Apex Mobile comeback rumors swirl as VALORANT Mobile beta expands in China
VALORANT Mobile has a live China beta path and a real launch record, while Apex Mobile is still defined by EA’s 2023 shutdown and no public comeback plan.
Tencent’s third-quarter 2025 results gave VALORANT Mobile something Apex Mobile has not had since its shutdown: hard numbers tied to a real release. The company said the VALORANT franchise mobile version launched on August 19 in China and became the country’s most successful mobile launch of the year by first-month DAU and gross receipts.
That is the clearest divider in the current mobile shooter chatter. Electronic Arts ended Apex Legends Mobile development in May 2023, saying the ongoing experience was not going to meet player expectations, and its service-updates page lists Apex Mobile on iOS and Google Play as ending on May 1, 2023. There is no comparable public sign of a restart, no beta sign-up, and no regional rollout to point to beyond the old shutdown date.
VALORANT Mobile, by contrast, has an active China-facing footprint and a broader Riot ecosystem behind it. Riot’s Riot Mobile verification beta says it plans to roll out multi-factor authentication globally after collecting player feedback, and the console beta hub is already taking registrations for a limited Xbox and PlayStation test. Tencent added that the VALORANT franchise MAU more than doubled from July to October and topped 50 million, a scale that shows the brand’s mobile push is being measured against live player activity, not nostalgia.
That matters because the mobile market is full of fake signals and genuine tests living side by side. CD Projekt Red has warned that Witcher beta invites circulating online are scams, while Aniimo’s official site says closed beta applications are now live. Against that backdrop, VALORANT Mobile has a verified China release path and measurable traction, while Apex Mobile is still a shut-down service with no official resurrection in sight.
For players waiting on a touch-screen tactical shooter that can actually be played, the difference is simple: VALORANT Mobile has moved from rumor to rollout in China, and Apex Mobile is still locked behind the same May 1, 2023 ending that closed it down.
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