Earlier this month, Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment managed to anger the game's community by announcing a variety of changes to the game's Battle Pass format. Instead of one big Battle Pass per season, it was decided to have one per half season, but the most controversial change was the removal of the option to purchase Premium passes with Apex Coins.
Being forced to spend money on something dedicated players were essentially getting for free didn't go down too well, unsurprisingly, with the game dropping to Mixed on Steam shortly after the announcement (now sat at Overwhelmingly Negative). It was a backlash so strong that many assumed EA and Respawn would eventually buckle and reverse course, and that's exactly what happened.
In a statement released on both the Apex Legends website and its official Twitter account, Respawn has apologized for its handling of the entire situation and is restoring the ability to purchase the game's Premium Battle Pass with Apex Coins.
With the release of Season 22 we will restore the ability to get the Premium Battle Pass for 950 Apex Coins. We recognize that we could have handled the Battle Pass changes better—that's on us.
Along with the apology,...
