In May 2019, Electronic Arts announced that its hit battle royale "Apex Legends" would be expanded to mobile devices and released in China. Nearly a year later, neither of those plans have come to fruition, but the company confirmed at its Q3 earnings call today that the wheels are still turning. [Blake Jorgensen, EA's chief financial officer, said during the Q&A session, "To deploy mobile in China, you need partners. That partner is also helping us develop mobile Apex for the world."

A mobile version of a fast-paced competitive game like "Apex Legends" may seem like an iffy proposition, but we must remember that other games in the genre have made it work. two years ago, James said, "A mobile port of Fortnite was my small, outdated cell phone and found that it worked better than it had any right to. "Apex Legends, while not quite as good as Fortnite, has been a growth driver of EA's digital sales (net of products and services sold digitally, or physically). led the way and now accounts for 77% of EA's sales.

EA also confirmed that a PC version of Apex Legends, developed by the same partners, is being developed for China. We will know more about this when EA releases its Q4 results in May.