Apex Legends is getting a full Cyberpunk crossover event with Lucy as a skin

Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners is crossing over into Apex Legends as a character skin, part of a broader Cyberpunk-themed event coming to the battle royale. The collaboration follows Lucy's previous crossover appearances in Guilty Gear Strive and Wuthering Waves.

The event goes well beyond a single skin. The E-District map area gets a full visual overhaul for the event's duration, swapping its usual look for neon towers and holograms featuring corporate logos familiar from Cyberpunk 2077. Two new gameplay items are also being introduced: the Sandevistan, which lets players dash quickly and recharge their shield in the process, and Blackwall Breach, which allows players to phase — though the source cuts off before fully describing that second item's mechanics.

Apex Legends has been leaning harder into big IP crossovers in recent seasons, drawing comparisons to Fortnite's long-running strategy of pulling in characters from film, TV, and other games. Cyberpunk Edgerunners — the Netflix anime spinoff of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 — gave Lucy a breakout moment with fans well beyond the game's own audience, which likely explains why she keeps turning up in these deals rather than, say, V or Johnny Silverhand.

No firm start date for the event was given in the announcement, but with the reveal dropping on July 7, 2026, it appears imminent. The source notes only one comment so far, suggesting community reaction is still forming.