
BioWare shooter Anthem is heading towards its permanent shutdown on January 12, 2026, and while its former executive producer is "surprised it made it this long," he acknowledges that perhaps we want to "sacrifice some things in order to get it so that games don't just vanish one day" for the sake of game preservation.
Speaking in a recent interview with YouTube creator MrMattyPlays (highlighted by PC Gamer), former BioWare dev Mark Darrah, who served as an executive producer at the company for almost 24 years, is asked for his feelings on the shutdown of Anthem. "I mean, I knew it was going to happen eventually," he begins. "To be frank, I'm surprised it made it this long."