Summary
In the firstApex Legendsdeveloper blog of 2025, Respawn Entertainment has detailed its new armory of weapons to combat hackers and cheaters. Season 24 will bring a host of matchmaking changes aimed at makingApex Legendsa fairer battleground for all players.
Respawn Entertainment has already promised that 2025 will breathe new life intoApex Legends.Season 24: Takeover launches on February 11, switching up the battle royale’s long-established formula with the aim of making fights faster and more lethal. Assault characters will welcome new buffs, support characters will have their Healing Expert perk nerfed, while the implementation of Arsenals will help freshly dropped legends to dive into the fray.
In the firstApex Legendsdeveloper blogof 2025, Respawn has outlined its continued efforts in the struggle against hackers and cheaters. Following the controversial Anti-Cheat methodsintroduced in Season 23 ofApex Legends, the developer has reiterated its commitment to not only fight cheaters but also to work and communicate more openly with players. “Anti-Cheat and game integrity will always be a top priority for us,” writes Respawn, before outlining the new steps taken to combat botting and teaming.
Anti-cheat Updates
Matchmaking Updates
Acknowledging thatApex Legendshas suffered a “recent increase in bots,” Respawn has created “a brand-new machine learning model” to detect both current bots and “future variants and evolutions.” This “future-proof” tool is apparently “incredibly accurate with low false negatives” and should already be active in-game. Respawn has also targeted teaming in Ranked game modes, where multiple opposing teams join forces to fix the match in their favor. For several months, Respawn has been “rolling out new automated teaming detection algorithms, swifter and more severe punishments, and stripping any ill-gotten ranked points from offenders.” Around 1200 accounts have faced bans or sanctions, and 17.4 million ranked points have been stripped from their accounts. These Anti-Cheat measures will be a welcome sight to gamers after last year’s series of issues culminating in the publichacking of the ALGS North American regional final. The developers also stress the importance of reporting cheaters and reveal that they are looking into a system to inform players when action has been taken against a reported account, allowing gamers to see that their actions are making a difference.
Anti-Cheat and game integrity will always be a top priority for us.
Respawn is also implementing various changes to make matchmaking fairer for new and skilled players. Season 24 will roll out an unranked skill display for Trios BR, allowing players to compare their team against others in the lobby. When loading into a new game mode, initial skill values will also soon be influenced by past performance in other modes, making matches fairer. The developer is also fine-tuning start-of-season skill reset values and re-implementing ranked placement matches to further reduce skill mixing in matches.
Perhaps most importantly for players, Respawn finishes the blog by confirming its dedication to transparency, stating, “We’re committed to continuing the conversation with you, our community, and we’re reiterating that promise now in 2025.” After the hacking and monetizationcontroversies surroundingApex Legendsthroughout 2024, many players will be glad to see that Respawn appears to be acknowledging their feedback and actively working towards fixing many of the battle royale’s most challenging issues.
Apex Legends
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Conquer with character in Apex Legends, a free-to-play* Hero shooter where legendary characters with powerful abilities team up to battle for fame & fortune on the fringes of the Frontier.Master an ever-growing roster of diverse legends, deep tactical squad play, and bold new innovations that go beyond the Battle Royale experience—all within a rugged world where anything goes. Welcome to the next evolution of Hero Shooter.This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items.
