Apex Legends Coming to Steam on November 4th without Origin Launcher Requirement

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Respawn Entertainment’s incredibly successful F2P battle royale title, Apex Legends, is coming to Steam on November 4.



Unlike other Origin to Steam transplants (e.g., Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order), the game will run without EA’s launcher, which is great news for those of you who’d prefer to avoid another, pointless layer of third-party DRM.



“Apex will launch directly with Steam without running Origin,” Respawn engineer Michael Kalas confirmed in a thread on r/apexlegends last year.



Apex Legends players who have racked up a ton of hours on the Origin...

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[Daniel_Doty]

Apex Legends Coming to Steam on November 4th without Origin Launcher Requirement
https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/1...mber-4th-without-origin-launcher-requirement/
Probably due to Origin and Steam in the same bed. LOL. Of course one will still have to fire up Steam.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

This is such welcome news honestly. Ea gets a lot of points for coming back to Steam in my book.

 

[Brian_B]

This is such welcome news honestly. Ea gets a lot of points for coming back to Steam in my book.

Enough points to dig themselves out of the hole they have dug themselves into over the years?

 

[DrezKill]

Coming to Steam WITHOUT needing to use Origin?! EA finally ****ing seems to be getting the message.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Enough points to dig themselves out of the hole they have dug themselves into over the years?

They wish.

 

[Denpepe]

I hope they fix their ****, Origin was down most of last night, and apex legends this evening is so laggy I can't even run in a straight line and get rubberbanded all over the place.

 

[Armenius]

They wish.

Wouldn't even play this game if EA paid me to do so. My sanity is worth more than even they could offer.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Wouldn't even play this game if EA paid me to do so. My sanity is worth more than even they could offer.

I actually quite enjoy it but I’m fond of the battle royale genre. I’ve never played fortnite though.
Apex, PUBG, Warzone on the other hand I find quite replayable.