Apex Legends’ Skull Town POI back with a twist in Season 14 update The Loadout The Loadout Apex Legends’ Skull Town POI back with a twist in Season 14 update Apex Legends' Season 14 update is bringing Skull Town back to Kings Canyon, but there's going to be a huge twist and the developers have changed the POI's name Kyle Wilson Published: Aug 1, 2022 11:00 ET Apex Legends It's safe to say that fans of Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale shooter Apex Legends have been waiting a long time to see the return of Kings Canyon's iconic Skull Town POI. Canonically, despite a brief appearance as an Arenas map during the Genesis Collection Event in Season 9, Skull Town was destroyed in Season 5. Now, though, after all these long months, it's finally back. Skull Town has returned to Kings Canyon in Apex Legends' Season 14 update – but, there's one huge twist. What is this huge twist we're talking about? Well, the Skull Town POI we all know and love from Apex Legends' earlier seasons isn't returning exactly as it left. In fact, it's going to be different enough that Respawn Entertainment has decided to give it a brand new name: Relic. Now, we know what you're thinking… Is this new Relic POI really the same as Kings Canyon's Skull Town POI if they have completely changed the name of it? Well… No, of course it's not the same. Loba blew up the original Skull Town way back when. However, according to lead level designer Jeff Shaw, this is going to bring back the classic Kings Canyon gameplay we all know and love. In a pre-release press event, Shaw continued to explain that this is going to be a mid-sized POI – like Skull Town – that is going to feature several smaller buildings clustered together around an open central area – like Skull Town. It's also going to be located where the Salvage POI is right now; funnily enough, that's exactly where Skull Town was before it got turned into rubble. If this still isn't quite enough to convince you that this new Relic POI is going to be Skull Town reborn, there's one more feature of this new location that's going to tip you over the edge. It might be a little on the nose, but the Relic POI is a town-based location that's under a giant skull. You can get a glimpse of it at the start of the Apex Legends Hunted Launch trailer below: If that's not enough for you, here's a brief look at what you can expect when you're running around Relic with an R99 yourself: Yes, that's right. The return of Skull Town has been announced with a giant town-sized skull. Shaw has described it as "a smaller, mid-sized POI that supports less squads" than Salvage, but fully expects "everyone on day one to be dropping there like crazy" – and why wouldn't we? Skull Town is a fantastic POI and, even though there's going to be a few more bones in the way, this looks like it could be a great spiritual successor for a revamped Kings Canyon. Is the return of this iconic POI enough to cement Apex Legends as one of the best battle royale games out there right now? We're not so sure, but we do know that we're going to need to brush up on the Apex Legends ranks before next season kicks off. You can find out more about when that is by checking out the latest on the Apex Legends Season 14 release date here. More from The Loadout Here’s when Apex Legends’ Gun Run returns in Fight or Fright event This Week in Apex Legends news: rockets, roller coasters, and ranked Apex Legends Season 14 trailer scopes in on Vantage's kit and story Apex Legends Season 14 release time - when does Hunted begin? Apex Legends’ Vantage makes you a better sniper in more than one way Apex Legends might be getting a heavy rocket launcher in the future Kyle Wilson If Kyle isn't writing about upcoming PS5 games, he's playing them. Kyle is currently excited about Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Call of Duty Warzone, and Fortnite. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. Apex Legends ranks - RP, Season 14 ranked splits, and more Apex Legends patch notes - what's new in Season 14? The best battle royale games Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games