One of the former Anthem producers has recently expressed interest in working on a reboot of the controversial multiplayer game. While Anthem is widely considered BioWare’s biggest failure, it seems the game still has some diehard fans.
Anthem was released in 2019, being considered a big departure for BioWare, which was mostly known for its big single-player RPGs. Coming on the heels of Mass Effect Andromeda, which had a mixed reception, it still managed to sell over 5 million copies, but it was not enough. Anthem failed to meet EA’s expectations and received mostly negative or neutral reviews, which essentially killed the game’s future. A project called Anthem Next was originally proposed by BioWare, but eventually canceled in 2020, and Anthem was mostly abandoned by all but a few gamers.
Though Anthem was a tragically flawed game, it's flight mechanics were fun and intuitive enough that they should be reused in another project.
One of the Anthem producers, Ben Irving, has recently expressed interest in working on a reboot for the game. Irving, who is currently working at Crystal Dynamics, said that it’s amazing “how many people are still so enthusiastic about Anthem” after so much time. In the...
