Published 1 Feb, 2021
This week, Apex Legends celebrates its second anniversary by launching its eighth season with a new character, new weapon, and loads of map changes to Kings Canyon to boot. It s strange to think about how far Respawn Entertainment s battle royale has come. When it first started, there was just one map and eight playable characters. Now we have three maps to explore and 16 Legends to play - and the devs don t seem to be slowing down either. I recently chatted with some of the folks at Respawn all about Season 8 Mayhem, as well as probe them a bit about what s in store for the future.
Apex Legends Mayhem Kings Canyon Map Changes for Season 8 Revealed
On 1/26/21 at 3:45 PM EST
Apex Legends Season 8 is set to debut February 2, so the game s developers at Respawn Entertainment have finally decided to reveal how Kings Canyon will change alongside the Mayhem Battle Pass. To celebrate the arrival of Fuse, the first
Apex map just got a hole blown through it. The details arrive courtesy of a blog post published Tuesday morning.
In the source post, Respawn World Director Eduardo Agostini explains that the main goal with these new map changes is to make Kings Canyon rotations more fun and less bothersome in the northern part of the arena. Developers are hoping to accomplish this by opening up lanes for travel, providing new gameplay mechanics and removing areas that grew too cluttered to be effective. Despite not adding much in the way of actual land mass, the Season 8 version of Kings Canyon should feel bigger because it has more open areas with an increased number
“Mayhem” is coming to the
Apex Legends Kings Canyon Season 8 map, developer Respawn Entertainment has promised in its latest blog update. New changes to the map include an entirely new area, ECHO camps, Explosive Holds, Observation Towers, and more. Though a fan-favorite map, Kings Canyon has arguably grown tired since the game launched almost two years ago. Below are the full details on how Respawn is freshening things up for the new season.
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Crash Site.
A new part of the map was created when a massive gunship crashed into the ground, obliterating an entire mountainside as it fell. This has opened up a previous unplayable portion of the map. The ship itself can be held as a powerful “King of the Hill power position.”
Apex Legends Season 8 Details Kings Canyon Map Changes
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has offered some details on exactly what players can expect from the new version of the classic Kings Canyon map when Season 8 - Mayhem launches on February 2nd. While there are several different areas that have been changed and updated for the new season, the most expansive of these is an entirely new area on the northern edge of the map.
The new crash site area in the north part of Kings Canyon should look familiar to anyone that s seen the latest
Apex Legends promo videos for Season 8 as it features the downed ship from the trailer that introduced Fuse. The resulting destruction has always changed several other parts of the map, including those leading into the crash site like Artillery that should allow for more interesting traversal options.