What is an Easter Egg?

Everyone loves Easter eggs, those little secrets tucked away in video games. Since the 2000s, the term has gained a few more lines in the dictionary. It now defines a hidden secret in a game. Often hard to find, these Easter eggs are nods to the most curious players.

An Easter egg can take many forms, but the effect most often produced by these is a small, sly smile on the lips of the player who found it. They hurry to share their discovery online, prompting a swarm of other players to head out in search of it.

The first Easter egg in history, placed by a frustrated developer who wasn't credited in his own game: Adventure (1979)

Apex Legends, the latest battle royale to date, is also jam-packed with Easter eggs. The game even drops an unexpected nod to... Overwatch: Pathfinder, the game's robot, is attacked by a bird during one of its emotes. Even though the bird belongs to another character in the game, you can't ignore the similarity with Bastion, Blizzard's nature-loving robot from the shooter.

So grab your controllers—the egg hunt begins!