THE FUSE

Anthem’s servers have been shut down for a week now, marking the end of a pretty tragic chapter in developer BioWare’s history. The live-service looter shooter’s crash and burn reportedly nudged publisher EA to let the studio strip out the reported multiplayer elements from the game that would go on to become Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which signaled to some that the studio was “returning” to its roots. However, as Anthem has been dropped down into an abyss, ex-BioWare producer Mark Darrah is disputing the notion that the game was that far out of left field for the studio.