Stefan Mileschin

lectronic Arts has stated that BioWare's new IP "Anthem" was going to miss it's Fall 2018 launch window, releasing in early 2019 instead. EA states that the change has nothing to do with development being behind schedule, rather that they don't want to launch "Anthem" and a new Battlefield game in the same quarter. "It's not a delay," EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told the Wall Street Journal. "People are trying to create a story." Kind of a bummer for me, as I play a ton of Warframe and was looking forward to Anthem. What's a little more disappointing to me though is the inadvertent announcement of yet another Battlefield game, ever since it became a yearly franchise it has went downhill in my opinion. BioWare's last game was Mass Effect: Andromeda, and EA's was Battlefront II, so I have no idea if I should even get excited anymore. "Regardless of how it's being portrayed, we're not looking at that as a delay, we've chosen to launch Anthem in [the fourth quarter]. The date is chosen by by portfolio balance, not product readiness," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in a call. "And we're really excited by the way the new Battlefield is shaping up. It probably doesn't make too much sense to launch Anthem right by it. As a new IP, it probably makes sense to give [Anthem] its own launch window."

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