Apex Legends is bringing back its original map for the weekend

By Andy Chalk
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Season 1 Kings Canyon is coming back, for a very limited time, starting tomorrow.

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Kings Canyon was the first, and during the first two seasons, only map in Apex Legends (opens in new tab). It went through a number of changes over those seasons, but the start of season 3 brought a brand-new map to fight on called World's Edge (opens in new tab), and that was that for Kings Canyon. But starting tomorrow—and just for a little while—the canyon is coming back.

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This won't be the first time Kings Canyon has returned to Apex Legends—it was also playable in the 2019 Halloween event (opens in new tab), and more recently in the Grand Soiree (opens in new tab)—but in both of those cases the map was modified, as Abandoned Night Kings Canyon and Kings Canyon After Dark. This will be the first time that the OG KC, in all its former glory (before an EMP and some big, stompy beasties trashed the place (opens in new tab)), will be returned to action.

It won't be the last, though: Apex Legends season 4 (opens in new tab) will be split into halves, with the first part fought on World's Edge while the second returns to Kings Canyon.

Andy Chalk
Andy Chalk

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

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