After the latest news Apex Legends Playable characters earlier this week, Rebirth Entertainment A trailer was released exploring some of his backstory.
Respawn gave us a look at Newcastle earlier this week, where we saw some of his moves. We also learned he was the missing brother Jackson from Bangalore. Now, a new story trailer from Outland takes us through the history of Newcastle through the comic books.
As briefly mentioned in the first trailer, Newcastle made several attempts to get into the Apex game, but the people of Harris Valley still celebrated for him. But surprisingly, Jackson wasn’t Newcastle himself, at least not at first.
It turned out that Jackson was just a resident of Harris Valley, with a wife and two children. He doesn’t seem to be anything special, and he doesn’t seem to have a lot of money, as evidenced by his fears when his daughter wants a Newcastle plush.
Then one night his daughter lost the same doll somewhere in town. Jackson heads out to find it, but eventually finds out that the real Newcastle is being beaten by a gang called the “Forgotten Families”. The real Newcastle was shot, causing Jackson to pick up some scrap metal to use as a shield and save the day. In turn, he struck a deal with forgotten family members to take Newcastle’s place and play or the town would be destroyed.
Of course, this leads us to the encounter between Jackson and his sister Bangalore in the trailer.
The update introducing Newcastle will launch with Season 13 on May 10. In addition to this new character, players will be able to experience new content like The Downed Beast, a massive creature that players will have to play in the reveal trailer. The ranking system has also been reworked, and of course there’s a new Battle Pass.
If you’re curious about the rest of Apex Legends, March saw a huge leak revealing the next nine characters, and Newcastle is one of them.