‘No Plans to Integrate Source 2’ in Apex Legends, Confirms Dev

Apex Legends is among the best and most skillful battle royale video games on the market. Period. The recreation has been out for greater than 4 years and now contains 20+ legends and a ton of further content material. However, that doesn’t imply Apex Legends is an ideal recreation and has seen a justifiable share of bugs, audio points, and different complaints from the group. So, when Counter-Strike 2 was launched earlier this yr primarily based on the brand new Source 2 engine, the group started to query if Apex Legends would ever get such an improve.

Well, I not too long ago received an opportunity to playtest Apex Legends Season 19 and determined to pose this very query to the builders. Well, the brief reply is NO. Apex Legends received’t get a Source 2 engine improve.

Now, it’s however pure so that you can ask, why? It’s fairly easy truly. Apex Legends relies on the Source engine, sure, however Respawn forked the Source engine a LONG time in the past to swimsuit their improvement wants. It was even earlier than the unique Titanfall recreation was launched.

They have “modified the engine heavily since,” Evan Nikolich, Design Director at Respawn (Apex Legends), instructed Beebom over e-mail. He added that “the version of Source that was used for Portal 2 was not built with the intention to support a Battle Royale with large open spaces!”

In response to Beebom’s question about future plans and whether or not a Source 2 engine improve for Apex Legends is on the playing cards, Nikolich stated, “We have changed the engine technology in so many ways and will continue to grow the engine to serve the needs of Apex. No plans to integrate Source 2 at this time.”

This will not be the primary time we’ve got heard about Respawn’s resolution to stay with their closely modified Source engine for his or her beloved BR recreation. Previously, in a tweet, Respawn’s tech director, Michael Kalas stated that their engine will “never be replaced in the Apex/ Titanfall universe.”

So, sadly, for followers who had been anticipating the launch of Apex Legends 2 someday sooner or later, that may doubtless not be the case. The assertion, nonetheless, tells us one factor. The developer group at Respawn is continually evolving the engine to allow new options, just like the not too long ago launched Cross Progression. So, we are able to anticipate the group to proceed making developments to their engine to repair points with the audio, latency, and more.

For now, don’t overlook to hop into the most recent Season 19 update of Apex Legends. Try out the cool new protect healer Conduit and the map adjustments on Storm Point. There’s a cute shock ready for you in Wattson’s Town Takeover.