Apex Legends shoots to #1 trending on Twitch as Warzone and Overwatch struggle Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends has had a massive surge in popularity on Twitch this week, becoming the number 1 trending game on the platform. Why? It could all could be due to a \u201cperfect storm\u201d of new content and other titles struggling. It seems like every big streamer on Twitch and YouTube is giving Apex Legends a shot. From xQc to Dr Disrespect, it seems like most big-name streamers are dropping in for Season 10. So many people are heading back to Apex that it was the top trending game on Twitch during the first week of August 2021. It\u2019s not just Sage and all the other new content bringing in players though \u2014 other games\u2019 struggles are definitely playing a part. Warzone players escape to Apex Legends Apex Legends was the number 1 trending game on Twitch this week, with a 77% increase \ud83d\udcc8 pic.twitter.com\/vyVR7oVlp9 \u2014 Apex Legends News (@alphaINTEL) August 8, 2021 The Season 10 Apex patch is definitely welcoming all of these players back in style, but it\u2019s hard to attribute a 77% increase in hours watched to just that. Like we mentioned, massive names like NICKMERCS, TimTheTatman, Cloakzy, and more are all thriving after making the switch from Warzone to Apex. This mass exodus from Warzone is due in part to the rampant amount of cheaters that have been making themselves at home. But it\u2019s also due to players getting tired of what seems like the same old gameplay round after round. For example, NICKMERCS was literally the #1 Warzone streamer in the world before making the switch. Now, he\u2019s brought all his viewers over to watching Apex, which seems likely to be his new go-to for now. Hit Diamond on Apex Legends. Gonna grind to Apex Predator 100%. Looking for 2 demons to make the run with, gotta be ready to grind. \u2014 FaZe Nickmercs (@NICKMERCS) August 8, 2021 While disenchanted Warzone fans might make up the bulk of the new Apex refugees, they\u2019re probably not the only ones. Overwatch players looking for something new while things seem to fall down around them could make up a good portion as well. Overwatch players making the switch to Apex? Overwatch hasn\u2019t pulled in anywhere near the numbers of Warzone on Twitch for years. But, it\u2019s another game that\u2019s going through its fair share of issues. Now, to be fair Overwatch might not be getting infested by hackers like CoD\u2019s battle royale. Though, the ongoing issues with Blizzard could be driving some to search for something new. On top of that, a recent rumor that Overwatch 2 could be getting delayed until 2023 could have disheartened even more, and driven them right into the arms of Apex as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends shoots to #1 trending on Twitch as Warzone and Overwatch struggle Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends has had a massive surge in popularity on Twitch this week, becoming the number 1 trending game on the platform. Why? It could all could be due to a \u201cperfect storm\u201d of new content and other titles struggling. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}