Apex Legends’ new hero Catalyst adds a trans Legend to the game

Join the next Legend in our cast Apex Legends is Catalyst, a defensive terraformer and conjurer with “remarkable, almost magical, control over ferrofluid,” developer Respawn Entertainment announced Monday. She’ll join the game in November alongside the next major update to the game, called Apex Legends: Eclipse.

Catalyst — real name Tressa Smith — is trans, and one of many LGBTQ Apex LegendsCharacters. She’s voiced by actor Meli Grant and, according to a report from GamesRadar, Respawn worked closely with consultants from GLAAD and the studio’s own trans employees in developing her. Apex Legends Also featured is the Legend Bloodhound, which can be used for non-binary purposes.

A new “Stories from the Outlands” animated video dives into Catalyst’s background, which shows her as part of a coven of friends who fight to protect Cleo — the moon of Tressa’s home planet Boreas — which is being mined by the Hammond Robotics corporation and threatening its stability. Tressa is unwittingly entangled in an eco-terrorist plot with Hammond, under the direction of Margot. This set up will allow her to join the Apex games.

A new map is being created from the broken Cleo moon. Apex LegendsThe next month. Respawn and EA will provide more information in the weeks ahead Apex Legends: EclipseThe new X will be available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well as PlayStation 5 and Windows PCs.