BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem was terminated this week because EA no longer wanted to maintain servers for people to play the game on, and without them, no one can play the game. But the former executive producer of Anthem has revealed that BioWare had technology working, close to the game's release, that would enable us to host our own servers to play the game on.
I'd be fine just playing it as a localhost and dumb as rocks AI bots. Just give me the choice.
BioWare and EA had previously said the game would be accessible to those who owned it until it shuts down on January 12.
Time flies (like a Javelin suit): there are only 10 days left to play BioWare's ill-fated multiplayer game Anthem before the servers are switched off, presumably forever.
In my opinion, Anthem was a good IP that was worthy of a no man's sky or cyberpunk 2077 treatment.
To this day, their sub reddit is active and I was able to get into a game quickly a few weeks ago when I booted it up.
It is a shame EA and Bioware didn't want to give the game the overhaul it needed to turn it into a competent looter shooter.
I wholeheartedly agree. If ANY game deserved to get the rework/relaunch it deserved it was this one. More than literally any other. Even over FFXIV, No Mans Sky etc.
I just finished this up a couple days ago. Although it's a bit repetitive and the story is meh, the game feels great to play. Even if you can only hop on the game for a couple hours before it shuts down, I think it's worth it.
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They can spend billions to buy or get bought but they can’t spend a fraction of that to fix or overhaul a game that could have been truly special, smh.
"fayed"?
Ignore this garbage.
"Just let it Fayed away"
I will allow this article to fayed away.
Well, let's see about that huge update that will change everything from the ground up will look like. Everything and everyone deserves a second chance because none of us and nothing is perfect.
It deserves it, the mechanics alone deserve it. It's fun to play, you just ran out of shit to do way to fast.
It doesn't deserve a second chance. Why because it insulted your mother? @chillisauce, what a totally garbage attitude to take. If a studio can work through problems to fix the issues it may have had previously, then they have every right to try again. Being buthurt over loot drops and studio management isn't a reason to boycott a game if it stands to correct its mistakes of the past. The fact they are willing to do that shows there is some good intent buried within somewhere.