Apex Legends Cinematics

Apex Legends' season launch trailers, Stories from the Outlands shorts and Kill Code episodes in release order – from the 2019 launch to Season 29.

Apex Legends tells most of its story outside the matches – in animated season launch trailers, the Stories from the Outlands shorts and the Kill Code mini-series. Below are 50 of the most notable videos from the official Apex Legends channel, numbered in release order. Click any video to play it here.

Launch year – 20197 202010 20218 202210 2023 – Kill Code9 2024–2026 – Anthem trailers6

Launch year – 2019

2019

**Season 2 – Battle Charge**Season 2 · 2019

2020

**Season 5 – Fortune's Favor**Season 5 · 2020

2021

**Season 10 – Emergence**Season 10 · 2021

2022

**Season 12 – Defiance**Season 12 · 2022

2023 – Kill Code

2023

Kill Code is a short animated series about Revenant that ran alongside Seasons 17–19. Part 3 came out between Part 2 (late July) and Part 4 (late November); its exact date is not confirmed, so it is listed right after Part 2.

**Season 18 – Resurrection (Kill Code Part 2)**Season 18 · 2023

2024–2026 – Anthem trailers

2024–2026

Recent seasons open with a music-driven Anthem trailer instead of a classic launch cinematic. Seasons without a launch or Anthem trailer are left out.

**Season 20 – Breakout**Season 20 · 2024

**Season 23 – From the Rift**Season 23 · 2024

**Season 24 – Takeover**Season 24 · 2025

**Season 26 – Showdown**Season 26 · 2025

**Season 29 – Overclocked**Season 29 · 2026

All videos are official uploads from the Apex Legends YouTube channel, embedded with YouTube's privacy-enhanced player.

Where to start

Start with the launch trailerThe 2019 Official Launch Trailer introduces the Apex Games and the original Legends.

Stories from the OutlandsShort animated films about one Legend each – the best way to learn the characters' backstories.

Kill CodeThe 2023 mini-series about Revenant, told in four parts across Seasons 17 to 19.

Anthem trailersThe newest seasons open with music-driven Anthem trailers. Start with Overclocked, which introduced Axle.

Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.