Apex Legends — news, patch notes and updates

Everything about Apex Legends: news, patch notes, updates, events and gameplay changes.

Latest updates

  • Overclocked Midseason Patch: Legend balancing and new shotgun hop-ups Meta Shift 1 July 2026

    Legend balancing changes and new shotgun hop-ups arrive June 23. Your strategies and loadouts may shift—check the patch details to adapt your build.

  • Game mode adjustments: Wildcard and Bot Royale Evolved updated Meta Shift 27 June 2026

    Wildcard map rotation shifts to 90-minute cycles. Bot Royale Evolved now caps lobbies to one player squad per match to reduce queue times and skill gaps. These changes affect how you warm up and practice before ranked play.

  • Executioner Hop-Up correction and ranked match issues being resolved Meta Shift 25 June 2026

    The new Executioner Hop-Up regenerates 50 shields over 5 seconds, not 10. Ranked matches starting with fewer than 60 players are being fixed and should be resolved by end of day. Map rotations are temporarily on 24-hour cycles instead of 4.5 hours.

  • Solo-Queue Test for Diamond+ starts June 30th Content Drop 25 June 2026

    Starting June 30th, Diamond+ players can no longer queue as premade squads in ranked — solo-queue only until July 13th. Prepare to play alone and adjust your ranked strategy for this matchmaking test.

  • Overclocked Midseason Patch: Legend balancing and new shotgun hop-ups Meta Shift 23 June 2026

    The June 23rd patch brings Legend balance changes and new shotgun hop-ups to the game. Your next ranked games will be affected by these shifts — prepare to adjust your strategy before the update goes live.

  • Patch 29.1 Overclocked: Midseason meta overhaul live Meta Shift 19 June 2026

    Patch 29.1 for Overclocked Split 2 rebalances Axle, Ballistic, Pathfinder, Seer, Mad Maggie, Valkyrie, and Conduit. A new shotgun hop-up and hop-up rotation shuffle reshape the weapon meta.

  • Matchmaking Update Meta Shift 15 June 2026

    An Apex Legends matchmaking update has been deployed. The changes include increased maximum queue search times and the addition of bots to unranked low-skill lobbies.

  • Power Quest Event Content Drop 15 June 2026

    The Power Quest event is available from June 2 to June 23. Players can participate in event challenges and unlock legends and cosmetic items. New game modifiers and a Joker map rotation will be available during the event.

  • Apex Legends Update Meta Shift 10 June 2026

    An update has been pushed to reactivate the 'Blind Box' round modifier in the Power Trip event and to fix issues with weapons in 'Red Handed' rounds.

  • Apex Legends Update Meta Shift 8 June 2026

    The latest Apex Legends update has fixed tier restriction issues and replaced Kings Canyon with Storm Point in the map rotation.

  • AMD Driver Update Game Status 8 June 2026

    A driver update is recommended for players using AMD Radeon RX 400/500 cards who are experiencing lobby crashing issues.

  • Latest Update 5/27/26 Game Status 8 June 2026

    The latest Apex Legends update is out, but some players are experiencing performance issues and crashes. The investigation team is working to resolve these issues.

  • Latest Update 5/28/2026 Meta Shift 8 June 2026

    A update has been pushed to fix several technical issues and improve performance on PS4 consoles.

  • Power Trip Event Content Drop 8 June 2026

    The Power Trip Event has started, with new round modifiers in Wildcard and bio-enhanced cosmetics.

  • Balance Update Content Drop 8 June 2026

    A balance update has been deployed, adjusting the stats of AXLE and CONDUIT.