The new champion of Apex Legends and the upcoming Google console? | Bleacher's report

Welcome to the Daily Drop, where we will break down some of the biggest news of the game.

The new champion rumors of Apex Legends are stepping up, while a patent recently released by Google has made talk of the technology giant's entry into the console space.

Respawn Entertainment is expected to announce Tuesday the first battle of Apex Legends Battle Pass, and with it, the new champion of the game, Octane, which circulates according to rumors.

The story of rumors about Octane is long. Data miners first found his name (with another rumored champion, Wattson) and his ability to boost patch files. Following this, a myriad of leaks followed, including images, models and Octane complete kit.

Of course, none of these rumors have been corroborated, but Respawn noted when publishing Apex Legends that the Season 1 Battle Pass would be dropped in March. Hoping it meant Tuesday.

At this year's Game Developer Conference (GDC), Google announced a major announcement that could be a console. according to recently filed patentsGoogle plans to create a game controller.

There has been speculation that Google had been diving into a game streaming service or console for a while, with the company having experience in cloud games. In October, Google created "Project Stream" that allowed people to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey in their Chrome web browser.

Whatever Google plans, the GDC will start on March 18th. We can therefore expect to see if these rumors materialize.

Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek finally took his throne as King of Twitch.

The popular Twitch streamer has recently taken another big step on Twitch, surpassing 100,000 subscribers last Saturday.

It is reasonable to believe that the variety streamer enjoys the same breakdown of subscription as other popular streamers like Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, where they receive 70% of the $ 5 Twitch base subscription. If that's true, the total new subscribers would put Shroud at an incredible $ 350,000 per month.

Shroud has been on the platform for years. He was on Twitch before becoming a CS: GO professional in 2014. After retiring from the professional game in 2017, Shroud focused on his streaming career by taking advantage of a Constant rise on the throne Twitch.