Chad Grenier, Respawn Entertainment’s game director working on Apex Legends, has confirmed that private matches will be coming soon for all players – regardless of platform.
Given the incredible popularity of Apex Legends, it’s surprising that the Battle Royale does not have a ubiquitous private game feature. Many players are now more than two years old and have asked Respawn to implement the feature, allowing anyone to jump into a locked lobby with custom rules and players.
Right now, the closest Apex has to a private game mode is its tournament mode, which allows players to organize private portals if Respawn gives permission and gets an admin code.
Apex Legends private matches should be added to the game soon.
Talk to the BrownGirlGamerCode community, Chad Grenier set out Respawn’s intentions to add the feature in the near future, although he could not provide any dates for the addition.
” A few weeks ago, ” he said, ‘we gave the support [for tournament mode] also crossplay, so that it can be used on the console and on a computer, or even a mixed lobby with crossplay …
“We are making a separate effort to make it public. I do not have a timeline, but we try to make it run as fast as possible, where we have the private match feature available to everyone who plays Apex. ”
“Again, it’s not as simple as just turning on the feature and making it public,” he continued. “There is a bit of work at the back that we need to do to tailor it – for so many people. But we do that work. It’s hard to give dates, but we hope that we will soon have private matches on all platforms and that you can play different games, or you can organize your own events without asking us for a code and an official event. to have. happen. If so, stay tuned. ‘
The news will be welcomed by many Apex fans, who have been eager to add the feature for some time. This will mean that players can dictate their own private lobby by adapting rules and adapting players to their needs. As Grenier said, this will make tournaments much easier to organize as they no longer require an admin code from Respawn.
Although no dates were given, we would not expect it to appear with Season 9, which will fall on May 3rd. It sounds like it is still deep in the development phase.