Apex Legends Nintendo Switch release date announced

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The Apex Legends Nintendo Switch rel🌃ease d🃏ate has been confirmed for March 9. 

Respawn Entertainment has announced on a that the popular battle royale shooter will be coming to the Nintendo Switch consoles in just over a month’s time, compleꦿte with full cross-play compatibility and 30 free Battle Pass levels.

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Seeing as how the Switch launch comes a few weeks after 🐻the start of Season 8, Respawn h♚as explained in a blog post that it is granting Switch players 30 free levels for their Season 8 Battle Pass, and double experience for two weeks following the release.

The official EA blog explains: “Switch players will be granted 30 free levels for their Season 8 Battle Pass. For the first two weeks𓂃 after lau♎nch, playing on Switch will also earn you double XP”.

Developers EA and Respawn Entertainment have worked with Panic Button, a team who has handled other big title Switch ports like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom Eternal, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rocket League, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Subnautica, and many mor✅e, to bring the battle royale shooter to Nintendo’s handheld syst♛em.

A Switch port of Apex was revealed back in 2020, but for various reasons, the release kept getting pushed back. In a pre🌳ss release, Respawn hails the port as “a major achievement” which “couldn’t have been done without our friends at Panic Button”.

Season 8 of Apex Legends goes live later today. You can download Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch on March 9 for free or enjoy Season 8 - Mayhem on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series S, and PC via Origin and Steam.

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