Apex Legends' new hero is five-time Hyperfighting Federation champion Forge

Apex Legends is almost a year old, and developer Respawn will be celebrating its free-to-play battle royale game's first birthday on 4th February by ushering in a new season. And now, in preparation for the big day, it's outlined a few of the additions coming to Season 4 - subtitled Assimilation - including a brand-new Legend going by the name of Forge.

Forge, as his beefy demeanour and hefty championship belt might suggest, is a five-time Hyperfighting Federation champion, and the first Legend to have a (fictional) corporate sponsor in-game, thanks to Hammond Robotics. Respawn isn't going into much mechanical detail about Forge just yet, but hints that he's an "up close and personal" brawler with a mean left hook. As part of Forge's introduction, Respawn is teasing "big map changes" for World's Edge, similar the King's Canyon update in Season 2.

Also new to Apex Legends' fourth season is the Sentinel, a bolt-action sniper rifle that "feels really powerful". Again, Respawn is being coy about specifics, but teases that the weapon is a little different to other sniper rifles in-game, thanks to its new charge mechanic.

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