The shuttering of Anthem's servers has sparked a revival in discussion about BioWare's failed live-service pivot, with long-time defenders of the game signing its praises, and veterans of the project coming out to explain where it all went wrong for Anthem.
BioWare veteran and Dragon Age co-creator Mark Darrah recently released a comprehensive video on his experience with Anthem, a project he led for the last sixteenth months of the game's development cycle.
In an interview with Destin Legarie, Darrah spoke more about Anthem Next, the name given to the post-release development on Anthem done by BioWare in an effort to revive the title. Anthem Next was officially scrapped in 2021, and only a fraction of the team's work was ultimately added to Anthem.
Legarie poses Darrah a question: Would Anthem Next have sparked a "No Man's Sky" level of comeback for the lambasted live service? Darrah responds by saying, "It could have been."
No Man's Sky's launch was infamous for over-promising and under-delivering, but Hello Games has spent the last decade releasing free expansions for the game that has gradually turned it into a universally beloved title.
In the aforementioned video, Darrah firmly...
