Electronic Arts has released its year-end report, showing the performance of major mobile games. Apex Legends surpasses cult names like The Sims, FIFA and Battlefield.
According to the publisher, Apex Legends is their most popular licensed intellectual property, thanks to a huge push by e-sports. EA Games also adjusts game content as necessary to better suit players. Apex Legends is known and appreciated by players in battle royale mode. The publisher reiterates their commitment to making Apex Legends the cleanest and least cheating game possible. In July 2022, the company announced that it had continuously updated the feature to “improve” the game’s anti-cheat system.
Apex Legends is EA’s most popular game of 2022.
The popularity of Apex Legends is known on live streaming platforms. In addition, the mobile version launch is also achieving considerable success. Gamers quickly embraced the mobile version and appreciated the changes to mobile compatibility.
In addition to Apex, FIFA and The Sims also proved to be one of EA’s successful IPs. The publisher reports that players have played 1.4 billion hours in The Sims 4 and 14 billion hours played in FIFA. Battlefield 2042 isn’t too volatile with 117.7 million hours of playtime weekly. At the end of its report, EA also added that it will continue to improve the operating quality of the games, promising to bring gamers more engaging experiences in 2023. The company also said that it will try to released many new game products for global gamers.
The mobile version has a certain success.
Apex Legends has entered Season 16 promising even more changes. Respawn is committed to making more improvements to the anti-cheat feature during gamers’ gaming. Apex Legends is set in a sci-fi universe like Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall series with several characters appearing as playable legends or side characters. Work on the game’s development began around the end of 2016, although the project remained a secret until launch. The game’s release in 2019 was a surprise, as until then it was assumed that Respawn Entertainment was working on a third installment of the Titanfall series.
Apex Legends received generally positive reviews from critics, who appreciated the gameplay, development system, and a mix of elements from various genres. Apex Legends surpassed 25 million players in its first week and 50 million in its first month of launch.
