As Anthem Approaches Its Shutdown, Ex-BioWare Boss Reflects On What Could Have Been
"Anthem could have been built in a way where this wouldn't be necessary."
He does also admit that the game likely would have been uglier, had more latency issues, and a worse experience "second-to-second" to get a game that wouldn't need to be sunset down the line. On the other side of things, he also posited how maybe it would be better to have a world where games don't have such high fidelity, but at least they would always be playable.
Darrah recently spoke about what he thinks went wrong with Anthem in a YouTube video posted to his own channel.
Discussions around games preservation have been quite prevalent recently. The Stop Killing Games movement has seen a lot of traction in particular when it comes to live-service games being shut down, and some devs have found Nintendo's move to use Switch 2 Game-Key Cards as a disappointing one for games preservation.
If you want to give Anthem one last go before it shuts down, it'd be best to do so soon, as servers will sunset in just a few months time on January 12, 2026.
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