February 26, 2021 6:00 pm GMT
Electronic Arts officially closed the book on Anthem this week, ceasing development of the troubled Bioware project only two years after its original release. For a live service game, this is downright cataclysmic.
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Recent months had seen Electronic Arts and Bioware working on Anthem NEXT, a proposed reboot of the troubled title that would bring it back into the limelight. Such a project would be ambitious without the development troubles brought upon by the global pandemic, and such obstacles seemingly proved too difficult to surpass.
Speaking in a blog post earlier this week, Bioware’s Christian Daley said “we’ve made the difficult decision to stop our new development work on Anthem (aka Anthem NEXT). We will, however, continue to keep the Anthem live service running as it exists today.” This means that Anthem has been left to decay, existing in its currently unfinished state and nothing more.