Respawn Entertainment’s free-to-play battle royale game went live yesterday, and had over one million unique players within eight hours of launch.
The studio’s CEO, Vince Zampella, tweeted the news early Tuesday morning, saying that he was “overwhelmed” and adding in, “Thank you so much for showing up and being part of this with @Respawn you are amazing!!”
Apex Legends reached a peak of almost 500,000 viewers on Twitch and is sitting at around 200,000 at the time of writing, according to GitHyp.
Source: IGN.com Apex Legends Drew in 1 Million Players in Less Than 8 Hours