{"id":204153,"date":"2021-02-28T04:07:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/apex-legends-steam-concurrent-player-record-season-8\/"},"modified":"2021-02-28T04:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:07:29","slug":"apex-legends-sets-new-player-record-on-steam-during-season-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/28\/apex-legends-sets-new-player-record-on-steam-during-season-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Legends Sets New Player Record on Steam During Season 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since its launch two years ago, Apex Legends<\/em> has become a flagship property for Respawn Entertainment and EA. The game continues to provide players with new content, events,\u00a0and has recently released the newest Legend, Fuse<\/a>. The game has risen in popularity enough\u00a0that it has reached new records for concurrent players on Steam.<\/p>\n

Apex Legends<\/em> is a character-driven battle royale based in the\u00a0Titanfall<\/em> universe where players can choose between unique characters with their own special abilities.\u00a0Previously,\u00a0Apex Legends<\/em> was exclusive to EA’s Origin platform on PCs, but was finally released on Steam in November of 2020. In January,\u00a0Apex Legends<\/em>\u00a0had hit a new concurrent player record<\/a>\u00a0on Steam, reaching about 130,000 players at one time.<\/p>\n

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All through February, the Steam player count for Apex Legends<\/em> <\/a>has continued to rise. Saturday, February 27,\u00a0Apex Legends<\/em> reached a new all-time high on the platform with\u00a0a little under 197,000 players.\u00a0The exact number reached according to SteamCharts was 196,799, showing that the game is getting ever closer to the milestone of 200,000.\u00a0Apex Legends<\/em> continues to have millions of players across all its platforms, but its impressive that Steam continues to bring in more players.<\/p>\n

This increase of player was likely driven by the launch of Season 8, which introduced a new Legend and kicked off a new battle pass. The start of Season 8 also saw Apex Legend<\/em>‘s anniversary event<\/a>, which celebrated two years since the game’s launch. The anniversary event saw new Legendary\u00a0and Epic\u00a0skins, weapon cosmetics, and the chance to earn 150 Heirloom shards. Between players grinding for battle pass levels, and trying to earn the valuable Heirloom shards, it’s no wonder the player count rose so high.<\/p>\n