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‘Anthem’ Is the Latest Video Game Casualty. What Should End-of-Life Care Look Like for Games?

Electronic Arts and BioWare will sunset their online multiplayer game Anthem on January 12, effectively making it obsolete. “Anthem was designed to be an online-only title so once the servers go offline, the game will no longer be playable,” BioWare wrote in the announcement. On August 15, the game will disappear from EA Play’s playlist. Right now, players can’t buy in-game currency, but they will be able to spend what they have until servers are offline. Developers at BioWare who have been wor

So Long, ‘Anthem,’ See Ya In the Skies

In February 2019, Dragon Age and Mass Effect developer BioWare released Anthem, a third-person shooter about human Freelancers donning armored Javelin suits to fight monsters and various factions. After seven years, EA is permanently taking the live-service game down on January 12, 2026, and with it, a chapter in the studio’s modern era is forever gone. To know Anthem is to know its tumultuous life; the game famously suffered from crunch and internal struggles owing to BioWare’s knowledge of se

Anthem is officially shutting down on January 12

EA says there were no layoffs associated with this decision. EA's beleaguered online shooter Anthem is shutting down for good on January 12, 2026 . The game will be removed from the company's storefront ahead of that on August 15. It'll be available for download after that date so long as it's already in your library. Some aspects of the game have already begun winding down. Players can no longer purchase premium in-game currency as of today, though they can still use existing balances to buy