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Apex Legends’ new season, Showdown, is optimized for Switch 2.

EA’s battle royale shooter got a performance bump once the Switch 2 launched, but during the Partner Direct showcase, they announced the August 5th update for Apex Legends will include a Switch 2-native edition, with enhanced resolution and framerate.

The new season also brings Wildcard, a new permanently added game mode on all platforms that has tweaks to speed up gameplay, lets teams have more than one of a particular hero, and includes second chance respawns once your team is eliminated.

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