EA Confirms Anthem Launch Delayed to 2022

Electronic Arts or EA is the proper name behind some of the biggest titles in the gaming globe. While the company has recently faced a couple of bumps following the unabridged microtransaction controversy, and the whole Star Wars: Battlefront II screw-up, the company has since and so been looking forward to its upcoming game – Canticle.

Announced back at E3 2017, Anthem is one of the nearly anticipated games of the year. Even so, as per the recent comments made by the company, the game will non be released this year simply has actually been pushed to early 2019. Furthermore, the studio too states that in its replacement, a new Battlefield game would be coming soon.

Anthem, an open-world, science-fiction RPG whose characters wear mechanized gainsay suits and battle monsters in a postal service-apocalyptic setting, had a great E3 presentation terminal year. While there was no official appointment announced at the time of presentation, many people speculated that the game would exist released in Q2 2018. However, since the game'southward official presentation, BioWare's full general manager and Anthem'south manager, Aaryn Flynn has resigned from the studio. Information technology was then speculated by the folks over at Kotaku that Anthem would be delayed until 2019 and Bioware were doubling up the team and pulling workers from other projects to speed up the development of Anthem.

In his defense, Blake Jorgensen, Electronic Arts' chief fiscal officer, told Periodical that "People are trying to create a story" and that the reason for Anthem being pushed for an early 2019 release is simply that the studio is preparing for the release of a new Battleground game. Blake probably feels that Canticle, beingness an all-new game and a unlike intellectual property, is better off being released in a quieter period as opposed to the battle of titles during the autumn season.

Beebom's Take

If fan speculation is to be believed, Bad Company iii is the next title that EA could release in the Battlefield franchise. However, do have that with a compression of salt, considering there has been no official word regarding the same. All we know is that we volition be getting a new Battlefield game by the stop of the year, while Anthem is prepare for a 2019 release. Personally, I was really excited for Anthem's release, merely the noesis of a new Battlefield game is equally pleasing. But what virtually you? Which game are you the near excited about? Let the states know your thoughts in the comments down below.