There’s also a new weapon - the powerful Nemesis burst rifle

Relax, friend.

That momentary disappointment you feel at the prospect of no new Legend being added with Season 16 ofApex Legends?

Allow me to assuage it with exciting news about what the devs have been working on instead.

Promotional art of various Apex Legends characters for Season 16.

We’ll have more information on the exact effects of each new class perk later in the week.

This change is a great one though, and long overdue.

And only one class (Recon) provided any actual gameplay benefit.

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We’ll also have more details on this later this week.

SMG back in Season 11.

And my god, is it powerful.

An infographic of the new Legend classes in Apex Legends. From left to right: Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller, and Support.

So they’ve made the hard choice, and decided to vault Arenas for the foreseeable future.

Maybe it’ll come back at a later time in a reworked form.

This 6v6 TDM mode consists of a max of 3 rounds in a best-of-3 format.

Pathfinder and Wraith shoot at an enemy team contained within various Wattson fences in Apex Legends.

To keep your skills sharp between now and then, check out ourApex Legends tips and tricksguide.

Valkyrie looks at the camera while she presses a button on her detonator in Apex Legends.