To the surprise to many, including myself, the servers for the 2019 BioWare developed Anthem are still apparently live. That means you can go, right now, to play Anthem just as god intended.
Unfortunately, you won't have too much time to experience the game because publisher Electronic Arts will be taking those servers down in January 2026. The online only title will be rendered unplayable starting January 12, 2026 as per a new announcement from EA.
Anthem has already been pulled from storefronts, meaning that the only way to play it now is if you already owned the game prior. If you have an EA Play membership, you will be able to play Anthem until August 15, 2025. It is on that date that EA will pull Anthem from the EA Play playlist.
Electronic Arts also notes that nobody at BioWare is being laid off as a result of the Anthem servers being taken offline. After all, layoffs at BioWare already happened earlier this year.
Really, the most shocking part of this news being announced is the fact that the servers are still alive. Like most of you probably assumed, I honestly thought they had quietly been shutdown years ago.
