It's been official for a long time: In just seven days, the servers of Anthem shut down. BioWare and EA have thus brought to an end one of the most ambitious – and at the same time most failed – multiplayer projects of recent years.
Anyone who wanted to experience the game again before now needs to hurry. After this, there will be no more opportunity to pilot the Javelin suits or explore the open worlds of Bastion.
The shutdown highlights a problem with modern online games. If you buy them, you sometimes lose them forever. Movements like... Stop Killing Games show how strongly players resist this trend when So far, also rather unsuccessfully.EA has clearly stated that the costs of running servers no longer justify operation, a decision that is understandable from an economic point of view, but bitter for the players.
A BioWare game with an identity crisis
Anthem It wasn't simply a flop. It was a game that tried to be two things at once—a classic BioWare experience with deep storytelling and a competitive multiplayer title. In the end, neither really worked. Internal voices once described the project as “shaken by his own identity conflict".
Originally, a large-scale 2.0 update was planned, which Anthem was supposed to save them. However, these plans were abandoned. The game's ending also marks a turning point for BioWare, which, after the setbacks of Mass Effect: Andromeda and the chaotic development of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now under even greater pressure.
What remains for BioWare?
Our preview of Anthem Not just a game is disappearing, but a part of BioWare's history. The focus is now on the by the next Mass Effect, which could determine the studio's future. Whether EA and the new investors in Saudi Arabia will support BioWare's path remains to be seen. The servers of Anthem They will go offline for good on January 12, 2026, a moment of nostalgia for players, and a lesson in the risks of live service games for BioWare.
It is also the last chance: now or never! After that, only the memory of an ambitious attempt that failed, without being completely meaningless, remains.
