Neowin News Feed for: Anthem

EA shutting down Anthem servers soon, making the BioWare game unplayable

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:26:01 +0000

Almost seven years after its launch, the BioWare live-service game Anthem will become unplayable as EA axes its online services. It's your final shot at trying the game. Read more...

BioWare cancels Anthem rework to focus on Mass Effect and Dragon Age

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:20:02 +0000

BioWare's Anthem NEXT gameplay rework project has been canceled, with the studio moving on from the multiplayer action-RPG to focus its on its upcoming Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. Read more...

BioWare loses its general manager and Dragon Age executive producer

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:36:01 +0000

The BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and the Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah are exiting after 20 years at the RPG studio. Current projects in development aren't affected by the changes. Read more...

BioWare says Anthem's core systems are being reinvented, halts seasonal updates

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:00:01 +0000

BioWare plans to reinvent the core gameplay stems of its action RPG Anthem in the coming months. The new focus means that the current version won't be getting any new seasonal updates. Read more...

Anthem joins EA Access and Origin Access Basic subscriptions

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:48:01 +0000

BioWare's latest live service-focused action RPG Anthem is now a member of all the base subscription programs of EA, joining Origin Access Basic on PC, along with EA Access on Xbox One and PS4. Read more...

Anthem Lead Producer Ben Irving is departing BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:14:01 +0000

Ben Irving, the Lead Producer of BioWare's latest action RPG Anthem, has confirmed through a series of tweets that he is leaving the EA-owned developer for a position in another game studio. Read more...

Nvidia 419.67 WHQL Game Ready driver optimizes Battlefield V: Firestorm and more

Vishal Laul — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:08:02 +0000

Nvidia today released its Game Ready 419.67 WHQL drivers optimizing for Battlefield V: Firestorm, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and others. Also, two more monitors get the G-Sync Compatible tag. Read more...

Users are reporting system crashes on PlayStation 4 because of Anthem

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:44:01 +0000

Bioware's Anthem has been the cause of some trouble for PlayStation 4 users, with reports pointing to system crashes due to the game, and even one instance of a complete bricking of the system. Read more...

Nvidia releases 419.17 WHQL driver optimizing Anthem and adding GTX 1660Ti support

Vishal Laul — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:05:57 +0000

Nvidia today released its Game Ready 419.17 WHQL drivers for EA's much-hyped Anthem which is out now, also adding support for the GTX 1660Ti, which was announced and released today as well. Read more...

EA and Origin Access members can now try out Anthem ahead of the official launch

João Carrasqueira — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:58:01 +0000

Electronic Arts is giving Xbox One and PC owners the chance to get started with their journey in Anthem a week earlier than everyone else, with a First Play Trial available on EA and Origin Access. Read more...

Microsoft announces an Anthem bundle for the Xbox One S

Rich Woods — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:38:01 +0000

Microsoft today announced yet another Xbox One S bundle, this time including the game Anthem. It's not a custom designed console, and it will come with 1TB storage and it will cost $299. Read more...

AMD Radeon 19.1.2 driver delivers Resident Evil 2, Anthem and Tropico 6 support

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:26:01 +0000

AMD's Radeon graphics received a new driver update today. The Adrenalin 19.1.2 driver has support for the upcoming games Resident Evil 2 and Tropico 6, as well as the early access launch of Anthem. Read more...

BioWare releases new Anthem gameplay demo with roughly 20 minutes of footage

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:14:02 +0000

A new gameplay demo has been released by BioWare, showing off more of its next game, Anthem. The footage comes in at just under 20 minutes and has Lead Producer Ben Irving giving a tour of the game. Read more...

Anthem coming February 22, gets an action-packed trailer and deep-dive into story at E3

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 20:06:01 +0000

The highlight of the EA Play 2018 conference, Anthem, was shown off in exquisite detail by the publisher today, showcasing its story and gameplay. The game will be released on February 22 next year. Read more...

EA Play 2018 dates announced, new Battlefield will be playable at the event

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:36:01 +0000

Electronic Arts is once again hosting its EA Play event this year, for the third year running. The publisher confirmed that the upcoming unannounced Battlefield game will be playable at the event. Read more...

Anthem will now release in 2019, a new Battlefield launching this year instead

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:56:01 +0000

EA has pushed back the launch of Anthem to 2019, and will instead be launching a Battlefield sequel this year. The company also denied rumors of Anthem suffering development issues. Read more...

Anthem Lead Animator Steven Gilmour has left BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:30:02 +0000

The lead animator of BioWare's new action RPG, Anthem, is no longer with the studio according to his LinkedIn profile page. Steven Gilmour had been an animator at BioWare since 2000. Read more...

Corey Gaspur, lead designer of Anthem, passes away

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:14:01 +0000

A significant talent within the Bioware community has been lost. Corey Gaspur, who had contributed to numerous high-profile games under the Bioware name, has been confirmed dead by Bioware. Read more...

Bioware bizarrely promotes Anthem through crop circles in new video

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:20:01 +0000

Bioware, the maker of the upcoming game called Anthem has decided to promote the title by carving an Exosuit into a field of corn, as part of its home city's annual corn maze festival. Read more...

Sony is editing Xbox One X footage of Anthem and hosting it on PlayStation YouTube

Usama Jawad — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:32:01 +0000

The latest in Sony's ongoing PR fiasco reveals that the company is editing gameplay footage from the Xbox One X' E3 trailer, and passing it off as if it is running on the PlayStation 4. Read more...

Sources confirm cancellation of all future Mass Effect: Andromeda DLC

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 10:54:01 +0000

Although this rumour has been circling for weeks now, sources within the industry have confirmed this week that it was, in fact, true that Mass Effect: Andromeda had been circling the drain. Read more...

Mass Effect 1, 2 and KOTOR writer is working on Anthem, Bioware's new IP

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:40:02 +0000

Anthem was unveiled at E3 just a few days ago, with Bioware developing the new action RPG. Today, it's been revealed that Mass Effect 1 and 2 writer Drew Karpyshyn is partaking in the project. Read more...

We finally get our first look at Anthem's gameplay, the new IP from Bioware

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 23:09:54 +0000

Bioware today unveiled gameplay for Anthem, their first new IP in a while. The video features a large open world with stunning graphics and exciting new mechanics with power armor, flying and more. Read more...

EA's answer to Destiny is called 'Anthem' and it's made by Bioware

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:20:02 +0000

At its EA Play conference today, the company showed off Anthem, Bioware's new IP, previously known as Project Dylan. Details are scarce, but a full gameplay will be revealed tomorrow. Read more...

Chinese DEEP PANDAS and the Anthem breach

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:16:01 +0000

An early investigation into the recent Anthem breach, that might have exposed 80 million accounts, is starting to point to the usual suspects: the Chinese government and the DEEP PANDA hacking group Read more...

Health Insurer Anthem hit with a data breach: as many as 80m customer accounts compromised

Steven Johns — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:40:01 +0000

The CEO of the health insurer Anthem has published a memo informing that hackers have gained access to their systems and have stolen data. As many as 80m user accounts, including SSNs, are at risk. Read more...