I still don’t know nearly enough about BioWare’s intriguing new sci-fi co-op shooter Anthem, but I do know this – senior writer Drew Karpyshyn, whose previous credits include genre classics like Baldur’s Gate II, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the first two Mass Effect games, plus a number of companion novels, is attached to the project.
After more than 10 years at the studio, Karpyshyn left BioWare back in 2012 – significantly, perhaps, without committing to Mass Effect‘s subsequent, and somewhat controversial sequels – and returned out of retirement in 2015 ostensibly to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic, but apparently also Anthem, codenamed “Dylan” at the time.
@DrewKarpyshyn So, Drew, is “Anthem” the new IP you are working at with @BioWare?
— Patricio Abusleme (@PatoAbusleme) June 13, 2017
Maybe this will alleviate some of that scepticism, huh? Or not. Some people just want to hate everything because they can, I suppose.