GameSpot spoke to Respawn to learn more about the changes Season 22 is bringing to Apex Legends.

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Apex’s new akimbo mechanic lets players dual-wield the P2020 or the Mozambique. The best part? Akimbo pistols only take up a single weapon slot.

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“We just really wanted to do it,” Canavese explained, grinning.

“If it ever comes back, it will probably be much different,” Canavese told GameSpot.

But never say never!

The new E-District map draws inspiration from a number of real-life Asian cities.

We always like going back to old prototypes that had some legs.

That’s always on the table."

We have all of our apartments, [and] you’ll find Korean and Chinese influences in there.

Players were not pleased with certain aspects of the new battle pass system, so Respawn walked back some of the changes.

So we’re trying to capture a bit of that in every aspect of the map."

So we had to kind of come up with a visual language that was very clear.

“And then another [challenge] is probably just setting this whole thing at night.

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I think players will notice that as they’re playing it.

Hopefully they’ll be like, ‘That seems about right.'”

Why should I care?'"

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senior design director Evan Nikolich told GameSpot.

“I think [splitting it] is just a cleaner option for the player.”

“It’s accessible to everybody, and it’s not [like] that limited orientation match.

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I really hope players will enjoy that experience.”

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