Apex Legends private matches set to release for all players
One of the developers for Apex Legends has confirmed that Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale will soon have private matches for all players to enjoy on every platform.
Apex Legends has achieved immense popularity since its launch in 2019, and Respawn have brought the battle royale to other platforms like the Nintendo Switch in Season 8. Despite this, the game still doesn’t have a private match feature.
Fans have been asking Respawn to implement the feature for the past two years, so that they can play in a closed lobby with specific rules and people. Now, one of the developers has confirmed that private matches will be added to the game.
Chad Grenier, Respawn Entertainment’s Game Director, spoke to the BrownGirlGamerCode community and reassured fans that they plan to add the feature in the near future.
“As of a couple of weeks ago,” he began. “We made that support [for tournament mode] crossplay as well, so it can be used on console and on PC, or even a mixed lobby using crossplay…
We have a separate effort that we’re doing to make it go public. I don’t have a timeline, but we’re trying to make that go as quickly as possible, where we offer the private match feature available for anybody who plays Apex.”
The developer outlined some of the difficulties in getting the feature to work properly. Respawn have to first test it so that it works across all platforms, since they can’t just turn that feature on and immediately make it public.
While he didn’t provide any specific date for the addition of private matches, Grenier confirmed that this feature would become available across all platforms soon, and players will be able to organize their own events when it arrives.
This will also make tournaments far easier to organize, as they won’t require an admin code from Respawn Entertainment. We might see private matches arrive when Apex Legends Season 9 goes live on May 3.
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