After thousands of negative reviews and public outrage on social media, Respawn announced today that a particularly controversial change to the Apex Legends battle pass system is being rolled back. Other changes, however, will remain in place for Season 22.
Respawn has fixed the Battle Pass! Apex is BACK!
Players can now once again purchase Battle Passes with Apex Coins, the currency you can buy for real money and also earn through each Apex season’s Battle Pass. Respawn made the announcement today on X/Twitter. “We realize we could have handled the Battle Pass changes better,” the post reads. “That’s our fault.”
An update on our new Battle Pass: pic.twitter.com/ga8NB8cwFB
The reason why purchasing the Battle Pass with Apex Coins is such a big deal for many players is that it effectively provides a way to keep costs down while playing the game. Playing and completing a single season’s Battle Pass throughout the game’s history has earned players enough Apex Coins to purchase the next season’s Battle Pass without having to spend any additional money. For some players, the Battle Pass system effectively functioned as a one-time $10 purchase for cosmetics and extra goodies, as long as they played the game faithfully. In the original Battle Pass changes for Season 22, Respawn announced that this option would no longer exist and that players would be required to spend money on each season’s Battle Pass going forward. The announcement subsequently led to massive review bombing.
