Time is running out to play Anthem, BioWare's live-service game that originally launched in early 2019. In just one week, EA will take the online-multiplayer game offline, meaning it won't be playable starting January 12.
EA officially announced that Anthem would be shut down in July 2025. This gave players roughly half-a-year to return to the RPG and to spend any leftover currency they had for the title. Eurogamer is looking at whether any sort of in-game event is planned to make the occasion, but that seems very unlikely at this point.
After that announcement, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah discussed what went wrong with Anthem--at least from his point of view. For instance, Darrah noted that Mass Effect director Casey Hudson pitched Anthem to EA as a whole new direction for BioWare, but then Hudson left the studio and couldn't lead that proposed transformation. Hudson is now overseeing the team that's working on the recently revealed Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic.
In addition, Darrah admitted that Anthem was going to become unplayable at some point, regardless of whether it was successful or not. That's just the nature of the beast with live-service games.
Years ago, Anthem was planned to be rebooted with a major update, but that was scrapped in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next project from BioWare is expected to be Mass Effect 5, but the studio reportedly has fewer than 100 employees left.
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EA officially announced that Anthem would be shut down in July 2025. This gave players roughly half-a-year to return to the RPG and to spend any leftover currency they had for the title. Eurogamer is looking at whether any sort of in-game event is planned to make the occasion, but that seems very unlikely at this point.
After that announcement, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah discussed what went wrong with Anthem--at least from his point of view. For instance, Darrah noted that Mass Effect director Casey Hudson pitched Anthem to EA as a whole new direction for BioWare, but then Hudson left the studio and couldn't lead that proposed transformation. Hudson is now overseeing the team that's working on the recently revealed Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic.
In addition, Darrah admitted that Anthem was going to become unplayable at some point, regardless of whether it was successful or not. That's just the nature of the beast with live-service games.
Years ago, Anthem was planned to be rebooted with a major update, but that was scrapped in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next project from BioWare is expected to be Mass Effect 5, but the studio reportedly has fewer than 100 employees left.
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