The next season of Apex Legends is fast approaching. After weeks of teasers and leaks, Respawn is finally giving us our first proper look at the new Legend, Alter, in a cinematic dropping tomorrow at 10am CT.
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There’s not much to be gleaned from the thumbnail alone, but the title of the video—Based on a True Story—and its description suggest that the mystery of who this new Legend actually is will be at the heart of the character’s launch. They’ve already made quite the impression, messing with the trailer for the Urban Assault event and defacing the legend pages of the Apex Legends website with a plethora of insults directed at the other characters.
Thanks to previous teasers and leaks, we already know quite a bit about Alter. It seems clear that their target in Apex Games is Horizon, despite rumored abilities that initially led players to believe they were closer to Wraith. The connection was made clear when Alter left the message "I'm here for you, deary" on Horizon's legend portrait. Who Horizon is to Alter, however, is anyone's guess.
Olympus has also been spotted in the skies of Storm Point ahead of the launch of Season 21. Map updates are a common sight ahead of the launch of the Apex season, and Olympus is due for a refresh, especially with Alter's possible connection to it and Horizon. Given that Olympus initially appeared above Storm Point, it could be Storm Point that is set for a facelift instead, but given that the map didn't receive an update until Season 19, that's unlikely. A new map, believed to be called District, has also been spotted by leakers recently, but it isn't expected to launch until Season 22.