 So guys, just the other day, I uploaded my first Anthem video in what, two years? Talking about what's happened with the game over the past two years, how it came out, how it failed, how BioWare were working on 2.0, how they were working on rebooting the game, and how they themselves have been completely silent for months. I mean, they dropped images of the game and development progress in terms of the reboot. We saw a couple of screenshots, you'll see one of them on screen now, but other than that, they have been completely silent over the past, I don't know, many months anyway. Now what's going to record this while playing Anthem live? Problem is, after recording my last video, I uninstalled it. I'm then about to reinstall 70RGig just for this video, because that would take me all night and you wouldn't get this video till tomorrow. So I'm just using the same gameplay I used for the other video people. I apologise about that. But yeah, BioWare in terms of development or progress on 2.0, the reboot of Anthem have been completely silent. We know two of the top dudes at BioWare have left the company, one of them left in the past, come back and has left a gain, and this has kind of left a lot of questions within the community's minds in terms of what is actually happening with this reboot to Anthem. Like I said, BioWare haven't said absolutely anything for a long while now, so many people are speculating saying that the game's just been left to die. It's just been left in the shadows. BioWare now working on other projects, and Anthem is just a fail. And although many people, including myself, probably think that's the right move for BioWare, I don't know if they do put all this work into the game, into the reboot. Will it still have that impact I think they expect? I don't know. It's a giant risk in my opinion, and it's a risk it seems. Electronic Arts will make a decision on later on this week, as news has come out people that later on this week, Electronic Arts will decide the fate of Anthem. And this news comes from Jason Shryer, who's one of the biggest and most trustworthy game journalists in the world. His article and the whole thing you'll find linked down below. And Jason Shryer has been speaking to a few of the teams who don't want to be disclosed, who have been working on this game. And to quote him and his article, he says, and from a multiplayer game by the EA-owned developer BioWare, launched in February 2019, to pour reviews. In the following months, BioWare put together a small team to overhaul the game. Executive producer, Christian Daly, wrote three blood posts to last year, outlining some of the big changes planned. But in December, Bailey left the Anthem team as part of a BioWare management shake-up, leaving the project's fate in question. This week EA executives will review the latest version of Anthem Next and decide whether to expand the team or abandon the project. And this has come from the people who don't want to be named discussing this information. The Anthem Next team includes about 30 people, people familiar with their project said it would need to expand to at least triple that in order to produce new content and continue attempting to overhaul the game. EA has not yet indicated whether it's willing to commit that kind of budget to revive it. Now it has been said that a spokesperson for EA said the company doesn't comment on rumour and speculation. But we know that Anthem Next or Anthem 2.0 or the review, whatever you want to call it, was basically an overhaul of the game. And to be honest, going back to it and playing it the other day, you know what? It's the fundamentals of the player. It's a good game. It plays good. It's fluid. The problem with it is it started in a piss-poor state. And the updates you have dropped to it since that were just way too late. Me personally, I think EA will scrap it. I think they will scrap Anthem 2.0. I don't think it's coming. And to be honest, I think that is the smart move. I just think it's going to take too much. I think it'll take too long. By the time the game is done and ready, people will forget longer badly. What they need to do is take the core fundamentals from the game, take such features like the flying, which was as fluid as anything. It was unbelievable. You felt amazing and apply these to a different game. Apply these fundamentals to something else, but at the same time, make sure that game, whatever project these are added to, releases in a state where more or less doesn't kill your company. Because I have by all way, even though they're on by EA, have they made a comeback since Anthem? I'm not sure they have. I mean we've heard of the rumors of the remastered mass effects coming. I mean that's cool and all, but I don't think that's going to solve much. And let's not be around the bush people. Second chances in terms of video games. How many success stories can you name? At the top of your head, because I can't name many. I mean No Man's Sky released in a peaceful state, when it ended up in a game that was absolutely unbelievable. But so many people who brought that game, I actually brought a PS4 to play No Man's Sky. That's how hyped it was about it. Got the game on PS4 and it was absolutely terrible. Still got my PS4 people. In fact I've got a PS4 pro now. But I ain't ever going back to No Man's Sky, even though it looks incredible. It looks like a completely different game. And it probably would surprise me if I went back and played it now. Cyberpunk is trying to get the same kind of turnaround. So let's not lie about that either. I mean even though I believe it's a good game underneath the bugs and glitches, it released in a peaceful state. And it's going to take a miracle to recover and become the game. They initially wanted us to believe it was. And from that I just don't think you can get that kind of redemption story, because at the end of the day, even if it does fix up, even if it does release in a perfect state, even if it is a decent Looter Shooter, the amount of competition that's out there now for this game, I still don't think it would work. And I still don't think EA or Bioware would turn a profit on it. I mean I hope to approve wrong. The more Looter Shooters out there, the better. But I just don't see it happening people. But yeah if you want to read Jason Shryer's article on this anthem post, you'll find it linked down below. But tell me your opinion on it people. What do you think? Do you think we'll see anthem 2.0 if we do? When do you think we'll get it? Because it won't be any time soon. Do you think EA and Bioware will scrap it like I do? Let me know. But yeah guys just a quick update. And I'm basically making this because I made that video the other day and I want to keep you guys informed. So I hope you enjoyed the video. But guys, on that note, we have come to the end. If you enjoyed it leave another cool helps out. If you're new around here and want to see more videos be sure to subscribe. And hopefully people I will see you on that next. One.