Apex Legends beats Fortnite and more on PlayStation in 2019 Respawn Entertainment have done the unexpected by dethroning Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite with Apex Legends as the most downloaded free-to-play game on PS4. After launching with next to no warning in February 2019, Apex Legends took the gaming world by storm. Players were flooding EA\u2019s servers to try their hand at Respawn\u2019s entry in the battle royale realm. Ever since, Apex Legends has grown from strength-to-strength, having recently clocked in their most successful month post-launch. And after less than a year of mixing it with the best, the Apex Games has reached more people than any other free-to-play title on PlayStation in 2019. Sporting a fluid, first-person movement system, a diverse roster of Legends and in-depth lore that ties perfectly into EA\u2019s Titanfall universe, what\u2019s not to love with the Apex Games? Respawn has also been keen to provide a plethora of fresh content throughout the year, to ensure that players kept coming back for more\u2026 and they did so in their droves. Season 3 was make-or-break for Apex Legends. Epic Games were on the brink of releasing Chapter 2 for Fortnite, so Respawn knew they had to deliver. After stripping away the game\u2019s staple map and replacing it with World\u2019s Edge, the devs took a risk that to pay-off. Considering Apex Legends then went on to have its highest-grossing month since launch, it\u2019s fair to say that it paid off and then some. Not only that, but Apex Legends has now dethroned Fortnite as the top free-to-play title on the PlayStation store in North America. A huge thank you to all the Legends who made this possible! \ud83d\ude4c\u2764\ufe0f \u2014 Respawn (@Respawn) January 11, 2020 Fortnite topped PlayStation\u2019s 2018 download charts, with one the original battle royales in H1Z1 being their closest rival. The story is the same on the European front, too, with Apex Legends besting Fortnite yet again to take the number one spot. Apex Legends taking the top honors for 2019 is all the more impressive when you consider that Fortnite players far and wide would have all re-downloaded their game when Chapter 2 was announced. February 4 will make Apex Legends\u2019 one-year anniversary, meaning that Respawn will likely have something in the pipeline that will usher in Season 4 with a bang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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