Our latest coverage of Anthem.
Anthem Game Director Jonathan Warner has left BioWare one month after EA decided to cancel Anthem Next, a proposed reboot of the original game. Warner broke the news on Twitter last Friday saying that he was “moving on to do new things.” Warner worked with BioWare for 10 years and, aside from his role as Game Director, also served as [...]
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Earlier this month, Electronic Art executives started their review of BioWare’s Anthem reboot, Anthem Next, to decide on whether to continue the project or scrap it altogether. The executives have reached a decision and it looks like BioWare won’t be getting a chance to redeem themselves with a reboot of the online multiplayer shooter. Anthem, however, will continue live service [...]
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Despite the initial hype, Anthem turned out to be a huge disappointment when it launched in February 2019. Electronic Arts Entertainment CEO Andrew Wilson admitted as much during E3 2019 later that year saying that the multiplayer shooter didn’t meet their expectations. After one major post-launch content update and several seasonal updates, BioWare finally threw in the towel and announced [...]
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Welcome to the MMOs.com Game of the Year Awards 2019 Edition. Note that only games released in 2019 qualify for these awards! Without further ado, I give you our games of the year. MMORPG of the Year - World of Warcraft Classic The most exciting MMORPG launch of 2019 was without a doubt World of Warcraft Classic. The original version [...]
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Speed-runners, ready, set, go! BioWare has just revealed the details of the upcoming Anthem Cataclysm event. Cataclysm is a limited-time event that will have freelancers exploring a special new map, solving puzzles, completing objectives, and ultimately taking down the final boss Vara before the timer expires for a chance at acquiring new powers, weapons, Masterwork and Legendary gear, and other [...]
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Anthem Update v1.1.1 goes live later today and with it goes a reward mechanic that has given players increased chances to acquire cosmetic gear for the past month. It’s time to say goodbye to Elysian Caches. “Elysian Caches each contain one of 162 possible vanity or crafting items, and four caches will appear at the end of each Stronghold. Everyone [...]
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More changes are coming to Anthem according to Wednesday’s developer livestream. BioWare will be rolling out Path 1.0.4 next week which includes a number of highly-awaited content and more loot changes. “Loot Changes: Bosses still have their guaranteed Masterworks as normal Can also drop legendaries in any GM level, with better chance in higher GM levels. Legendary chance is rolled [...]
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BioWare has just rolled out the first of the promised Anthem loot updates. The server-side update increases the drop rate in a number of scenarios and is now active on the servers, no downloads needed. Take a look at the changes below: “Masterwork & Legendary drop rates have been increased for Grandmaster 2 and Grandmaster 3 difficulty levels. Masterwork & [...]
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Think BioWare is a bit too stingy with the loot drops in Anthem? Apparently, BioWare Head of Live Services Chad Robertson and the design team aren’t happy with how loot is handled in the game either. Small changes have already been made to the loot system with more significant tweaks and updates coming over the next few months. Community Manager [...]
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Anyone with an Origin Access subscription (PC) or an EA Access (Xbox One) can begin playing Anthem today with everyone else having to wait until the official launch on February 22. Since early access began the game's servers quickly became overloaded resulting in errors for players trying to log in players being unable to begin missions. While these issues will [...]
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