This story is from March 20, 2019

A legend called Bangalore

A legend called Bangalore
BENGALURU: Apex Legends is the hottest new thing in videogames. Created by Respawn Entertainment, which also created the popular Titanfall games, Legends is a free-to-play battle royale game.Fortnite. The game was released on February 4, and has quickly become a serious rival to the incredibly popular Fortnite. Surprisingly, for a game of its stature, the release had no publicity or announcements or marketing of any sort.
In Apex Legends, players choose predefined characters, the eponymous Legends, with unique abilities that fall into roles such as Offense, Defense, Support and Reconnaisance.

One of the Legends is Bangalore, the soldier.
According to her biography, Bangalore was born in a military family, where she, her four brothers, and her parents all served in the armed forces of the Interstellar Mining Corporation, a planet spanning mining conglomerate.
According to her record, Bangalore was the finest soldier in her class at the IMC Military Academy. And according to players, she’s the best fighter in the game. “Bangalore is great for getting in the enemy’s face, confusing them and destroying them,” notes a popular gameplay guide. “She’s one of the most aggressive players in the game, and if you’re going to play her, you’ll need to be willing to get into fights.”
The game itself is simple. Players are grouped into squads of three and each match features up to 20 squads facing off against each other. All teams start with no equipment and are dropped on to the game map, where they must find weapons and equipment, while fighting other teams to stay alive, until only one team is left.

Each legend in the game has three abilities: one tactical, one passive and one “ultimate”. Bangalore’s tactical ability allows her to use her smoke launcher, which fires a projectile that releases a thick cloud of smoke that disorients enemies. Her passive ability, called ‘Double Team’ gives her speed boost, when she is fired upon. Double Time has become the source of many game memes, featuring clips of people running ridiculously fast, and tagged “Bangalore”
But it is the character’s so called “ultimate” power that seems most appropriate. It’s called “Rolling Thunder”, and it allows Bangalore to call a rocket strike - Bangalore Rockets, maybe - that strike an area and explode.
It’s probably the first time that the city has featured as a character in a videogame, but it is nice to imagine Bangalore as tough 35-year-old woman who will destroy you if you are on the wrong side.
It’s not where you would expect to find the name, despite the city’s techie reputation, but Bangalore is a leading character in new blockbuster videogame.
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