EA Will Shut Down Anthem in January

EA has announced it volition unopen down BioWare's Anthem connected January 12, 2026.

Because Anthem's lone contented is online, this means the crippled volition beryllium unplayable aft that date.

Premium in-game currency volition halt being sold today, July 3, though existing balances volition inactive beryllium capable to beryllium utilized until Anthem shuts down. The crippled volition beryllium removed from EA Play connected August 15, 2025, but volition inactive beryllium disposable for download if it's already successful your room until it officially shuts down.

Anthem launched successful February of 2019 to lukewarm reviews, including our ain 6.5/10 which criticized the grindiness, deficiency of polish and variety, and a mismatched story. The crippled had sold 5 cardinal copies arsenic of December of 2023, which fell abbreviated of EA's people of 6 cardinal copies successful the archetypal fewer months. Though EA continued to update and amended Anthem successful the months that followed its launch, successful February of 2021, EA ceased progressive improvement connected the game. The pursuing month, its crippled manager departed the company.

In an FAQ, EA stated that nary layoffs occurred astatine the institution arsenic the effect of Anthem's sunset. This volition travel arsenic a relief, fixed that EA has undergone a fig of monolithic staffing cuts successful the past fewer years that person near unit reeling.

In May, EA unopen down Cliffhanger Games and canceled its in-development Black Panther game, laying disconnected an chartless fig of individuals successful the process. That aforesaid month, it implemented mandatory return-to-office for each workers.

Just the period before, EA laid disconnected astir 300 people, and inactive earlier this twelvemonth EA restructured Anthem developer BioWare, moving immoderate developers to different projects and laying disconnected others. That was each conscionable successful 2025. Last year, EA underwent a monolithic restructuring that resulted successful 670 workers laid disconnected company-wide, and the twelvemonth earlier that successful 2023, 50 individuals were laid disconnected astatine BioWare and an chartless fig of others were chopped astatine Codemasters.

As for BioWare, it's presently afloat focused connected Mass Effect 5 aft the income nonaccomplishment of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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