{"id":17803,"date":"2021-02-02T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=17803"},"modified":"2021-02-02T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:35:43","slug":"apex-legends-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-on-march-9th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/02\/apex-legends-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-on-march-9th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Legends is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 9th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Stress announced today that <strong>Apex Legends<\/strong> is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 9th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Porting Apex Legends to its smallest screen yet is a major achievement, and we couldn\u2019t have done it without our friends at Panic Button,&#8221; said Chad Grenier, Game Director on Apex Legends. &#8220;We\u2019re very proud of what the team has been able to achieve with some smart optimizations for the Switch port to deliver a full-featured <em>Apex Legends<\/em> experience on the go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Apex Legends<\/em> will launch on Switch with support for cross-platform play, the latest seasonal content, and full feature parity with the other versions of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, since the game is launching a few weeks after the start of Season 8, Switch players will be granted 30 free levels for their Season 8 Battle Pass. For the first two weeks after launch, playing on Switch will also earn you double XP.<\/p>\n<p><em>Apex Legends<\/em> is a free-to-play game already available\u00a0now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Origin and Steam.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aprRC9PNMNU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Stress announced today that Apex Legends is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 9th, 2021. &#8220;Porting Apex Legends to its smallest screen yet is a major achievement, and we couldn\u2019t have done it without our friends at Panic Button,&#8221; said Chad Grenier, Game Director on Apex Legends. &#8220;We\u2019re very proud of what the team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530],"tags":[2506,114],"class_list":["post-17803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","tag-apex-legends","tag-ea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apex_legends_switch-scaled-e1612416953173.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4D9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17889,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/03\/march-4th-nintendo-download\/","url_meta":{"origin":17803,"position":0},"title":"March 4th Nintendo Download","date":"March 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Apex Legends\u00a0\u2013 Conquer with character in\u00a0Apex Legends, a free-to-play* battle royale shooter featuring legendary characters with powerful abilities teaming up to battle for fame and fortune on the fringes of the Frontier. 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