Apex Legends: what time to discover season 13?

With its 100 millions of players and a unique recipe, Apex Legends could be the Battle Royale that will survive the longest. Respawn Entertainment’s hero-shooter is hailed by all for its balance and dynamic gameplay, and today enters the thirteenth season of its existence. The opportunity for players to discover Newcastle, the new legend which we explain to you a little below, and a brand new system of ranked games. But that’s not all, a new type of PVE is coming to the Storm Zone map, star of this season 10: Rescue.
When is the season released? 13 from Apex Legends?
The season 13 of Apex Legends, admirably named Rescue, will start on 11 next May to 10h10 and will be preceded by several story and gameplay trailers so that we can appreciate the extent of its novelties. For the moment, we have been able to discover the changes affecting the Storm Zone map and part of Newcastle’s skills on video in a gameplay trailer for the season 13.
The trailer of the season 10
New Caption
We told you in the introduction, a new legend will enter the Apex games, it’s about Newcastle who is none other than Jackson, the lost and then found brother of Bangalore. Newcastle is a legend who specializes in supporting his team, with defensive skills that we could see some elements of in the trailer above. As a tactical skill, he has a shield allowing him to protect his squad, which he can move as he pleases. His passive, combat medicine gives him the opportunity to move his injured allies while protecting them and he can deploy a huge defensive wall, his ultimate skill.
New Map
Storm Zone will be profoundly modified by the arrival of the Rescue season in Apex Legends. The tropical map returns to the forefront with new facilities and a few IMC bunkers full of loot and protected by enemies. But she was also disfigured by a gigantic creature, since struck down by legends. We imagine that the beaches of the map will therefore be made more attractive by the presence of this gigantic carcass, which will undoubtedly have to be explored in depth. Note also that Respawn has said that it wants to review the system of ranked games to “reward teamwork”. A system that had already been modified in season 10 and which will probably still be changed in depth.
Ranked mode changes
The great novelty of the season 11 of Apex Legends, it is also the total overhaul of the ranked games system. Respawn intends to make it easier for players to earn points by adapting different aspects, including the value of team play. There are various changes, including a major one, when a member of your team kills an enemy, the whole team gets points. A novelty that leans a little more on team play, and allows all team members to take advantage of elimination bonuses. Regarding the latter, Respawn has decided to remove the elimination bonus limit while making it decreasing as frags occur. Players will therefore have the opportunity to earn more points per game. Other size changes also happen in season 13 like:
The assist timer goes from 11 seconds to 13 seconds and can work after the enemy resurrects.
All divisions will have a cost to enter a game (yes even in Bronze).
You can find the details and the rest of the patch of the season 13 for ranked games here (in English).
It had been requested as soon as the game was released in 2019, crossplay was finally implemented on Apex Legends in October 2020, and has since been active by default on all platforms. It does not affect your solo games, but defines the type of players you encounter when playing in squads with your friends. If you are all on the same platform, the players in front of you should mostly use the same console. If you are on different consoles, your lobbies will be populated by a mix of players from different platforms. Console players can optionally disable crossplay in the game options.