{"id":735743,"date":"2025-11-22T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-respawn-designed-apex-legends-new-upgrade-system-in-season-20\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:33:50","slug":"how-respawn-designed-apex-legends-new-upgrade-system-in-season-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-respawn-designed-apex-legends-new-upgrade-system-in-season-20\/","title":{"rendered":"How Respawn Designed Apex Legends&#8217; New Upgrade System In Season 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/how-respawn-designed-apex-legends-new-upgrade-system-in-season-20.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"apex legends legend upgrades\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of our Apex Legends magazine cover story, we interviewed several key Apex Legends developers \u2013 Steven Ferreira, Evan Nikolich, Josh Mohan, and John Larson \u2013 about how Respawn Entertainment is shaking up its battle royale with a new Legend Upgrade System in the game&#8217;s twentieth season. We learn how the team has gradually been auditing the core systems in Apex to trim the fat accumulated since the battle royale entered the scene five years ago and how exactly those gameplay changes affect the core player base.<\/p>\n<h2>How Respawn Designed Apex Legends&#8217; New Upgrade System:<\/h2>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EvttPIT4SGQ\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Looking for more information about Apex Legends Season 20? Read our full cover story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/feature\/2024\/02\/04\/apex-legends-cover-story-living-legends\">right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-feature\/2024\/02\/05\/how-respawn-designed-apex-legends-new-upgrade-system-in-season-20\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our Apex Legends magazine cover story, we interviewed several key Apex Legends developers \u2013 Steven Ferreira, Evan Nikolich, Josh Mohan, and John Larson \u2013 about how Respawn Entertainment is shaking up its battle royale with a new Legend Upgrade System in the game&#8217;s twentieth season. We learn how the team has gradually been auditing the core systems in Apex to trim the fat accumulated since the battle royale entered the scene five years ago and how exactly those gameplay changes affect the core player base. How Respawn Designed Apex Legends&#8217; New Upgrade System: Looking for more information about Apex Legends Season 20? Read our full cover story right here. 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