It’s been a very successful few months for Respawn Entertainment, who took a lot of people by surprise with the hit third person action game,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. While the studio has now proven it can successfully branch out of the FPS genre, its other hit title,Apex Legends, continues to build on its successful 2019. Earlier this month,Season 4 arrived and added Revenantto the playable roster. Along with the new content, a rumor that had been gaining steam about a certain weapon was finally put to bed.
Recently, a well knownApex Legendsdataminer has seemingly discovered the existence of the Smart Pistol within the game files. Adding weapons from the popular Titanfall series isn’t a new prospect asApex Legendsalready has plenty of guns from the previous games like the L-Star or R-99. As expected, this latest discovery was not well received by members of the community due to the weapon’s potential to break the current balance.
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Originally added toTitanfalland then turned intoa boost option inTitanfall 2, the Smart Pistol featured a short range auto-targeting system that was able to one shot AI bots and take out other players after three lock-ons. Developers believed the weapon was balanced due to the length of time needed to actually lock-on to the target. Naturally, its inclusion was intended to be more for newer players to stay competitive with more experienced players but it quickly became controversial due to how easy and effective it was to use.
ForApex Legendsplayers worried that the gun is coming to the competitive experience, Design Director Jason McCord has seemingly ended the speculation. In response to a fan on Twitter, McCord confirmed that the Smart Pistol MK6 isn’t coming toApex Legendswhile also making it clear that the misinformation was a bit irritating. While that should satisfy players, what isn’t clear is why the Smart Pistol files were inside of the game files anyway. Regardless, the dataminer’s tweets and account has since been suspended.
While the Smart Pistol may not be making itsApex Legendsdebut, the originalKing’s Canyon map did make its long awaited returnlast weekend for just a limited time. World’s Edge has been the featured over the past couple of seasons, leaving some fans wanting a return to the classic map. The limited-time event brought the season 1 map back, leaving out many of the overhauls and changes that happened during season 2. Thankfully, the map is due to return on March 24 as it takes the place of World’s Edge inside of the ranked mode.
Apex Legendsis free-to-play on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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