Apex Legends hits incredible milestone within first 72 hours, beating Fortnite and PUBG Apex Legends has only been out for a few days, but it\u2019s already blowing through milestones and reaching incredible heights right out the gate. When word of Apex Legends\u2019 release leaked on February 2, many simply wrote it off as yet another entrant into the already saturated pool of battle royale titles. Once players got their hands on the game on February 4, however, it quickly became the talk of the town, even managing to take hold of the top spot on Twitch ever since its release. Continuing with that trend, EA announced on February 7 that the Apex Legends player count hit the 10 million within the first 72 hours. :shocked:x10,000,000 So amazed @PlayApex hit 10 million in 72 hours. #ApexLegends https:\/\/t.co\/rZmOgNnwhF pic.twitter.com\/j68PYHMAfM\u2014 Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) February 7, 2019 Not only that, but the game has reached a concurrent player count of over one million, a very impressive feat for a game that hasn\u2019t even been out for a week. The statistic gets even more impressive when compared to both Fortnite Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds, which took two weeks and six months, respectively, to reach 10 million players. Perhaps most surprising of all, however, is the exponential nature of the game\u2019s growth during this period of the game\u2019s infancy. After seeing over a million players in the first eight hours of release, Apex Legends then jumped to 2.5 million after 24 hours and now 10 million after 72 hours. Apex Legends:chart_with_upwards_trend::chart_with_upwards_trend::chart_with_upwards_trend: Unique Players: 8hrs \u2013 1M 24hrs \u2013 2.5M 72hrs \u2013 10Mhttps:\/\/t.co\/b4WeEXWB4T\u2014 Blake Robbins (@blakeir) February 7, 2019 Given that Respawn has already laid out a content stream for the rest of 2019, with plans of cross-platform play and even a Nintendo Switch release down the line, there\u2019s plenty for Apex Legends fans to look forward to. While there\u2019s no telling what will happen with Apex Legends over the coming weeks and months, the game looks to be a credible and worthy threat to Fortnite\u2019s stranglehold on the battle royale genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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