Just in time for its 4th anniversary, Respawn Entertainment’s popular free-to-play hero shooter top legend hit the new highest concurrent player count on Steam.
As of today, Apex Legends’ the new peak for concurrent players is a whopping 610,433 players, according to SteamDB. That marks a significant increase from the previous high of 510,000 players it hit last August. This increase in concurrent players came right after launch 16th season of battle royalebrings a host of changes and new game modes that players are looking for.
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Topping the list of new changes to top legend is the replacement of the controversial 3v3 arena mode with the much-anticipated Team Deathmatch option. During the preview event for season 16, top legend‘ design director Evan Nikolich said the removal of 3v3 arenas was in part because it ‘didn’t achieve our goal of being a good place to practice the core battle round of the game. top.”
Game mode designer Marty Wong said: “The arena is supposed to be a smaller part of the BR mode. “As a result, it’s a more sweaty, more risky regimen. A lot of players will feel as if they can’t make mistakes or can’t really experiment, they always have to play their best. We hope that TDM comes along and provides a place for players to die fast and feel free to make mistakes, hopefully that will bring top more accessibility for new players.
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top legend‘ boost couldn’t have come at a better time as the battle royale saw a massive drop in player numbers following the launch of Season 15 last November. For my nerds out there, top legend‘ concurrent players increased from 412,961 players on November 24 to 349,798 players on December 22.
top legend‘ TDM is a 6v6 game mode where the first team to score 30 kills wins one round and the first team to get through two rounds wins the match. Unlike top legend That’s right, there are no weak points, just enemies that are quickly destroyed and revived quickly.
