Josh Gregory - Apex Legends: Beginners Guide

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gregory, Josh, author.
Title: Apex legends : beginners guide / Josh Gregory.
Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Publishing, 2020. | Series:
21st century skills innovation library | Includes bibliographical
references and index. | Audience: Grades 4-6 | Summary: In 2019, the
surprise launch of Apex Legends took the gaming world by storm. Offering
a fast-paced, team-based twist on the battle royale style of gameplay
popularized by titles such as Fortnite, it caught the attention of more
than 50 million players within the first month of its release. In this
book, readers will find out everything they need to know to get started
and outdo their competitors in Apex Legends. Includes table of contents,
author biography, sidebars, glossary, index, and informative
backmatter-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019024704 | ISBN 9781534159679 (library binding) | ISBN
9781534161979 (paperback) | ISBN 9781534160828 (pdf) | ISBN
9781534163126 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Video gamesJuvenile literature. | Apex Legends (Video
game)
Classification: LCC GV1469.3 .G735 2020 | DDC 794.8dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019024704

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Contents

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Chapter 1

The Battle Begins

I f youre interested in video games, youve
probably heard about Apex Legends . Maybe
youve even played this fast-paced and excit
ing game yourself. With tens of millions of players,
it is one of the most popular online multiplayer
games in the world. It combines elements of many
other popular game styles to create a completely

Apex Legends takes place in a huge world that is
packed with things to see and areas to explore.

If you have played Fortnite before, you should
have no trouble getting started with Apex
Legends .

unique experience. Apex follows the basic battle
royale structure of popular hits like Fortnite and
PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds . It has class-based
hero characters like those in Overwatch or Rainbow
Six Siege . It also has the first-person perspective
and fast player movement of series such as Call of
Duty or Destiny .

At the beginning of 2019, the only people who had
ever heard of Apex Legends were the games creators.
Unlike most video games, Apex was made in complete
secrecy. There were no trailers or announcements to

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get fans excited before the games release. No maga
zines or websites posted previews or showed off
screenshots. Instead, the game came as a total sur
prise when it launched on February 4, 2019.

Apex was released as a free download for
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC. The game
was a huge hit almost right away. As word quickly
spread about the exciting new game, millions of

Apex Legends has realistic graphics that are among
the best of the major battle royale games.

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There are huge amounts of weapons and
other tools you can use to battle other players
in Apex Legends .

people rushed to give it a try. Within three days of
Apex s release, more than 10 million players had
downloaded the game. That number rose to 25 mil
lion within the week and 50 million in less than
a month. More than one million players could be
found battling online at any given time. At the same
time, hundreds of thousands of people were watch
ing streams of the game on Twitch. A new game
hadnt captured so much attention since Fortnite first
released in 2017.

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Apex Legends was created by a team of
developers at Respawn Entertainment. Respawn
was founded in 2010 by two of the original creators
of the successful and influential Call of Duty series.
The studios first game was Titanfall , released in 2014.
It also released a sequel, Titanfall 2 , in 2016. Both
Titanfall games were first-person shooters with com
petitive online modes. As they battled, players could
run up walls, zip across maps using grappling hooks,
and even pilot huge robots called Titans. These abili
ties helped create a fast-paced style of movement that
set the Titanfall games apart from the competition.

Both Titanfall games sold well and were much
loved by critics and players alike. However, they were
not massive hits. After the release of Titanfall 2 , the
team at Respawn started thinking of ways to make a
third entry in the series stand out. One idea they tried
was to combine the basic controls and feel of Titanfall
with the battle royale game structure that was becom
ing popular at the time. After changing a few things
from the Titanfall games, such as removing the giant
robots, they found that the combination worked very
well. However, they also realized that the project they

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Battle of the Battle Royale Games

In recent years, battle royale games have become some of the most popular competitive
online games in the world. This game style has become such a big part of online gaming
that its hard to believe it was created fairly recently.

The first game to popularize the modern battle royale style was DayZ , released in
2013 as a mod for the game ARMA 2 . The mod was soon spun off into a standalone
game, and other developers were inspired to create their own takes on the battle royale
formula. The biggest so far have been PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds and Fortnite .
Long-running series such as Call of Duty and Battlefield have also added battle royale
modes to recent entries. With so many battle royale options available, it takes a lot for a
new game to stand out. This makes the success of Apex Legends even more impressive!

were creating was very different from the previous
Titanfall games. They decided to spin it off into a new
series, and Apex Legends was born.

If youve played other battle royale games or first
person shooters, Apex Legends will likely feel at least
somewhat familiar when you start playing it. However,
there is a lot to learn if you want to start making prog
ress in the game and winning matches. Lets jump in
and get started!

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Chapter 2

Meet the Legends

I n a match of Apex Legends , 20 teams face off to be
the last remaining in a giant battle. Each team is
made up of three players. As the match goes on,
players are forced into an area that grows smaller and
smaller. This ensures that even when just a couple of

Each of the Legends has a unique appearance
and personality that makes them stand out from
the others.