February 20, 2019 Respawn has confirmed the arrival of a new Apex Legends assault rifle.
Apex Legends’ first new gun will be revealed later today. The gun, which is named Havoc, was first discovered last week, but a tweet last night confirms the new weapon’s existence.
Havoc was first uncovered thanks to the game’s first major update, in which weapons expert Bangalore was given a new voice line referencing an item’s perfect fit “if you have a Havoc or a Prowler.” At that point, the Havoc didn’t exist, but dataminers were able to uncover some more information to back up that original clue.
A Titanfall dataminer who goes by Shampooh released a video last week discussing their findings. They suggested that the Havoc is “a full-auto assault rifle.” They also stated that the weapon would use energy ammo, and would have access to a charged-shot mode, information that seems to have been corroborated in the grainy video in that original tweet (which you can check out further down this article.