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Anthem’s L1 Defender Rifle is more powerful than L45 Ralner’s Blaze

March 6, 2019 by Eugene Schmidt

The Level 1 common Defender rifle does just as much damage (actually, more damage) as the Level 45 masterwork Ralner’s Blaze rifle. A user on Reddit called YeetLordSupreme posted a thread that basically said the Defender is more powerful than pretty much all other counterparts that are higher tier. Even though the damage numbers shown are very … Read more

Anthem tops charts again in the UK

March 5, 2019 by Eugene Schmidt

Anthem still takes the top position again in the UK charts this week. Even with the game’s useless day one patch and bricking PS4s, Anthem still dominates the list of best-selling games in the UK. However, it seems like Anthem’s sales are definitely slowing down. Reports say that sales have dropped off by nearly 71% … Read more

Anthem is bricking PS4s – Players are requesting refunds from Sony

March 4, 2019 by David Wong

BioWare’s Anthem has been a decent success, but has had a ton of problems so far that were supposed to be addressed. The day one patch didn’t really do anything at all and players are still complaining about the same problems that they were facing since the day the game came out. But now, PS4 … Read more

Anthem takes first place in UK’s weekly game sales

February 25, 2019 by David Wong

Anthem takes first place for game sales in UK.

Anthem has been dominating the sales charts in the UK. EA and BioWare’s new AAA game took first place at the top of the charts in the UK last week, taking down Far Cry New Dawn from the previous week. But things aren’t all good for Anthem though, because the game wasn’t that spectacular compared … Read more

Anthem dropping new patch next week – here are the details

February 23, 2019 by Andy Wang

Anthem will have a major patch next week.

Anthem’s new patch is in the works and is about to drop next week. BioWare has been working hard on a new client-side update that will be released sometime next week and a small snippet of what to be expected from it has already been released to the public. Although this isn’t the full list of … Read more

Anthem’s day one patch doesn’t fix day one problems

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by David Wong

Anthem’s day one patch has rolled out and players that have early access to the game have already begun to see some of the awesome fixes BioWare has been working on over the past few weeks. However, new patches also bring some new problems or bring back old bugs (looking at you Fallout 76). Although … Read more

EA drops Anthem’s Official Launch Trailer

February 8, 2019 by Eugene Schmidt

Anthem is getting nearer and nearer for its official launch date, and EA has released an explosive new trailer. After a very successful VIP Demo and regular beta session, the game has garnered a lot of positive praise so far. Anthem did have some server problems at first, but it was fixed and everything ran … Read more

Anthem racked up 40M hours of game time; Post-launch content planned

February 5, 2019 by David Wong

With Anthem’s demo sessions now over, we can look at some amazing stats that took place over the last two weekends. Anthem, even with its server problems due to the flood of players, logged an astounding 40M hours of playtime during the Anthem VIP and public demos total. BioWare annouced this news earlier and was proud … Read more

BioWare acknowledges “hundreds” of Anthem bugs; Will fix some before free Anthem demo takes place

January 28, 2019 by Andy Wang

Anthem had an amazing weekend for the VIP demo. Even with the downtime due to overloaded servers, players seem to have had a very positive experience with the game. BioWare is prepping for the next demo session a few days from now which will be available to the public. Many players faced difficulty getting into the … Read more

Can’t play the Anthem VIP demo? Here are some workarounds.

January 26, 2019 by Eugene Schmidt

Players are still trying to get into the Anthem VIP demo over this busy weekend, and they’re still having problems. If you’re one of those paying customers who pre-ordered Anthem, or you’re an EA/Origin subscriber, you’re probably getting a bunch of disconnects or the constant “error retrieving Anthem live service data” message. EA has already … Read more

EA struggles with Anthem VIP demo server problems

January 25, 2019 by David Wong

Trying to get in on some Anthem and getting the dreaded “error retrieving Anthem live service data” message? You’re not alone. Given that this is a VIP demo, this is for paying customers. And EA still couldn’t get it right. Or they weren’t expecting this kind of turnout. The problem is that the servers are … Read more

Anthem has “gone gold”; Cross-play not happening

January 23, 2019 by David Wong

Anthem has now officially gone gold, according to a developer over at BioWare. The upcoming third-person RPG will finally be arriving n shelves soon. Tal Peleg, a developer at BioWare, confirmed today that the much-anticipated game has been sent off to shelves for manufacturing, which means it’s being “made” for physical and digital retail as … Read more

Anthem won’t have any loot crates, just pure cosmetic microtransactions

January 15, 2019 by David Wong

Lead Producer for BioWare has come out and said that Anthem will NOT have loot boxes. Again and again, loot crates and virtual goods are the way for games to make money in 2019. It’s easy to clump to Anthem with the rest of them and just assume that it’ll be a loot crate microtransaction-based game to … Read more

Anthem’s free world is pretty cool; Microtransactions for vanity gear only

January 12, 2019 by Eugene Schmidt

Anthem released a new trailer yesterday that shows off some more gameplay footage of a new mission and free roaming the game’s world. Recent footage of the game demoing the first mission and a few of the Javelin suits only results in fan disappointment. Common remarks included “repetitive” and ” clone.” That’s still ongoing even until … Read more

New Anthem gameplay footage released; Destiny 2 comparisons unsettle

January 4, 2019 by David Wong

BioWare’s newest world shooter Anthem will be launching next month and the promotion has now officially begun. Some new footage clocking in at 15 minutes has been released this morning. This is the longest in-game footage we’ve seen so far that’s been released. The footage is titled “Anthem: 15 Minutes of Lost Arcanist Gameplay” with … Read more

Anthem VIP demo rolls out January 25, Public demo February 1

October 26, 2019January 3, 2019 by David Wong

EA and Bioware announced the exact date when players will get access to the latest demo of their latest project, Anthem. There was an alpha version released last year but players couldn’t talk about it outside of the game. This demo will be players who pre-ordered the game or are EA Access members. The Anthem VIP … Read more

Anthem demo rolls out February 1, 2019

September 2, 2018 by David Wong

Bioware announced at PAX West 2018 that their newest title Anthem will be getting a playable demo in February of 2019, which is right ahead of its official release date on February 22nd, 2019. The demo comes out on the first of the month, so the full game is right around the corner.

The Anthem demo will be playable on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. EA will release it to those who are subscribed to EA/Origin Access on Xbox One and PC. PS4 owners will get to play it if they pre-ordered the game already.

At EA’s booth at PAX West, lead producer Mike Gamble said that it’s “not a test or beta” and that it’s a full “slice of our game.” So the game is already complete and will play identically to the beta- well, at least that “slice” of it.