Anthem is officially shutting down on January 12

EA's beleaguered online shooter Anthem is shutting down for good on January 12, 2026. The game will be removed from the company's storefront ahead of that on August 15. It'll be availab [...]

Bioware says next Mass Effect is still in development despite turmoil at EA

Development on the next Mass Effect is still underway, Mass Effect executive producer Mike Gamble confirmed in a blog post celebrating the series' "N7 Day" fan holiday. Bioware shared t [...]

BioWare’s Anthem will soon be completely unplayable

Replay the troubled jetpack shooter before the servers shut down for good on Jan. 12. [...]

Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]

Xbox Game Pass additions for August include Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Xbox Game Pass additions for August, and there are several tasty options in store over the next couple of weeks. The first one lands today on Game Pass Ultima [...]

EA cancels Black Panther game and closes studio developing it

EA is cancelling its Black Panther game and closing the studio creating it, Cliffhanger Games, as part of a larger round of layoffs at the company, IGN reports. The third-person action-adventure game [...]

'All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain' — Players bid farewell to Anthem as EA officially shuts down the game's servers for good

Anthem servers have officially gone offline, making BioWare's 2019 online sci-fi shooter no longer playable, leaving players to share their final farewells. [...]

The PS Plus monthly games for March include Dragon Age: The Veilguard

A new month is almost upon us, which means Sony is about to refresh the lineup of games that all PlayStation Plus members can claim and keep in their collection as long as they maintain their subscrip [...]

‘Anthem’ Is the Latest Video Game Casualty. What Should End-of-Life Care Look Like for Games?

Anthem will disappear in early 2026. The move comes as consumer group Stop Killing Video Games fights to preserve similar online service games. [...]