New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on February 22, 2022) follows:
Developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, Apex Legends is a free-to-play Battle Royale title that was released back in 2019. But even after three years, the game has millions who still play it regularly.
The developers recently updated the game with tons of new content marking the start of Season 12. But users have complained about several issues such as FPS drops on the Olympus map and Bloodhound kill tracker getting reset.
And as if these weren’t enough, Apex Legends players are now saying (1,2,3,4,5) that the game is crashing to desktop without any error message. It looks like the issue surfaced after the recent Season 12 update.
Below are some reports shared by Apex Legends players experiencing frequent crashes to desktop.
Thankfully, EA Help has acknowledged the Apex Legends crashing to desktop issues and said they are working on a fix. However, there is no ETA on when it will be fixed.
As always, we will be updating this space as and when we come across new information so stay tuned for updates.
Update 1 (March 30, 2022)
04:10 pm (IST): Some players are reporting (1, 2, 3, 4) crashing issues with the game after the next-gen update. Gamers say that it does not end up in a crashing screen or an error message, instead, it throws them directly to the desktop window.
Luckily, it did not take too long for EA to acknowledge this issue and support said that they are working to resolve this issue.
Update 2 (August 1, 2022)
04:50 pm (IST): Apex Legends players are now reporting a crashing issue in Ranked mode when they grab crafting materials from containers (1, 2, 3).
Respawn team is already aware of the issue and working on a fix.
Update 3 (November 02, 2022)
04:52 pm (IST): Many Apex Legends players are reporting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) freezing or crashing issues with the game after Season 15 update.
Luckily, Respawn support has acknowledged the crashing issue and said that they are working to fix it. However, there’s no ETA for the same.
Update 4 (November 11, 2022)
03:32 pm (IST): Many Apex Legends players are reportedly still facing this issue and the fix is nowhere in sight.
Fortunately, we have come across potential workarounds that might fix this issue. The first one involves turning shadows off:
Secondly, Add ‘+watchdog_time_milliseconds 30000’ to ‘Launch Options’. Follow these steps to do so.
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