Category: Anthem News

The BioWare Blog has been updated with a new post from Head of Live Service Chad Robertson. In it, he provides readers with some information about improvements that have been made to the Anthem demo client ahead of this weekend’s open event. “Those of you that played last weekend should see significant improvement in multiple areas over last week,” Robertson wrote. He begins by announcing that internal scale testing has gone well and that “we’re confident we are ready for the load we will see”.

The BioWare Blog has been updated with a new post from Head of Live Service Chad Robertson. In it, he provides readers with some information about improvements that have been made to the Anthem demo client ahead of this weekend’s open event. “Those of you that played last weekend should see significant improvement in multiple areas over last week,” Robertson wrote. He begins by announcing that internal scale testing has gone well and that “we’re confident we are ready for the load we will see”.

BioWare’s Chad Robertson has posted a “wrap report” for the Anthem VIP Demo weekend. In it, he acknowledges the rough start to the demo, but goes on to express his pride in the hard work and dedication of the Austin and Edmonton teams for their work on the demo’s issues.

BioWare’s Head of Live Service Chad Robertson has posted a note on the site to lay out for Anthem players and fans what happened to cause such a rocky start to the VIP demo. In addition, Robertson write about current and ongoing efforts to mitigate and solve some of the most persistent problems players have experienced.

According to BioWare Studio Head Casey Hudson, today’s Anthem VIP demo issues are not server related at all, something that was originally targeted when players were unable to log into the game. Hudson’s latest Twitter post states that the problem is “a different issue that didn’t come up in previous scale testing” and that “teams are on it”.

Anthem’s Lead Producer Mike Gamble has announced that the team has added a new feature to the game called “Launch Bay”. In effect, Launch Bay is a multiplayer hub for up to sixteen players. “Hang out with your friends, use the forge, reload and grab a new contract.” Gamble wrote. He further stated that this feature was added based on community feedback.

The Anthem VIP beta test will kick off on Friday, January 25th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern and will run through January 27th at 6:00 pm Pacific / 9:00 pm Eastern. Those who have preordered the game or who are members of EA / Origin Access will be able to take part in the beta this weekend. In order to jump into the game when the bell tolls the start of the event, players on all platforms can preload the client right now.

Fans looking forward to Anthem may want to check out the latest update on the BioWare site from General Manager Casey Hudson. In it, Hudson reviews some of the history of the game’s development and what it’s bringing to players that make it both familiar to fans and different from anything else BioWare has ever made. Hudson also speaks to upcoming beta opportunities, both the paid pre-order beta and the open beta demo that will launch a week later.

For Anthem players who like fast and furious gameplay, the Interceptor Javelin may be the ticket. In a new gameplay video from IGN, the Interceptor is profiled revealing its speed and agility in any fight.

The EA Support site has been updated with the system specifications for BioWare’s Anthem. Both the minimum system requirements and the recommended system requirements are available and include markers such as CPU, RAM, GPU and more.