Players still holding out hope for cross-progression shouldn’t hold their breath.

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Many other new features are debuting this season, including a new map and a gift-giving system.

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“Our tech stack is kind of old.

It wasn’t built with cross-progression in mind.”

The developer also cited Apex’s rapid growth and immense, intense popularity as a part of the problem.

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“We couldn’t predict how popular Apex would become,” Nikolich added.

But Apex Legends run on a heavily modified version of Source Engine.

That’s part of what makes it so easy for dataminers tofish secrets out of the game’s files.

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Unfortunately, it also leads to stubborn bugs and makes large updates an incredibly daunting task.

Due to coronavirus-related supply chain issues, this has been especially noticeable in the case of the PS5.

Still, not all hope is lost.

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But until then, we’re just keeping it under wraps, looking at what can be done."

At the time, theyhinted at the feature debuting sometime in 2022.

Apex Legends is free to play on console and PC.

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A mobile version of the game,Apex Legends Mobile, is available for download onAndroidandiOSdevices.

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