stronger.
How do fans react to the former leak?
The fact that Apex Legends became known as a leak for Titanfall has prompted another user on Reddit to start a discussion. Fubbles22 created a thread that has since received over 56,000 upvotes. The community reacts with amazement and humor. One of the most popular comment chains pokes fun at the players’ reactions back then:
A Titanfall battle royale? Before Titanfall 3 is even announced. Sure, my friend. And of course they’ll throw in a respawn mechanic too. Fool.
Forage67 on reddit
Ha! They’ll probably also bring in the Mozambique, but they’ll NERF it hahahaha
ThumYorky, in response to Forage67
Especially the last comment is likely to strike a nerve, as the Mozambique is so bad that a meme cult has formed around it.
An interesting detail in the discussion is that the original poster hiticonic is now a moderator in the Apex Legends subreddit. Some players are sensing a conspiracy and are determined to get to the bottom of it.
What do you think of the development of Apex Legends?
Apex Legends is set to get even bigger with a battle pass soon:
