There are still a few weeks left in Apex Legends Season 5: Fortune Favor, but it’s never too early to look into Season 6, and we have everything there is to know so far.
The release of Season 5 on May 12 brought many changes and new content to Apex Legends, including the introduction of Loba, reworkings in Kings Canyon, all-new seasonal missions, and much more.
While players will have time to enjoy what Fortune’s Favor has brought them, it’s always worth considering when the next chapter of the battle royale will begin.
When is Apex Legends season 6?
While not confirmed yet, the most likely release date for Season 6 is Tuesday August 18, 2020. According to the game menus, as of June 2, the S5 Battle Pass has 76 days remaining, which means it is scheduled to wrap up on Monday, August 17. Since most of the major Apex updates and seasonal releases are on Tuesdays, it only makes sense that S6 starts the next day.
Of course, there’s always a chance that Respawn would delay the start just like they did with S5, which was to accommodate the Battle Armor Event and give players an extra week to complete last minute things.
The Apex Legends Season 5 Battle Pass is scheduled to end on Monday, August 17.
Who is the new legend in Apex Legends Season 6?
Each season so far has introduced a new legend, and S6 should follow suit. Who it will be will be a big mystery, but current speculation is that it will be Rampart, a character who was initially leaked almost a year ago. However, it seems that Rampart will actually be a woman, despite previous rumors and leaked images of this character suggesting otherwise.
Images of a new legend named ‘Nova’ were found in the game’s archives, though they now appear to be intended for this Rampart character, according to prominent Apex Legends Shrugtal data miner.
An earlier leak also revealed the character’s alleged abilities, and one of them, called My Friend Maxim, apparently “places a mounted machine gun that anyone in the squad can use,” with other unique abilities matching the engineer character who was mocked.
An old Apex Legends leak named Rampart as one of the characters that was in development.
Will Apex Legends Season 6 have a new weapon?
Before season five, this would be an automatic “yes,” but now that we know that Fortune’s Favor surprisingly didn’t introduce a new weapon, we can’t be so sure of that answer.
That said, one could argue that since no new weapon was added for the first time in the game’s brief history, Respawn is now more likely to do so in S6 so as not to displease the player base with the lack of new content. .
As for what the new weapon will be, we’ll have to go back to the ones that most were sure would be added in S5: the Volt SMG or CAR SMG, which were unveiled in Titanfall 2. It would make sense for developers to add a new machine gun. , considering that this has been the category of a weapon that they have not expanded since its launch.
The Volt SMG has been heavily speculated to be the next new weapon in Apex Legends.
Will Apex Legends Season 6 introduce a new map?
It would be far from out of the question that Respawn would introduce a new map in S6. Kings Canyon and World’s Edge have had their fair share of significant changes for the first five seasons, so unless the developers have something even more drastic in mind, it might be time for the Apex Games to move to a totally different destination. new.
Nor is this speculation based solely on optimism; A job listing on the Respawn website states that the new employee “will create and own large-scale multiplayer maps by iterating through game locks in a live test environment,” which really can only mean one thing.
Also, Respawn has dropped a major hint during the Season 5 Broken Ghost Quest finale, with Lifeline saying they should travel to a new world called Psamathe.
While Psamathe has been teased in the Fortune Favor trailer, it now seems more likely to be the Season 6 map. The Apex medic also suggested that the team “go to Olympus,” which could be the Arena in this new planet. A UFO-like structure was also found in the game files and could be used to transport the legends.
Does this mean there will be a new map on S6? Not entirely, these expected changes could happen for S7 or S8. Only time will tell.
Kings Canyon received a multitude of major changes in the Apex Legends season 5 update.
That sums up everything we know about Season 6, for now, but there will undoubtedly be more to be discovered about the next Apex Legends chapter as we get closer. As always, be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news, updates, guides, and more.
