Respawn Entertainment's latest Stories From The Outlands short is here and it confirms that Ballistic is Apex Legends' Season 17 character - and that he was the Thunderdome Games' first celebrity champion. If that isn't Apex Games' heritage, we don't know what is. However, it also explains why he's back in the fictional battle royale Apex Legends depicts - and it's quite an interesting reason.
In the Stories From The Outlands short, which was preceeded on YouTube by an infomercial for a drug that uses Prowler Blood to seemingly fight muscle decay, Respawn Entertainment offered Apex Legends fans a quick background into August "Ballistic" Brinkman and where he is nowadays.
Interestingly, the leaks weren't completely wrong - Ballistic's son had just qualified for the Apex Games. However, Ballistic is shown to make a deal with Eduardo Silva to keep his son from actually participating - offering himself instead. This isn't a deal done lightly, either. As you can see for yourself, Ballistic lives up to his name and makes it very clear to Silva that this isn't a deal he should refuse.
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