{"id":492323,"date":"2025-11-15T04:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/apex-legends-everything-on-control"},"modified":"2025-11-15T04:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:05:42","slug":"heres-everything-we-know-about-control-in-apex-legends-defiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heres-everything-we-know-about-control-in-apex-legends-defiance\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s everything we know about Control in Apex Legends: Defiance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every now and again, the good folk at Respawn give us a fancy new game mode to muck around with when the trials and tribulations of battle royale get a tad too stressful. Control is the latest example of this, and will be dropping alongside Apex Legends; Defiance February 8. For those who want to hit the ground running, we’ve compiled everything we know about Control to help you get to grips with this new experience.<\/p>\n

This article will break down what Control is, how things like looting and abilities work in Control, and the future of other modes that differ greatly from the standard battle royale. This information comes from a developer Q&A where game designer David Sweiczko filled us in on many of the details.<\/p>\n

Here are the basics. Control is a 9v9 mode, where teams fight to control three locations on the map. As time progresses these locations controlled by teams provide points. Once a team possesses a certain number of points they win – you’re typical King of the Hill game mode many FPS players will be familiar with.<\/p>\n

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Every now and again, the good folk at Respawn give us a fancy new game mode to muck around with when the trials and tribulations of battle royale get a tad too stressful. Control is the latest example of this, and will be dropping alongside Apex Legends; Defiance February 8. For those who want to hit the ground running, we’ve compiled everything we know about Control to help you get to grips with this new experience. This article will break down what Control is, how things like looting and abilities work in Control, and the future of other modes that differ greatly from the standard battle royale. This information comes from a developer Q&A where game designer David Sweiczko filled us in on many of…<\/p>\n

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