Apex Legends already teased Titanfall 2 villain Ash back in Season 4 Respawn EntertainmentFour months ago, the Apex Legends developers promised a \u201cpleasant surprise\u201d for Titanfall 2 fans coming in Season 5. As it turns out, however, there may have already been a surprise debut hidden in early Season 4 for eagle-eyed fans. The hype machine surrounding Ash\u2019s potential debut in Respawn\u2019s popular battle royale has already hit top gear, after a new clue in the Broken Ghost quests seemed to point to the evil simulacrum returning to the Outlands in Season 5. She\u2019s already been in Apex Legends for though, as it turns out, and no we don\u2019t mean as the artifact pieces in the recent hunts. The Titanfall 2 villain actually made her debut in the future world of Apex all the way back in Season 4. Fittingly enough, her shorter teaser appearance came at the same time Respawn was in the middle of officially unveiling their new killing machine, Revenant. A cinematic trailer released on June 30 dropped the simulacrum assassin right into Apex\u2019s world in a pretty bloody debut. Revenant wasn\u2019t the only murderous robot to pop up in the teaser, however. As Revenant \u2014 who at this stage still believes he\u2019s a man \u2014 prepares to hunt down Loba\u2019s parents, he flicks on the newsreels. There, 10 seconds into the teaser, Ash makes her appearance. The former Apex Predator lieutenant\u2019s image appears alongside news that Hammond Robotics, who design the robots, is facing \u201cbacklash for its controversial work.\u201d Now, there are a few things to note here. Apex Legends takes place 30 years after the fiery conclusion to Titanfall 2, when [spoilers] Ash was killed by Cooper and BT on Typhon. That means she likely isn\u2019t a figurehead for Hammond Robotics \u2014 she\u2019s still buried underground after all\u2026 for now.[jwplayer dGieJhaz] Instead, it looks like it\u2019s a reused image template from the Titanfall series. In the multiplayer mode, players can equip customizable banners. One is called \u201cAshes to Ashes,\u201d and depicts Ash directing Blisk\u2019s Apex Predators in battle. It\u2019s the same image that appears on Revenant\u2019s screen in his reveal trailer. This title card on the newsreel doesn\u2019t exactly specify it\u2019s Ash. In fact, Respawn could have just grabbed whatever file marked \u201csimulacrum\u201d they could get their hands on to slap into the TV animation, but that\u2019s not how these devs work. In the build-up to Season 4\u2019s Revenant reveal, they set up an elaborate storyline around Forge as the new Legend. He was then unceremoniously killed off in a cinematic soon after to fans on their toes. There\u2019s also the whole hidden Crypto storyline happening in-game right now. There\u2019s no reason to think they\u2019d get sloppy just for this one specific thing. If they put the Ash image, it wasn\u2019t by accident. The same reasoning applies to the \u201cAsh\u201d word found marked on the latest Broken Ghost quest reward. So, does this mean Ash is coming to Apex? Well, it certainly feels like it, though whether she\u2019ll be a playable character or not is another question entirely. Then there\u2019s what Apex writer Tom Casiello admitted earlier this week. \u201cThe end of Season 5 sets up stories for Season 6,\u201d he said. Could that mean Ash plays a bigger role next season following her reconstruction at the end of the Broken Ghost quests? I expect the answer is dependent on what you\u2019re expecting. It\u2019s unexpected if you thought it was going to end differently. But if you guessed how it ends correctly, it\u2019s predictable. \ud83d\ude01 The end of Season 5 sets up our stories for Season 6, and that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say about that. \ud83d\ude08 https:\/\/t.co\/YBPefBxCME \u2014 Tom Casiello (@tommiecas) July 3, 2020 Unfortunately, only time will tell. For now, Apex fans will just have to keep playing through the hunts each week. The next one, called \u201cAir Support,\u201d should give us a few more clues on the ever-evolving story. The final weeks of the Season 5 hunts may confirm Ash\u2019s possible involvement too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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