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Apex Legends blows up Kings Canyon in Season 8 trailer

Turns out, naming the update Mayhem and calling the new legend Fuse means bad news for the game's original map.
Eirik Hyldbakk Furu Editor-in-Chief Norway 21 January 2021

Season 8: Mayhem won't start in Apex Legends until February 2, but I can understand why Respawn decided to give us its launch trailer today. I hope you don't mind some big changes coming to Kings Canyon...

Because today's Apex Legends trailer makes it clear that the developers weren't joking when they said the game's original map will change quite a bit in the upcoming season. It all starts fine and dandy with Fuse, the new legend, marking his arrival in what isn't exactly a subtle way, but let's just say that he isn't well-liked by everyone. You can see the consequences of that and glimpses of what the map will look like in the trailer below. Specific details about it will be shared closer to launch.

Editor-in-Chief Norway Eirik Hyldbakk Furu wrote for Gamereactor from around 2015 to 2026, first as news editor and from 2022 as editor-in-chief of the Norwegian edition. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews for both the Norwegian and international sites.
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