Beleaguered EA live-service title Anthem is being taken offline early next year, and fans are calling for action to prevent the game from entirely disappearing into the ether. To that end, a new petition concerning Anthem's preservation has surfaced online and accumulated several hundred signatures already.
Developed by BioWare and published by EA, Anthem launched in 2019 to mixed reviews, with criticisms mostly centered around the game's story, grind-heavy design, technical issues, live-service elements, etc. Despite accruing lots of praise for its flight gameplay and combat mechanics, Anthem ultimately failed to attract a sizable player base and fell short of EA's commercial expectations. BioWare effectively canceled future plans for Anthem in 2021, a mere two years after the game launched.
Anthem is finally nearing the end of its life, but those who lament the game's imminent shutdown might have something else to look forward to.
With virtually zero support from BioWare and a miniscule (but dedicated) player base, it came as no surprise when EA recently announced that Anthem will be fully unplayable starting January 12, 2026, as servers will be permanently shut down. In the days following this announcement, fans launched a Change.org petition requesting EA...
