A set of 10 new Apex Legends characters seem to have surfaced early thanks to datamining efforts, and so much info is leaking out that Respawn Entertainment itself has officially addressed it. I guess people being interested enough in your game to dig around in the data and find new stuff is a good problem to have, though it's probably annoying to see all these prototypes(?) show up online. Also mock up made by @Loudwindow and edited by @sargent179 to have the proper characters and respective names pic.twitter.com/QUxNxzgKQ9March 12, 2019 See more That mocked-up selection screen is starting to look a bit Smash Bros-ian in its expansiveness. Take a look at these combinations of concept art and datamined models to learn more about the potential new additions to Apex Legends' roster. There is so much more to it actually, Shrugtal datamined the next 10 legends of 2019, Shrugtal and I made this compilation of the leaked legends pic.twitter.com/JREzMeegLzMarch 12, 2019 See more These leaks follow others that indicated the possible arrival of NPCs and hoverbikes , not to mention the fact that we've been seeing Octane 's masked face for weeks now. Respawn Entertainment isn't confirming or denying any of it. But along with revealing that the Apex Legends battle pass wasn't coming on March 12 (despite, you guessed it, leaks), Respawn cautioned fans against reading too much into datamined material. "There’s lots of stuff that has been datamined from Apex since launch and is swirling around the Internet," Respawn community manager Jay Frechette wrote on Reddit . "We know this stuff is fun to dig up and speculate about, but you should not treat any of that info as a source of truth. There’s stuff in there that is very old, or things we’ve tried in the past and cut - remember our design process is to prototype and play lots of ideas - and some of it may be things we’re still building for Apex Legends. "Finding this stuff by no means confirms that it’ll ever come out. At best you should treat any posts about this as a rumor and the real info will come from us when we’re ready to show off what’s coming next." Of course, the developers would say that, right? They want to reveal new details about the game in their own carefully tailored way so they're going to downplay leaks. But it's still a good idea to consider not just what gets pulled from the back end of a product but why it was there in the first place. As long as game developers make new stuff faster than they can purge all traces of the old stuff, they're going to leave some unintended red herrings behind.<doc-sep>Respawn has possibly lost the element of surprise when it comes to future Legends, as dataminers have uncovered a total of 10 so far. Redditor u/FrozenFroh posted all 10 datamined Legends along with their possible names. Included in the list is the previously leaked Octane, expected to drop in the first Battle Pass, and Wattson, who’s name has also been doing the rounds. Dataminer @shrugtal has dug up eight more Legends on top of the two we already know about. They point out that one of the Legends – Talchum – was featured in the concept art for the game. Another user created a mock-up of the character screen incorporating the potential new characters. Last one to not spam you but user Surgent179 edited your mock-up with their respective characters (if we are right) pic.twitter.com/Z4ttx50Db3 — whipped mccree (@frozenfroh) March 11, 2019 That’s a hell of a lot of Legends waiting in the wings, but of course, Respawn may not have plans to release all of them. The first season of content kicks off this month, and there are four seasons planned throughout the year. Respawn gave players an idea of the content they have to look forward to in the Year 1 roadmap.<doc-sep>Last week's Apex Legends update has been keeping the game's diligent dataminers extremely busy. The fruits of their recent labours are numerous, from the possible addition of wall running to more evidence of NPCs. An earlier datamine also uncovered mention of NPCs, though in that instance they were connected to the rumoured survival mode, apparently serving as its audience, cheering and booing the players as they fight for the crowd's entertainment. This leak, from RealApexLeaks, suggests that these NPCs will be able to attack, be part of a fireteam, and perform executions. They appear to have names, too, like 'Spider' and 'Flyer'. LEAK: More info on the Previously leaked NPCs. I'll just tweet the pictures in parts. You can add comments if you want me to explain. (Part 1/4)#Apex #ApexPartner #Apexlegends #ApexLegendsclips #ApexLegendsBattleRoyale #Apexlegendsclips #Apexlegendscommunity pic.twitter.com/yLj5gHlAAYMarch 8, 2019 See more It's not entirely clear what role they'll serve, though they could be bots that cover empty spots in teams, perhaps if a player leaves mid-game. Maybe we'll even get squads of NPCs—a PvE-style threat to keep players on their toes. With additional modes being rumoured, they might not even feature in the standard battle royale mode. Another datamine mentions changes to the time of day. While it's been described as a "night mode" by the dataminers, it looks like it could also be a day and night cycle, with the map transforming as the match progresses. I quite like the idea of everyone jumping in the middle of the day, but as the body count rises, visibility starts to drop and things become increasingly tense. Though I admit have enough trouble playing in broad daylight. LEAK: Also there's a Night Mode is development. That's one of the most requested features after a reddditor showed how the map would like in the Night. (via @AustinScriver)#ApexLegends #Apex #Apexlegendsbattleroyale #Apexlegendsleaks #ApexPartner #apexlegendsclips pic.twitter.com/5DhdqR8MvGMarch 8, 2019 See more Next to mechs, wall running is probably the feature from Titanfall that I miss the most. You can climb, run and slide your way across the map quickly, but it's not quite as liberating as parkour. According to datamined details received by Gaming Intel, wall running could be coming to the battle royale. Vertical and horizontal wall running are both mentioned in the files, along with certain limitations. The datamine doesn't tell us if this will be a character-specific ability or if everyone will be able to do it, like sliding for an impossibly long time. It looks like new weapons could be on their way soon, too. A line regarding a flamethrower showed up, as well as remote turrets. Neither of them sound like the regular weapons you can loot, so maybe they'll be tied to abilities? The datamine doesn't give us much to go on, unfortunately. None of these things have been announced or teased by Respawn yet, and while earlier datamines have revealed things that were eventually added, there's a lot more that we're still waiting on. Some of these things could be imminent, or they could get cut before they ever appear.<doc-sep>
A dataminer recently uncovered the possible names and images of 10 new “Apex Legends” characters, VG 24/7 reports. Last one to not spam you but user Surgent179 edited your mock-up with their respective characters (if we are right) pic.twitter.com/Z4ttx50Db3 — David (@frozenfroh) March 11, 2019 Reddit user FrozenFroh posted the images on Monday. One of the new characters, Octane, was the subject of a previous leak. His abilities reportedly include passive health regeneration, a speed boost that costs health, and a deployable launch pad. Another character called Wattson was also previously uncovered by dataminers, along with an electrical ability called Tesla Trap. A third hero, possibly called Crypto or Talchum, was reportedly featured in “Apex Legends” concept art. anyone remember talchum from the concept art? he has a ingame icon too, along with two other people pic.twitter.com/BlAudSdXam — Shrugtal (@shrugtal) March 11, 2019 “Apex Legends” is a free-to-play battle royale/hero shooter from “Titanfall” developer Respawn Entertainment. It launched on Feb. 4 and quickly gained a following. It had one million concurrent players over a period of 72 hours and it reached 50 million players in less than 30 days. Battle royale competitor “Fortnite” took about 100 days to reach 45 million players, for comparison. While we don’t know whether or not the most recent leak is accurate, we do know Respawn plans to release a new character during “Apex Legends'” first season, which is expected to begin sometime this month. Many fans believe it will be Octane. Respawn’s Year One roadmap also shows new characters arriving in Seasons 2-4, which are slated to start in June, September, and December. New weapons, loot, and a battle pass are expected this year as well. Variety reached out to Respawn to confirm whether or not the leak is accurate, but the developer did not immediately respond.