Apex Legends’ new hero is Ballistic, an old gunfighter with a long history

Apex LegendsThe next, newest character is an elderly man: Ballistic, described in the hero-shooter battle royale as a “legend disgraced” from a time before the Apex Games. Now he’s back to settle some very old scores.

Ballistic, real name August Montgomery Brinkman, is a 63-year-old fighter whose playing record dates back to the Thunderdome Games, the canonical predecessor of the Apex Games.

Ballistic was revealed in a nearly five-minute teaser trailer Respawn posted Monday, following data miners revealed all their plans for season 17. That new season still launches as planned on May 9 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

In the video, we learn that Ballistic was a star in the Thunderdome Games.

Now he joins the current promotion to save his son from being killed in the arena. Apex Legendscurrent season launched in February without a new hero, but the game has reclassified the 23 existing heroes into one of five new categories: Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Support, and Controller. Ballistic is an Assault character.