A series of screenshots that appear to be internal development tests for Apex Legends have been leaked, with names of unreleased content released. The images, posted by a recorder account on Reddit, cannot be verified, but they look legitimate.
Apex Legends is preparing for its eighth season and has just released its third map, Olympus, in the 7th season, along with the new Legend, Horizon.
But, we know that the Respawn team is already working many seasons in advance, and these images from a trial version of the game seem to give a small taste of exactly what they planned.
Among the unreleased content is ‘Teste de Trópico’, which aligns with a previous data leak on a possible tropical map. There is also mention of ‘Estate Arenas’, Apex Predator Squads (60 players), ‘Airdrop takeover trios’ and more.
Olympus was the last map added to Apex Legends, but it looks like a lot more is planned.
Leaking Apex Legends Content
The leaks come in the form of game status updates, showing testers ending a game in these new modes / maps / LTMs.
Therefore, we have no indication of exactly what this implies, what will have to be left to the imagination at the moment.
You can see the original images, shared by the recorder’s Reddit account, below.
The post was then deleted, before being shared again by the trusted Apex data miner Biast12 on Twitter, along with some clarification on what each item could mean. The items are:
- Real estate arenas
- Tropic Playtest
- Canyonlands MU3
- Kings Canyon MU3 6-man
- 1 LVL Boost
- 40-Man Oly Pair
- Airdrop Takeover Trios
- Salvo Ship Active Tease
- Fuse Active Tease
and for people who are wondering here are some answers to the questions
MU = Map Update = MU3 is an unreleased version
-man = for text construction only = probably not coming “Tropic Playtest” could be the next map
“Estate Arenas” is one thing
Fuse Teasers does not mean that he is next
– Biast12 (Tobias) (@ Biast12) December 30, 2020
Two interesting points here are the ‘Fuse Active Tease’ and ‘Salvo Ship Active Tease’. In the past, Respawn has teased future content through minor additions to the current game, such as the Horizon gravity lift teaser.
It is possible that there are teasers to be implemented in the game before the release of new content – we have heard the name Fuse before as a possible future legend.
The property’s arenas can potentially be related to the property’s POI on Olympus.
The POI Estates in Olympus: possible location for an arena mode?
The Tropic Island map was a leak from the August 2020 Apex Legends, but of course, the new map added in season 7 was Olympus – certainly not a tropical island.
When will new modes arrive in Apex Legends?
Apex Legends game director Chad Grenier said in a Season 7 interview that they have a lot of exciting content planned for Season 8 and 9. But, he mentioned that Season 9 specifically will have new things that players don’t expect.
Some hoped this meant possible PvE modes, a story mode, team deathmatch-style respawn modes and more. We’ll have to wait and see exactly what the developers have planned, but these leaks from Apex Legends can spark the imagination.