Apex Legends Mobile
Erminia Mckissack
While Apex Legends Mobile and Apex Legends both take place in the same universe, they will be on separate servers. As Apex Legends Mobile is a standalone experience delivering controls, content, social features and game modes tailored for mobile play, there won't be crossplay with PC/consoles.
On mobile, seasons are shorter and players rank up faster. The mobile experience calls for a quicker pace. New seasons will also reveal new bits of Apex lore and story, like a snazzy game show framing device I saw during my play sessions. The season hub explains and lets you view all of the current new content at a glance.
"At Respawn, we aim to provide players with games that are consistently outstanding," Respawn Entertainment said in a statement. "Following a strong start, the content pipeline for Apex Legends Mobile has begun to fall short of that bar for quality, quantity, and cadence. It is for this reason, after months of working with our development partner, that we have made the mutual decision to sunset our mobile game." Tencent and Lightspeed had been working on the mobile version.
As for Battlefield Mobile, that game hadn't been fully rolled out. EA started testing it in select markets in the fall of 2021. EA says it's still focused on helping the Battlefield series reach its potential (it has ambitious plans for the franchise) and supporting Battlefield 2042, but a mobile version is no longer on the cards for the time being.