{"id":1451169,"date":"2026-01-05T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drTF4RW5zKkxBdqGyqiKzi"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:06:19","slug":"youve-got-1-week-left-to-play-anthem-the-game-that-mortally-wounded-the-one-time-king-of-rpg-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/youve-got-1-week-left-to-play-anthem-the-game-that-mortally-wounded-the-one-time-king-of-rpg-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve got 1 week left to play Anthem, the game that mortally wounded the one-time king of RPG studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty of argument to be had about when and where BioWare\u2014the erstwhile king of RPGs\u2014began its fall from grace, but I don&#8217;t think you can dispute the point it hit rock bottom: the 2019 release of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/anthem\/\">Anthem<\/a>, a live-service co-op looter-shooter that had little in common with the games that once made the studio great.<\/p>\n<p>The game got a poor reception, including from us. Steven Messner scored the game 55% in his <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/anthem-review\/\">Anthem review<\/a> and called it &#8220;deeply flawed and frequently frustrating,&#8221; though very pretty indeed (I am often described the same way). <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/anthem-seasons-are-being-dropped-as-bioware-pledges-to-reinvent-the-game\/\">BioWare pledged to &#8220;reinvent&#8221; the game<\/a> around a year after release until <em>another<\/em> year later in 2021, when EA execs said &#8216;Actually, hold that thought&#8217;, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/anthem-next-cancelled\/\">cancelled development<\/a> entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all that, the game&#8217;s servers have been up and running for all that time; the world&#8217;s slim supply of Anthem-heads have been able to get their fill for years. But it&#8217;s all about to come to an end. Anthem&#8217;s servers are set to finally judder to a halt on January 12, 2026, putting an end to any way to play the game. That&#8217;s seven days from now, if you&#8217;ve still not wrapped your head around what year it is. Which, hey, same.<\/p>\n<p>BioWare had its fair share of controversies. Plenty of folks disliked the endings for Mass Effect 3 in 2012, Dragon Age 2 earned a lot of scorn (save from your <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dragon-age-2-review\/\">brave truth-tellers<\/a> at PC Gamer) a year earlier, Mass Effect: Andromeda was a bug-ridden mess of a game that turned out not to be that good even once the glitches were ironed out.<\/p>\n<p>But for my money? Anthem was the nadir\u2014the mortal wound that had onlookers grimacing and wondering if a once-beloved studio wasn&#8217;t heading for a bleak and quiet end. It felt like the culmination of EA&#8217;s philosophy that BioWare\u2014in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/dragon-age-creator-says-ea-execs-thought-bioware-fans-would-eat-whatever-slop-they-were-given-since-the-nerds-in-the-cave-would-always-show-up-for-an-rpg-because-it-was-an-rpg\/\">words of studio vet David Gaider<\/a>\u2014&#8221;didn&#8217;t have to try and appeal&#8221; to its traditional fans, because they&#8217;d turn up for whatever it put out. &#8220;You had to worry about the people who weren&#8217;t [already RPG fans], which was the audience we actually wanted, which was much larger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2VjfPYqSG7XNpYAxNTT7F\" name=\"AnthemPTS 2019-06-14 11-58-40-049.jpg\" alt=\"Anthem\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/youve-got-1-week-left-to-play-anthem-the-game-that-mortally-wounded-the-one-time-king-of-rpg-studios.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: BioWare)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, if the ignoble Ol&#8217; Yellering of Anthem on January 12 doesn&#8217;t put paid to that philosophy, I suppose nothing will. For its part, BioWare has put out two games since development on Anthem officially ended: Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The remaster of three classic Mass Effects went over well. The new Dragon Age, though, got a more tepid response.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna go ahead and say it all rides on how the next <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/mass-effect-next-release-date-what-we-know\/\">Mass Effect game<\/a> goes down as to whether Anthem&#8217;s end is seen as part of BioWare&#8217;s ignominious conclusion or the start of a new chapter. Forgive me, but I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m optimistic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"e1225fd1-6c17-4500-aaba-c35fe462348f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/youve-got-1-week-left-to-play-anthem-the-game-that-mortally-wounded-the-one-time-king-of-rpg-studios-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"e1225fd1-6c17-4500-aaba-c35fe462348f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/youve-got-1-week-left-to-play-anthem-the-game-that-mortally-wounded-the-one-time-king-of-rpg-studios\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s plenty of argument to be had about when and where BioWare\u2014the erstwhile king of RPGs\u2014began its fall from grace, but I don&#8217;t think you can dispute the point it hit rock bottom: the 2019 release of Anthem, a live-service co-op looter-shooter that had little in common with the games that once made the studio great. The game got a poor reception, including from us. Steven Messner scored the game 55% in his Anthem review and called it &#8220;deeply flawed and frequently frustrating,&#8221; though very pretty indeed (I am often described the same way). BioWare pledged to &#8220;reinvent&#8221; the game around a year after release until another year later in 2021, when EA execs said &#8216;Actually, hold that thought&#8217;, and cancelled development entirely. 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