 What is going on guys, welcome back to the channel and I appreciate you being here. Today I am back with some new Anthem news. But hey, before we go any further people, go ahead and like my Facebook Anthem page linked within the video description. All the latest news and info will be posted there plus with an active me too. Okay so this info although not confirmed, it hasn't been denied either and that is the Anthem A Game already five years plus in the works, a game which was believed to be released in the fourth quarter of 2018 has been reported to be delayed until 2019. Now this info comes from a reliable source in Jason Shryer and Kotaku. Jason Shryer when it comes to leaking news and information is pretty much spot on every single time and if you were a fan of Destiny you most probably have already heard his name before. So let's read through his report and then talk about such. Over the past few months Bioware has essentially transformed into a single game studio as it harnesses its teams to work on the ambitious multiplayer action game Anthem sources say. There are still small teams maintaining Star Wars the Old Republic and piecing together the next Dragon Age which was recently rebooted but a bulk of Bioware staff in both Edmonton and Austin are now on Anthem and there's a sense among Bioware employees that the company's future is inextricably tied to this game. Anthem was announced at E3 2017, it is now scheduled for release in early 2019 according to three people familiar with the project. The fall 2018 window mentioned during the E3 announcement was never realistic one source said. Exact dates remain in flux and Anthem's developers must also plan for a beta release, an EA access launch and an ongoing schedule of patches and updates but it appears unlikely to developers that publisher EA will allow Bioware to delay the game any further than March 2019 when the company's 2019 fiscal year comes to an end. Bioware has long been seen as one of the world's most prestigious developers of roleplaying games thanks to hits like Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, the Mass Effect Trilogy and Dragon Age Origins. In 2007 EA purchased the studio, expanding it beyond its original office in Edmonton and putting Bioware Studios in Austin, Montreal and Virginia. It's not unusual for Bioware to pull staff from other projects as it enters the final year of production on a game. In recent years Bioware has done the same for both Mass Effect and Dragon Age but Anthem the studio's first new franchise in eight years and EA's first big stab at a Destiny-style persistent online world feels different to Bioware staff, the stakes feel higher than they ever have. As one developer told me, there's a belief that if Anthem doesn't live up to EA's expectations Bioware will look very different in the future, especially after the disappointment of Mass Effect led to EA absorbing Bioware Montreal into a studio EA motive. With a year left in development and a climate that's grown more turbulent thanks to controversies over EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Activision's Destiny 2, pressure is mounting for Anthem to be great. In the past weeks I've spoken to more than half of the dozen people close to the project, all of whom speak anonymously because they were not authorized to talk about the game and they've described feeling both optimistic and anxious optimistic that they can make something good but anxious at the number of forces that appear to be pushing against them. Anthem has been in development since 2012, at first under Mass Effect director Casey Hudson who left the company in 2014 and returned last year to lead Bioware as Studio Head. The game remained in pre-production at Bioware's lead Edmonton Studio for a very long time. Some close to the Anthem team have criticized that fact, suggesting that the game's development was flundering but veteran Anthem staff points out that most big new franchises have long term gestation periods. Destiny, most notably, was in preparation for years as the developers at Bungie tried to figure out what a persistent multiplayer shooter might look like. At points during 2014-2015 I heard several rumours that the Anthem project was not going well, in part because of the long running issues that Bioware has faced with its engine Frostbite and in part because making a game of this nature can be an excruciating process. Over the last year as Anthem's production ramped up and Bioware began putting more and more of its staff under project, things appear to have improved. When I asked one source recently whether Anthem's struggles fell more into the category of this game is screwed or game development is really hard, the source said that over time it had varied from the former into the latter. Other people close to Bioware have said similar things, although it's not hard to find developers willing to complain about Frostbite. The game engine initially designed for EA's Battlefront games which has impeded many of Bioware's projects over the past decade. Now it's also important to mention that this report was put out by Pogon too. Now reading through what Jason Schreyer has reported it kind of makes sense as to this game being delayed. Now when I first saw this report I was kind of disappointed and for me my opinion can't come soon enough but the more I think about it if they need time for this game to be a polished title then delay it as much as you need to. I mean we have seen the state of certain games released after they have been rushed and pushed out. Destiny 2 comes to mind and to be honest I don't want that for Anthem. I want Anthem to launch as a complete title. Anthem in my opinion is a game being made by a company well aware of the mistakes other game developers within this genre of games are making and will be hard on themselves to avoid such mistakes. With this in mind I am okay with the game being delayed. I mean I want to play this game as soon as possible like everybody else. Yes it can't come quick enough but at the end of the day at what cost will that be? If they need time let them have it. I mean I understand EA is a multi-million dollar company which puts its money first. It's a company which employs thousands. Money makes the world go round and EA are basically the money backers here so it's understandable that they want this game out before a certain date but trusting us gamers when I say this as it's us who buys the game and it's us who spends the thousands of hours playing such games nothing comes good from a rush title. We have learned this all too well of recent. Now although this news hasn't been confirmed by EA or Bioware as of yet, Brennan Holmes who's one of the directors at Bioware working on Anthem is pretty active on Reddit and answers many questions people put forth to him. We await his response to the thousands of questions no doubt he's been getting about whether or not if this news is true. As soon as that comes people I will have it covered here on my channel. Now I would have gotten this news out to you a little quicker but last night my PC decided to have a mountdown so yes pretty shitty but yeah guys what do you think about the possible delay on Anthem? Let me know down below guys if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really does help me out. Don't forget if you're interested in Anthem be sure to like my Facebook page linked within the video description but guys thanks for stopping by as always and hopefully people I will see you on that next one.