Until a few weeks ago, Anthem was still playable, but now the servers are down and the shooter is finally history – or is it? Some unyielding fans refuse to accept the end of Anthem and are working on a revival, but it won’t be easy.
It was clear early on that the loot shooter from BioWare was dead: The game was released on February 22, 2019, two years later, Anthem was declared dead. Yet players were boldly promised that this would be “the start of a 10-year journey”.
This journey has now ended after 7 years, with 5 years without new content. On January 12, 2026, in a final move by the publisher EA, the servers were shut down. However, some fans are already working on making the loot shooter playable again.
A video on YouTube has already shown how the return of Anthem could work and gives fans hope. But it won’t be as easy as it looks in the video.
A lead developer of Anthem recently explained why the game really flopped:
The engine still stands in the way of Anthem’s return
The return of Anthem? The people behind the revival of Anthem recently spoke about the project in an interview with Ars Technica. They are optimistic – but ask fans to temper their expectations. Because the revival is complicated.
At the center of the efforts is The Fort’s Forge, a Discord server. On this server, a handful of volunteers have gathered to make the shooter playable again. One of them is Ness199X, who already has experience with games running on the Frostbite engine, which Anthem uses.
The engine presents the biggest challenge so far. The game uses, like many other titles from EA, the Frostbite engine. However, it uses it differently than previous games, Ness explained to Ars Technica. This makes it much harder to understand how it works – and to make the game playable without EA’s servers.
So will Anthem return after all? Quite possible, but one shouldn’t expect it soon. Fans are using the last hours for a final excursion into the world of Anthem. Many shared their sorrow over the end, the farewell from the loot shooter resembled a digital funeral.
Our colleague Michał from the international “Find Your Next Game” team experienced the end of Anthem live in the game. He shares his impressions of the last hours in a video on the official YouTube channel of MeinMMO. You can find it through this article on MeinMMO: “I was present in the final hours of Anthem and it was truly oppressive”
