Apex Legends announces Crypto Heirloom and ‘Warriors’ collection event

Apex Legends players rejoice! Respawn Entertainment is bringing Control Mode back to the game soon as part of the Warriors collection event! Back when Season 12 was launched, Control was introduced to the game as an LTM and a lot of players enjoyed the pure carnage that the 9v9 area control game mode. So much so that they wanted it to be made permanent.

Here's everything you can expect in the upcoming Apex Legends update!

Let's go over everything one by one now, shall we?

Nobody expected Respawn Entertainment to bring Control back so soon, but it looks like they are. Players can enjoy the fast-paced game mode for two weeks when the update goes live. The game mode is getting a new map. Caustic Treatment on King's Canyon will serve as a battleground for some excellent 9v9 area-capture carnage!

The update also brings a new heirloom item to the game. Crypto's getting his Biwon Blade, which looks like a fancy sword with some interesting animations. The heirloom also features an animation where Crypto looks at a picture of his family. Here's hoping it improves his pick rate, at least among the players that can afford to buy the heirloom outright.

The update will also bring a new collection event, allowing players to grind and earn some event-themed legend and weapon skins, stat trackers, and a few other rewards.

The Warriors collection event is going to feature some fantastic new skins, at least based on what we can make out of the preview. The Revenant skin especially looks menacing and will definitely attract a purchase from the murder-bot mains.

The Apex Arenas are getting a new map for some exciting 3v3 action. The map is called "Drop-Off" and it looks like a large area at the top of the Hammond Robotics Manufacturing Tower overlooking a gorgeous city of Malta at night. Quite an interesting-looking map, by the looks of it.

The best news to come out of this update is that the now notorious "Dual-Wielding" hack has been fixed. Players can enjoy the game without the fear of running into party-poopers running a dual Wingman setup and ruining everyone's game.

Some of the balance changes include

The G7 scout has received some minor buffs to bring it in-line with the performance of other care package weapons.

Spawn rates for a few weapon hop-ups have been rebalanced.

Weapons with Turbochargers were especially nasty to deal with in Control the first time it was introduced. To address this, Respawn has removed the Turbocharger from the purple Havoc and Devotion in the game mode. Players will now have to level up to gold tier to gain access to turbocharger benefits.

All details on the update are available on the Apex Legends website. Check out some of our other Apex Legends articles!