"Before this week, barely anyone had heard of Apex Legends. It was a project kept so tightly under wraps that when it suddenly launched Monday, it took video gamers completely by surprise — a difficult thing to do in an industry known for its flashy hype and zealous marketing efforts. But Apex Legends’s stealth approach appears to be working: The game that’s trying to beat Fortnite at its own formula has grown even faster in its opening days than Fortnite itself. In its first three days, Apex Legends racked up 10 million new players, according to its developer; it took two weeks for Fortnite’s player-vs-player game to hit the same mark. Like Fortnite, Apex Legends is a free-to-play competitive shooter..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/tech...on-players-three-days/?utm_term=.c882ef771556
Apex Legends gathers up 50 million players in under a month March 4, 2019 https://www.neowin.net/news/apex-legends-gathers-up-50-million-players-in-under-a-month
