Several key BioWare staff members have recently stepped away from ANTHEM, with the likes of executive producer Mark Darrah turning his attention to Dragon Age 4. Not exactly surprising news given how live service titles are usually handled, but there's been a lot of speculation regarding the future of ANTHEM and whether this means that its fate will be decided by a much smaller team.
Not the case, according to head of live service Chad Robertson. Responding to the rumours, Robertson posted on Twitter: "We remain 100% committed to ANTHEM and look forward to showing players the new content we are working on. We want to make sure we aren’t overpromising, so our updates on what’s coming in the game will be focused when we have things near completion."
He followed up by writing: "Along with [lead producer] Ben Irving and I, we've got a big team between Austin and Edmonton focused and motivated for improving the game. We appreciate your support and for being on this journey with us."
It sounds like BioWare's going to hunker down with ANTHEM for the time being then, and hopefully, the developer can get the project back on track. To be brutally honest, we're not holding out for a miracle, but it'll still be interesting to see what becomes of the game over the next few months.
[source twitter.com]
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I’m not playing currently, but I am patient and happy to wait for them to turn it around slowly.
They are recording new story scenes and voice overs already, so more story will be coming soon.
Sure they are. Just like they were in Andromeda's case. Before they canceled the DLCs.
I have no hype for DA4 because they couldn't even plan and produce Anthem in 6 years what does that tell you about DA4. Even if it's high key personnel doesn't matter of fact they made a broken game that wasnt ready to be released and yet still did charge full price and expect people to live with it while the sub team slowly get stuff out. By the time Anthem is anywhere near a game that has content in it and worth buying even on sale, PS5 will be out and Destiny 3, Diablo 4 will be out and you can kiss this game goodbye
That's the great thing about percentages, you can keep getting rid of people and still be at 100%
Didn't BioWare also make a fake song and dance about learning from every live service within recent years in order to make Anthem great right out of the gate? Didn't BioWare also sit there like that dog in the meme where everything is on fire around them and say "this is fine" as loads of BioWare alumni jumped ship for different jobs months before the game came out? Yeah, BioWare's "we're 100% committed to Anthem" line rings so phony that it makes me laugh.
Well there's at least 10 people still playing it so they need to keep them happy
I’m inspired! I’m going out and buying two copies! Today! One to give away to the first person I meet who’s yet to experience the magic of Anthem.
If what they've been doing up to now is 100% they better try 400% for awhile to see if it's worth saving.
@Shatter Please don't ruin someone's life like that.
@carlos82 if they had 10 people they could get someone to matchmake with each other, it's more like 2 at this point - and one of them only play privately
But is any of the dwindling player base? Take a page out of Sonys book here and just quit feeding the dead horse.
More PR bs, can't wait for Anthem to die off so I no longer have to suffer anyone mentioning that fraudulent trash game ever again.
Anthem is a prime example why no one should spend money on a live service game. If you buy a baked cake before the bakery could make it sweet you all would have an issue right, so why the hell is everyone okay with this live service crap when the game they're peddling isn't even providing the very features they're based on, like loot in a looter shooter.
@Nakatomi_Uk That's exactly how I feel as well.
Anthem will 100% be a traditional bioware game with a story.
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