Anthem is finally, officially dead

Today at roughly 2:05 pm EST, almost seven years after launch, Anthem's last few players were unceremoniously booted from whatever launch bays, strongholds, and freeplay zones they lingered in. A popup informed them they'd lost connection to EA's servers. After a lengthy delay, any additional login attempts would fail, citing an "error retrieving Anthem live service data."

Anthem, BioWare's infamous looter shooter that had years ago become a byword for EA's development dysfunction and live service mismanagement, is now officially dead.