Electronic Arts announced back in May 2019 that it had plans to release a mobile version of Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends. But we haven't heard about the game since then—until now, that is.
EA CFO Blake Jorgenson talked about the game in a recent interview with PC Gamer. He said EA isn't developing the mobile version of Apex Legends in-house. Instead, the company is working with an unnamed Chinese developer to port the game to mobile as well as release the game in China.
Jorgenson said, "Rolling mobile out in China, you need to have a partner, and we' re—as we've said in the prepared remarks today—we're working with a partner there, and we're very excited about the opportunity. That partner is also helping us develop a mobile Apex for the globe—more to come on that in terms of timing."
This approach is similar to how PUBG Mobile and Mario Kart World Tour were created. But it isn't clear when EA will be releasing the game. We hope to hear more about it soon. However, we're not expecting the game to feature to offer cross-play with the PC and console version. But perhaps they will surprise us.
Apex Legends: Season 4 is coming out on February 4 with new characters, gameplay tweaks, and new game types.