[GameSpot] - Apex Legends Season 7 Patch Notes: Horizon, Olympus, Many Character Buffs

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Apex Legends Season 7 is finally here, and it brings a lot of minor and major changes to the battlegrounds, including a new character, a new map, and a bevy of smaller shifts in the game's meta.

First, there's the crafty scientist Horizon, who uses gravity manipulation to outmaneuver and confuse her opponents. Her tactical ability reverses the flow of gravity in a certain area, boosting players outward when they leave its area of effect. Her ultimate creates a black hole that sucks in nearby Legends, which could potentially disrupt entire teams if used well. She also has a passive ability that gives her greater air control than other Legends due to her spacesuit.

The most obvious change in Season 7 is the addition of the new map, Olympus. An ostentatious city in the clouds ruined by an experiment gone wrong, this map offers much in the way of verticality, including quite a few bottomless pits that will no doubt end a promising game or two. The map introduces the Trident hover car, an exclusive vehicle that allows you to easily navigate the airborne city. Damage from enemy fire is dispersed among the players in the vehicle, however, so watch out.

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