Anthem is alive on private servers
But it's only experimental
Anthem, the unfortunate shooter developed - in just 15 months - by BioWare on behalf of Electronic Arts, as we know, closed its doors on January 12th. The decision didn't come overnight - it was announced last July - and it put an end to a game that, since its 2019 launch, had not failed to raise eyebrows.
Despite this, the closure once again reignited the debate about software preservation and the user's right to enjoy the acquired asset for its natural lifespan, and not just until a software house's business decisions decree its demise. In this regard, a group of fans of the BioWare title are working to develop a system to be able to continue playing via private servers.
The video reported by YouTuber And799 shows him and another player successfully synchronizing matchmaking and meeting in a p2p lobby. The author specifies that work on the software is currently still in an experimental phase, with many features - first and foremost the display of content linked to one's personal account - currently not working, but the hope is to one day be able to use one's client as a server to invite friends, or even strangers, to multiplayer matches like in the old days.
At the moment, Electronic Arts and BioWare have not commented on the initiative; we remind you that the game has been removed from online stores on all platforms and therefore it is not possible to download and install it legally - it is still software distributed under license. It cannot be ruled out that the initiative may be blocked, just as it cannot be ruled out that the game may be released in a "free" form for those who then wish to use it in this modded form.
Or it cannot be ruled out that the software houses will simply look the other way...