Every year, Apex Legends celebrates the anniversary of its shadow drop on February 4, 2019, and while it was rumored and leaked online ahead of time, there's an argument to be made that it's the most successful shadow-dropped game in history. And yet, even knowing that, saying Apex Legends is currently seven years old feels a bit like an understatement. The popular battle royale game from Respawn Entertainment has changed massively season after season, and to say it turns 30 with the launch of Season 30 on August 4 feels more accurate than saying it's 7.
A 7-year-old child will proudly declare they are 7 when asked, but by their 30s, several folks begin to lie about their age. Coincidentally, Apex Legends' seasonal marketing used to include a Season Number and a Subtitle, dating all the way back to Apex Legends Season 1: Wild Frontier, but between Season 9 and Season 16, Apex Legends started hiding the numbers more and more. Of course, the logic is there: big numbers scare off newcomers, franchises often drop them for similar reasons after a few games, and so forth. Needless to say, Apex Legends acts like a 30-year-old, not a 7-year-old, so...
