Apex Legends Season 8 has officially launched for the multiple platforms that support the battle royale. However, one other highly popular platform will be joining the fray soon. Respawn Entertainment launched cross-play for Apex Legends in October of last year, and ever since then, Nintendo Switch users have been holding their breath for a port that will allow them to play the game with other platforms.
The Nintendo Switch version of Apex Legends was revealed along with the initial cross-play announcement, which was during the EA Play Live event. Developer Respawn Entertainment originally wanted to launch the Nintendo Switch version at the same time as when cross-play went live. However, the port’s release was pushed back and players could only hold on to rumors and speculation. Fortunately, the developer has finally confirmed when the Switch port will be arriving.
2021 is and will be an exciting year for the video game community, and many gamers are looking forward to a plethora of exciting things that will be released this year. To that end, we can finally add the Apex Legends Switch release among that list.
BREAKING: Apex Legends will launch on Nintendo Switch on March 9.
Nintendo Switch players will receive 30 free levels on the Season 8 Battle Pass, to help catch up on the new Season. pic.twitter.com/jJv4NCgRbL
— Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) February 2, 2021
According to an announcement made on the official Apex Legends News Twitter account, the first-person hero shooter is set to launch on the Nintendo Switch this coming March 9, 2021. Not only will fans look forward to the actual game’s release, but they can expect 30 free Battle Pass levels to help them catch up to the rest of the platforms that have had a head-start.
Even though Nintendo Switch users will begin Apex Legends with Season 8 being more than a month in, this doesn’t mean they’ll miss out on anything. They will still be able to enjoy all the new content that this eighth season has to offer, along with cross-play support, which will be available to them on the get-go.
Apex Legends Season 8 brings a bunch of new content and changes to the table, such as a new Legend in the form of the explosive Fuse, a new weapon—the first time in how many seasons—called the 30-30 Repeater, and a revamped King’s Canyon map.
Players can look forward to new equipment for this newest season as well, including the gold barrel stabilizer. Not only that, the gun mod anvil rounds will be returning to the game.
Thinking about it now, Apex Legends looks and feels significantly different compared to when it launched in February 2019. Now, it has 3 different maps, a plethora of events, and 16 playable Legends—needless to say, new Nintendo Switch players will be able to experience the game at its finest.
It’s safe to say that 2021 is starting off strong for Apex Legends. Before Season 8 officially went live, the game was already able to reach a new concurrent player milestone on Valve’s digital platform, Steam. We can imagine that the new Olympus map from Season 7 as well as the hype for Season 8 brought in new and old players.
Even though Respawn Entertainment has yet to fully reveal what players can expect from this latest season, fans expect that the game will celebrate some kind of Valentine’s Day event as well as a Town Takeover event within Season 8, especially since there are still several Legends who haven’t had this event yet.
Respawn Entertainment is working to make Apex Legends accessible to most if not all major platforms in the industry. As such, we can imagine that fans will be able to play it anywhere and everywhere in the future, even on mobile.
