After an initial leak and then a change with the Season 6 Battle Pass, it appears that the start date for Apex Legends’ Season 7 start date has been moved up by a week.
Although not officially announced yet by Respawn Entertainment, all indications seem to be pointing to Season 7 kicking off a week earlier than had been originally scheduled.
According to the in-game Battle Pass menu, S7 was initially set to start on November 10, which made sense given the length of a standard Apex Legends season. Now, prominent data-miner ‘Shrugtal’ leaked updated game code that showed the date being changed to November 4.
🚨 Season 7 is coming a week earlier, moved to Nov 4. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/SHyTFTRabR
— Shrugtal (@shrugtal) October 21, 2020
Following Shrugtal’s tweet, Apex’s Battle Pass menu was adjusted to show that, as of October 21, there were only 14 days left remaining in S6, rather than the 21 that had been displayed earlier the same day.
This all but confirms the date change, which Respawn have not yet explained, although it could be because S6 had been delayed by a week, so this could be the devs wanting to keep subsequent seasons right on schedule rather than all of them also starting a week later.
While this change fixes that issue and also means Apex fans will be able to access Season 7’s content a week earlier, at the same time, they’ll have a week less than originally anticipated to experience everything that Season 6 has to offer.
The Season 6 Battle Pass now only has 14 days remaining, taking us to November 4 for Season 7. pic.twitter.com/qDTqDYWP5r
— Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) October 21, 2020
It makes more sense now that the annual Fight or Fright Halloween-themed event, which starts October 22, is wrapping up on November 3, just in time for the new season to launch.
This change also helps to explain why Respawn have been so teaser-happy recently, putting out voice recordings almost on a daily basis hinting at what’s coming to their prized battle royale in its seventh chapter.
While we don’t know what these recordings mean just yet, since they all seem to be pieces of a larger puzzle, there’s no doubt that the Apex community is getting excited again over that familiarly awesome feeling of new content on the way.
NEW HORIZON TEASER
“A wee bit of betrayal…eh, dearie? I was so daft”pic.twitter.com/V42psKpawR
— Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) October 21, 2020
S7 is set to introduce a brand new legend named Horizon and is also expected to add a new machine gun called Predator, although the latter has yet to be confirmed. Of course, players will also have a new battle pass full of content to jump into.
For more information, leaks, and what else to expect, make sure to check out our Apex Legends Season 7 hub here.
This article was written with contributions from Albert Petrosyan.
