Update: EA has confirmed that it now plans the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Anthem game release in early 2019 instead of fall 2018. It claims the delay was driven by business strategy♒ rather than development concerns: as a new franchise, Anthem may benefit from skipping the holiday rush to 'own' a less-cr🌃owded release window. And this way it won't directly compete with EA's own new Battlefield game, currently planned for October.

Original story: BioWare is putting all of its eggs into one Anthem size🧜d basket, according t🐲o , which suggests that the open world multiplayer shooter from the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age will likely be delayed well into 2019, despite the Fall 2018 release window first teased in last year’s E3 reveal trailer. 

The majority of staff within both of BioWare&rsqu𓆉o;s development studi🅠os are now working on Anthem, Kotaku’s Jason Schreier reports, citing three internal sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Though one of those sources state that the still official release of 'Fall 2018' was “never realistic”, the factors behind a potential delay have been accentuated by BioWare’s desire to make Anthem as great a game as it possibly can be in the wake of controversies surrounding other similarly online-focused titles like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Battlefront 2.  

In addition, following last year’s uneven reception to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mass Effect: Andromeda, Schreier reports that there is a feeling amongst empl📖oyees that the future fate and identity of the BioWare is “inextricably tied to the game.” &nb♔sp;This, in addition to hurdles in development process related to persistent issues with DICE’s Frostbite engine, has made the prospect of a readjusted release date all the more likely. 

If Anthem is officially delayed, an early 2019 launch makes the most sense, as this aligns with EA’s financial year, and it’s doubtful that the publisher would allow for any further delays that could do more damage to its already shaken stock value following the Battlefront 2 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:loot box uproar. 

In slightly more hopeful BioWare-related news, , an Executive Producer at the studio, recently tweeted out a promising update on the state of the next game in the fantasy RPG series, which will apparently be a reboot of sorts after 2014’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dragon Age: Inquisition.

“Anthem’s up next”, promised Darrah, “but there are people hard at work oꦕn both franchises and I look forward to sharing more in the future.” 

Interestingly enough, Kotaku’s report also states t🅠hat the next Dragon Age title has been rebooted with the intention of infusing more “live” elements into its infrastructure which, although n♛ot much to go on, does suggest something more in line with EA’s recent pivot towards a 'games as service' model for its bigger titles. 

What are your thoughts on the rumoured Anthem delay? Would you have preferred to🐽 play the game sooner, or would you rather wait and allow BioWare to give the ga🧸me that extra spot of polish? Let us know in the comments!