At today’s Apex Legends EA Play event, Repawn announced the Season 2 release date, and a new weapon in the L-Star LMG!

If a new weapon doesn’t tickle your fancy, this might. Respawn also announced a new Apex Legends ranked mode, and even debuted a new hero in Wattson.

According to Respawn, the Apex Legends ranked mode will have six tiers, which will go from Bronze to Predator. In addition to that, Respawn will roll out a special matchmaking for each tier, with higher tiers potentially resulting in higher queue times to make sure players will be matched up with other high tier players.

As for the Apex Legends new hero, check out our first look at Wattson:

Once we know more details regarding Season 2 or ranked mode, we’ll let our readers know.