EA Will Shut Down Anthem in January

>EA has announced it will shut down BioWare's Anthem on January 12, 2026.
>Because Anthem's only content is online, this means the game will be unplayable after that date.
>Premium in-game currency will stop being sold today, though existing balances will still be able to be used until the game shuts down. The game will be removed from EA's storefront on August 15, 2025, but will still be available for download if it's already in your library until it officially shuts down.
>Anthem launched in February of 2019 to lukewarm reviews, including our own 6.5/10 which criticized the grindiness, lack of polish and variety, and a mismatched story. The game had sold 5 million copies as of December of 2023, which fell short of EA's target of 6 million copies in the first few months. Though EA continued to update and improve Anthem in the months that followed its launch, in February of 2021, EA ceased active development on the game. The following month, its game director departed the company.
>In May, EA shut down Cliffhanger Games and canceled its in-development Black Panther game, laying off an unknown number of individuals in the process. That same month, it implemented mandatory return-to-office for all workers.

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-will-shut-down-anthem-in-january
#StopKillingGames

Oh no... anyway

>>714467035
$60 on release, didn't fulfill the advertised update path, now cancels access to all buyers, no refunds.
Somehow not a crime.

10 year support kek

>>714466890 (OP)
5 million retards actually bought that hunk of shit of a game? jesus that's pretty funny.

>>714467205
It should be a crime to buy EA games

I thought Anthem was srapped long ago. Like not even a year after release. It's been going all this time?

>>714466890 (OP)
That still exists?

>>714467205
Yet if you did it, someone would sue you and you'd be ruined.

>>714467940
>>714468012
They said they'd keep updating it and fix it, then stopped updating it, but it was kept online. It was still being sold, and microtransactions were active.
I've seen it for $4 at my local box shop this year.

>>714466890 (OP)
I have forgotten about this game's existence multiple times.

It's too bad it was rushed out cuz a game about flying around in an Iron Man suit would be awesome

>>714468305
They could still release the flying-around-as-ironman part of the game, for free, to get browny points with gamers.
Strip the combat (as easy as removing enemy spawns), and just let players fly around in the enviorment. You'll get good press for doing it, you will avoid some of the bad press for killing the game, you will set a precedent for how you "retire a game" in case laws for that show up, its nearly free for you to do, easy win.

Of course, you'd need to be into gaming to see this, and not a jewish vampire CEO.

In related news, Anthem is still online.

>>714468305
>face guard opens
>reveals pic related

>>714468493
sauce for this cutie?

>>714468493
my character didnt look like that

>>714466890 (OP)
Weird. I thought this shit got shut down years ago.

>>714466890 (OP)
this was one of the most actively dogshit live service titles ever, how the hell was this not shut down already?

>>714468629
>this was one of the most actively dogshit live service titles ever
Have you played it? It was painfully mediocre, and absolutely wasn't the worst.
I think you may be repeating slogans you read on /v/, rather than having experience with what you are talking about.

QUICK THEY MUST BE FORCED TO RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE

>>714466890 (OP)
>tfw bought it for 1 buck years ago and never launched

>>714470548
go play it. at least fly around for a bit and see how nice it feels. i enjoyed going through the campaign, took me maybe 12 hours. the problem with the game has always been that there's nearly no endgame content.

>>714472175
12h you say? time to dig in i guess

>>714466890 (OP)
>Though EA continued to update and improve Anthem in the months that followed its launch,
Well that's a lie. They didn't even adhere to the first roadmap the published. I don't know if they delivered even one thing on that thing.

>>714472528
hell yeah, have fun. thinking about the game again today made me wanna reinstall and just fly for a bit, see all the areas one last time.

>>714466890 (OP)
What the fuck do you mean they're shutting down Anthem? It was still up? It wasn't shut down weeks after release? I haven't seen anyone mention the game in years, and it's been up this entire time?