- EA takes on the offline anthem permanently in January
- Online game only will be removed EA Play next month
- Premium currency is also not available for purchase from now
The third person de Bioware shooter Anthem is the last of a long line of online games to receive a death sentence, because the publisher EA will take the game offline next year.
As indicated by IGN, Anthem will stop effectively to exist on January 12, 2026, when the game server is on offline. Anthem Requires an online connection to play, which means that it will make the game constantly unplayable.
Currently, EA has deleted the possibility of buying a premium currency in the game, and it should be struck off in EA Play next month, August 15. Players who already have the game – or who bought it before this date of August – can always play it before its closure in January.
While EA insists on her decision to put aside Anthem did not initiate job cuts, the company dismissed an unpertured number of Bioware personnel in January, including several veterans Dragon Age Developers of the series. It was, apparently, a decision made to refocus efforts next time Mass effect game.
Anthem has never been successful in stone cold, EA perhaps wanted it to be, with a lot of criticism taken from its bland history and its repetitive gameplay. But as a PVE shooter still online outside the MMORPG space, he was undoubtedly one of the first of his kind when launched in 2019. Although it is right to say that it was already neglected in favor of popular multiplayer games like Destiny 2, Overwatch, And, of course, Fortnite.
