EA Games Apex Legends Battle Pass Changes Backlash

EA Reverses Apex Legends Battle Pass Changes After Backlash

EA Games has reversed the controversial changes to the battle pass in Apex Legends after receiving considerable backlash and criticism from the community. Starting from Season 22, there will be two $10 battle passes as opposed to one. Initially, EA planned to remove the ability to purchase battle passes using the game’s currency, Apex Coins. That has been reinstated since the backlash.

Hearing the outcry from players, EA Games has now made changes to Season 22 before it releases on 6 August. Instead of players having to shovel out $20 to acquire two battle passes per season, EA has now reverted that change and made it possible to acquire a battle pass using 950 Apex Coins again. “You’ve spoken and we’ve listened,” said EA in a statement. “With the release of Season 22 we will restore the ability to get the Premium Battle Pass for 950 Apex Coins. We recognise that we could have handled the Battle Pass changes better – that’s on us.”

“You’ll be able to earn enough Apex Coins via the Battle Pass to get future passes,” EA added. Apex Legends‘ current battle pass runs for the whole season with 110 levels. Going forward, each season will have two battle passes split between 60 levels each. Players won’t have to spend $10 to acquire the new battle passes as they can rack up 950 Apex Coins and use that instead.

EA continued its statement, promising to “be better” for the community:

“Moving forward, we recognise that we need to be more timely, transparent, and consistent in our communications with you. Your priorities are our priorities: cheaters, game stability, and quality of life updates are top of mind. We need to get better and it’s why we’re acknowledging them here. As a next step, there are a number of improvements and game stability bug fixes coming in Season 22 that will be outlined in the Patch Notes dropping on August 5th. Thank you again for all of your passion and time in Apex Legends, because we couldn’t do this without you.”

Hacking is another issue that made headlines in the Apex Legends community this year. Back in March, EA postponed the Apex Legends Global Series North American finals after two professional players were targeted and hacked on live stream.

Source: EA

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