APEX LEGENDS Preseason Update Adds Valentine's Day Content, Addresses Bugs And Performance

Respawn Entertainment has released an update for its recently launched battle royale game, Apex Legends. With the first official season kicking off in March, today's update is technically part of the "preseason" as Respawn works to address bugs, performance and stability issues, and quality of life improvements.

Today's update tackles a number of issues related to those, while also introducing some new content that celebrates Valentine's Day. Available starting today, you can snag the "Live Die Live" Banner Badge which is rewarded when you revive a member of your squad between February 13 and February 19.

Additionally, two Valentine's Day-themed cosmetic items have been added to the store: the "Through the Heart" Longbow Epic DMR skin and "Love of the Game" Pathfinder banner frame are available until February 19.

As for bug fixes and other improvements, check out the official patch notes shared by Respawn Entertainment:

STABILITY / BUGS / PERFORMANCE / QoL

• Various improvements and tweaks to UI.
• Extended timeout that was causing players with slower hard drives to crash.
• Addressed a number of client and server stability issues.
• Fixed exploit where you could keep duplicating items in your inventory.
• Addressed a number of stability and performance issues.
• Fixed issue where players would get a gray screen in lobby when connecting for the first time.
• Fixed issue where your friends list showed all your friends as offline and unable to party.
• Shortened duration of Bloodhound’s Eye of the Allfather clones to remain in the world by 1 second.

GEAR

• Arc Star now displays a grenade warning indicator.

KINGS CANYON

• Addressed a number bugs with map geo like holes you could fall through and areas that players could get stuck in plus a bunch of other polish issues.

PLAYSTATION PLUS PLAY PACK

• Art updated for the Playstation Plus Play Pack to the Flatline skin and Banner Card and changed the names to Deep Blue. This will affect all players that already have been rewarded the skins as well.

Respawn says they are aware of those "frustrated by disconnects and crashes" and are "working to improve stability and performance as well as provide more visibility for everyone."

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Apex Legends launched on February 5 and already amassed over 25 million players (two million concurrent at one point). The free-to-play battle royale game is available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Season One is slated to arrive in March and introduce the game's first Battle Pass as well as new Legends, weapons, loot, and more.