Electronic Arts is probably going not trying to work on an Apex Legends sequel, the corporate advised at its FY 2025 second-quarter earnings name on Tuesday. EA CEO Andrew Wilson, in response to a query a couple of potential “Apex 2.0” on the convention name, mentioned a second iteration of a stay service title was nearly by no means as profitable as the primary model, and maintained that EA’s focus was on persevering with to help Apex Legends gamers with seasonal content material updates.

Apex Legends Falls In need of Expectations in Q2 2024

EA held its Q2 2025 earnings call on Tuesday, reporting report web bookings of $2.079 billion (roughly Rs. 17,480 crore) for the quarter. The sturdy outcomes had been pushed by EA Sports franchises like School Soccer 25, Madden 25 and EA Sports FC 25. On the quarterly earnings name, the EA CEO touched upon stay service title Apex Legends, confirming that the shooter fell in need of expectations within the quarter following the launch of its Season 22.

Based on Wilson, the franchise required widespread modifications to re-engage gamers and drive stay service development. “Following modifications to the Battle Cross assemble, we didn’t see the elevate in monetization we had anticipated,” Wilson said at the earnings call.

“Two issues have change into clear within the free-to-play FPS class. First, in a aggressive panorama the place model, a robust core participant base, and top quality mechanics matter greater than ever, Apex has confirmed to be a compelling franchise for us and an trade stalwart,” Wilson mentioned.

“Second, to drive vital development and re-engagement, massive systematic change is required. We are going to proceed to concentrate on retention and breadth of content material in service of our international group as we work in direction of extra vital, revolutionary modifications sooner or later,” he added.

Apex Legends 2 Could Not Occur

Nevertheless, within the Q&A session on the earnings name, Wilson appeared to rule out Apex Legends 2. In response to a query in regards to the want for an “Apex 2.0” reasonably than an incremental replace, Wilson mentioned that EA’s goal was to ship season-by-season updates and proceed to deliver inventive options to the present sport as a substitute of an overhaul.

“However what I might say is that usually, what we have now seen once more, within the context of stay service pushed video games at scale is the model two factor has nearly by no means been as profitable because the model one factor,” Wilson mentioned. “And so really, the target proper now’s to make sure that we’re persevering with to help the worldwide participant base that we have now and ship the brand new revolutionary inventive content material on a season-by-season foundation, in addition to construct these different issues, however construct them in a approach that gamers shouldn’t have to surrender the progress that they’ve made or the funding that they’ve put into the present ecosystem,” he added.

The chief government mentioned he didn’t consider a “separate” expertise was wanted to re-engage Apex Legends gamers.

“Anytime we name a world participant group to have to decide on between the investments they’ve made thus far and future innovation creativity, that is by no means an excellent place to place our group in. And so our goal might be to proceed to innovate within the core expertise, and also you’re seeing that from season to season now as our seasons get progressively greater, and we’re altering form of key modalities at play inside these seasons after which construct extra alternatives for engagement in several modalities of play past what the present core mechanic delivers. And we predict we will do these two issues collectively, and we do not consider we have now to separate the expertise so as to take action. However once more, the crew is working by this now,” Wilson mentioned.

Apex Legends Season 22

Apex Legends, whereas nonetheless a preferred on-line shooter with a devoted participant base, has skilled a decline in participant numbers within the 5 years because it launched in 2019. In August, EA launched Apex Legends Season 22 with new options like extra modes, a brand new map, and new a brand new anti-cheat system.

Nevertheless, web bookings for the sport fell in need of EA’s expectations in Q2 2025, even because it prolonged freemium entry throughout the whole thing of the primary half of the Season 22 Battle Cross, the corporate reported in its monetary outcomes for the quarter. Consequently, EA mentioned it had adjusted the remainder of FY 2025 to replicate decrease than anticipated engagement for the sport.

Regardless of the lowered expectations for Apex Legends, nevertheless, the corporate introduced it was on observe to take care of mid-single digit development for its core stay service titles.