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Anthem’s gone radio silent; official account dormant for a month

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Anthem was meant to be the game showed how live-service games were meant to be. It was meant to be the game that delivered revered studio BioWare’s signature style to a new genre in a way that would keep players hooked, pumping new content and experiences directly into their veins. Instead, it was a middling mess of a game that crumbled to dust under the weight of its own hype. Much of that has to do with the game’s troubled development, as thoroughly documented by Kotaku.

After that expose, BioWare promised to fix everything up, delivering the game it was always meant to be. On top of that, they’d be delivering on their planned content roadmap, with the pending Cataclysm event scheduled for this month. Only there’s been nothing from BioWare or EA about Cataclysm. Actually, there’s been nothing at all from Anthem’s community managers, who seem to have gone silent.

Looking at the game’s official Twitter account, there’s not been a tweet there since April 23. There have been some retweets about maintenance, but there have been no bespoke tweets for an entire month.

It’s a curious move for a live service game, that’s supposed to hinge on community and the management thereof. It’s possible that they’re taking a page out of No Man’s Sky’s book and just working on new content and updates, ready to spring to life when there’s something substantial to announce. The problem is that it comes off as indifference, and when many players have developed their own sense of indifference toward the game, it’s likely to do more harm than good.

Last Updated: May 22, 2019

35 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief Flammenwerfer

    May 22, 2019 at 11:57

    Move to offline mode, sell at discount, maybe I’ll give it a go

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    • Allykhat

      May 22, 2019 at 14:44

      Even at a discount, its not worth the purchase. Only reason I havent refunded the game is because I got it with Origin Premier.

      Salts the wound even more that I advocated for this game, asking people to give it a chance before passing judgement. Oh how wrong was I….

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      • Pariah

        May 22, 2019 at 15:52

        You and I are in the same boat. Thankfully Premier was my access too, so I only ended up spending R200 on it, but still. It felt great to play, looked promising, and disappointed time and again in reality. Sad considering it had the potential to be something great.

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  2. Umar

    May 22, 2019 at 12:09

    You can’t have a live service game and not communicate with the community, it’s suicide. Even if they aim to rebuild the game and plan to release a flurry of content, you need to at least give the players something to hold on to. It’s entirely possible to bounce back, and I’ll always look to FFXIV as a shining example of a game finding redemption in it’s downfall. Even as the game was about to enter hibernation in the lead up to ARR, it was still engaging with the playerbase, and updating the game regularly. In Anthem’s case, and especially for a game this big, to just go radio silent…is unheard of and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture for it’s dwindling community holding on to the hope that the game will get better.

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  3. Original Heretic

    May 22, 2019 at 12:09

    So…it dead now?

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  4. Kromas

    May 22, 2019 at 12:09

    Then you get Fallout who decided to have a weekly blog and shit ton of updates. Just last night we got a massive new dungeon that is super fun but also difficult even with 10+ people.

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  5. HairyEwok

    May 22, 2019 at 12:22

    No Man’s Sky also went radio silent at some point, look where they are now.

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    • Pariah

      May 22, 2019 at 12:22

      Sure, but Hello Games isn’t owned and whipped by shareholders who demand returns on their investment, YESTERDAY DAMMIT. I don’t think BioWare will get the year or 2 they’ll need like Hello Games did.

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    • Kromas

      May 22, 2019 at 13:43

      They had to go silent as Sean Murray talking was the major reason no one trusted them.

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    • Kromas

      May 22, 2019 at 13:43

      They had to go silent as Sean Murray talking was the major reason no one trusted them.

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  6. CrAiGiSh

    May 22, 2019 at 12:32

    Honestly, not surprised at this point.

    BioWare and EA couldn’t give a shit.

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  7. Pieter Kruger

    May 22, 2019 at 12:32

    Damn you BioWare!!! Still get invites to join game sessions but am currently trying to survive Mars…..Hope they get things sorted, will gladly jump back in when I get a chance!

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  8. Nikola

    May 22, 2019 at 12:56

    So glad I didn’t bite the bullet and got this nonsense of the game! Looked and felt shit playing in open Beta and my suspicions were correct it’s a crap game!

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  9. Guild

    May 22, 2019 at 13:54

    I really hope they turn this game around, purely cause I wasted fucking money on it. So please fix

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  10. Alien Emperor Trevor

    May 22, 2019 at 15:39

    “Anthem was meant to be the game showed how live-service games were meant to be”

    Was? It’s exactly the live-service game model as envisioned by EA. A threadbare framework that’s cheap to make and that you buy now and play when they feel like it.

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