This week on Twitter, Anthem’s Lead Producer Ben Irving announced that he would be separating from EA’s BioWare studio. Ben Irving has been something like the “captain” for Anthem since the game released in February, but has made the decision to take a new position with a different development company.
Irving made a point to specifically complement Anthem as a game and express his enthusiasm for it, saying it has a “bright future” and a “great team” behind it led by Core Community Lead Jesse Anderson and BioWare Global Community Lead Andrew Johnson. Irving has not yet announced which company he is leaving for.
In May, Executive Producer Mark Darrah, Lead Producer Michael Gamble, and Lead Director Jonathan Warner officially stopped working on Anthem in order to focus on BioWare’s fourth installment of the Dragon Age series. That same week, BioWare’s Head of Live Service Chad Anderson asserted that BioWare is “100% committed to Anthem” and “dedicated to improving the game.”
Anthem released to good sales, but has yet managed to fully recover from its hellish development issues and rocky launch. After delays, Anthem’s “Cataclysm” event launched at the beginning of August, the first major content update promised in BioWare’s post-launch roadmap for the game.
Anthem and its “Cataclysm” content patch is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.