Michał from the international FYNG team was present at the end of Anthem and reports in a new video about the last days of the Bioware game.
How did the end of Anthem unfold? Officially, the servers of Anthem were supposed to go offline permanently on January 12, 2026. However, various players reported earlier that they could no longer access the game download.
Colleague Michał from the international FYNG team (Find Your Next Game) had already downloaded Anthem at the beginning of December to closely monitor the last days of the game. In his video on YouTube, he describes the experience as downright “disturbing”.
You can watch Michał’s video below (Note: the original is in English, but you can enable subtitles):
Matchmaking was difficult in the last days of Anthem, but it eventually worked out
His goal was to connect with other players who wanted to say goodbye to Anthem. However, on Saturday, January 10, 2026, three days before the shutdown, matchmaking was already not really working. At least, Michał was unable to join other players in a public match all day long. Had the community already given up on Anthem?
So Michał played Anthem alone and enjoyed the things that the game had done really well until the end. Above all, this is the flying and combat experience in the Javelin.
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On Sunday (January 11, 2026) and Monday (January 12, 2026), things fortunately improved. From time to time, Michał actually found players for a joint match or two. And in the social hub, a few players interacted with each other using emotes. Unfortunately, Anthem had little more social features to offer despite its enormous budget and long development time until the end.
The literal silence among the players only underscored the oppressive feeling that the end of Anthem brought with it. It was fitting that the servers of Anthem were also suddenly unavailable to Michał before the time actually communicated. It felt as if EA wanted to finally put it behind them.
What else is in the video? Michał not only describes the last days with Anthem in his video, but also revisits the difficult development of the game. Additionally, he discusses the “Stop Killing Games” initiative, which gained momentum last year.
This initiative aims to encourage numerous gaming enthusiasts to stand against the shutdown of game servers. The initiative was triggered by YouTuber Ross Scott. More details about his namesake petition can be found here: The initiative to save video games had little hope, YouTuber and Twitch streamer come to the rescue
