Apex Legends Season 9, otherwise known as the Legacy Update, goes live today. The update adds a brand new game mode, as well as a new Legend and accompanying weapon. The Olympus map has been altered, emotes have been introduced, and there’s a long list of bug fixes and gameplay improvements to check out.
Arenas is a new permanent game mode that deviates away from battle royale. The 3v3 mode tasks players with eliminating the other team on custom close quarters maps to win the round. Each team begins in a spawn room where weapons, gear and abilities are chosen. The overall winner is the first team to win at least three rounds with a two point lead over the other team. If the match is drawn at 4-4, a sudden death round will choose the winner. Party Crasher and Phase Runner are two new arenas created especially for the mode. These will be joined by three arenas created from areas of the battle royale maps and they’ll change on a bi-weekly rotation. Artillery from Kings Canyon, Thermal Station from World?s Edge, and Golden Gardens from Olympus will kick things off. Speaking of Olympus, this map has been invaded by a fleet of ships. The lead ship, The Icarus, docked in the city and brought a parasitic plant with it. This has taken over the map, but it’s the ghost ship itself that is the biggest point of interest. The ship contains the bodies of unfortunate scientists who didn’t survive the landing and one of them contains a keycard. This gives players acc...