Electronic Arts has announced it will sunset Anthem on January 12, 2026.
In a statement on its website, EA said the game will still be playable online until this date. Players can no longer purchase in-game currency, but can use their remaining balance until Anthem’s servers go offline.
If players have previously purchased Anthem, it will remain downloadable and playable up to the announced cut off date. The game will be removed from the EA Play playlist on August 15, 2025.
EA did not provide a reason for shutting Anthem down, but clarified that the decision had not led to any layoffs.
Anthem launched in February 2019 and had a rocky start. EA forecast six million sales for Anthem in its first six weeks, though the game did not affect the developer’s Q4 2019 financials which saw double-digit decreases in revenue and net income.
In response to the game’s troubled release, CEO Andrew Wilson acknowledged that it “may not have had the start that many of us wanted”.
“IP lives for generations, and runs in these seven to ten year cycles,” said Wilson. “So, if I think about Anthem on a seven to ten year cycle, it may not have had the start many of us wanted, including our players.
“I feel like that team is really going to get there with something special and something great, because they’ve demonstrated that they can.”