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Apex Legends crosses 70 million players globally

The battle royale's been out for just over eight months

Multiplayer shooter Apex Legends has just hit 70 million players worldwide. The battle royale has grown steadily since launching in February of this year, having cooled slightly after an intense first couple of months.

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The game takes place in the same universe as the Titanfall series. Respawn's last game before Apex was Titanfall 2, which was critically well-received and did well enough sales wise. A third Titanfall was in development when EA acquired the studio in 2017, but the current status of that is unknown since the team's entire focus has shifted to this.

Apex Legends was revealed to be coming to Steam as part of EA's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order leading the charge on November 15.

Related: Everything we know about the Apex Legends Steam release

Season 3 of Apex Legends began on October 1, which brought the charge rifle from Titanfall and the new legend Crypto, who uses drones technology to mess with foes.

If you'd like to get a leg-up on Apex Legends before Steam players start in 2020, you can start playing it right now on EA Origin.