Apex Legends' next hero gets a new story trailer ahead of gameplay reveal
Gotta love a washed up has-been with nothing to lose.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Respawn has revealed astory trailerfor its next Apex Legends hero via its “Stories from the Outlands” series. Ballistic is a washed up veteran of an Apex Games predecessor who, wouldn’t you know it, gets pulled out of retirement for one last job.
You usually only get one shot…but sometimes, opportunity comes twice in a lifetime. And August Brinkman doesn’t intend to miss. pic.twitter.com/LbmUEyujceApril 24, 2023
The trailer shows a distinctlyThe Dude-looking Ballistic puttering around his mansion before getting enraged by a30 for 30style documentary about his Thunderdome career, which concluded with him getting his teammate and brother-in-law killed thanks to a “selfish” and “crowd-pandering” combat style.
Well, now his estranged son’s trying to get in the game, so Ballistic sobers up, gives himself a Max Payne 3-style shave and haircut, and gently arranges (read: takes a hostage and demands) to take his son’s place.
Ballistic’s set for a more full breakdown with the upcoming season reveal trailer on the 25th, but I already dig his lore and look—‘punished, guilt-ridden gunslinger’ is alwaysin.He also sounds like my kinda character mechanically too—he might have mellowed outa bitfrom his show-boating, hot-dogging style of Battle Royale gunplay, but not that much.
His hot-headed hostage taking, Assault role, and “Refined Gunslinger” title all make me think he’ll be an all-or-nothing glass cannon sort of guy. We’ll know more with the April 26 trailer and next season’s full arrival on May 9.
The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
Apex Legends ditches Steam Deck support: EA says Linux is ‘a path for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats’
Apex Legends' CEO announces that a ‘large systematic change is required’ after EA didn’t hit monetisation goals
Best Black Ops 6 KSV loadout and class setup
