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Anthem Was A Mistake, But It Didn't Deserve To Die Like This

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BioWare is shutting down its ill-fated loot shooter, and all that will be left is a crater where the studio’s legacy once was

RPG Sports Windows Games By Kenneth Shepard Published July 11, 2025 | 𝕏 Copied! Screenshot: BioWare / Kotaku Last week, BioWare announced that Anthem , the studio’s ill-advised loot shooter from 2019, would finally be sunset on January 12, 2026 . This wasn’t a surprise for anyone who had been paying attention, but for those who weren’t, it was a shock that the game hadn’t already been shut down years ago. Anthem was a tragedy of errors. The loot shooter was a misuse of the RPG studio’s talents, and from the sound of it, a mess to put together internally . Two years after launch, BioWare annou

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