Someone Found Anthem on Sale at GameStop for a Penny
When Anthem was first revealed and fans got to see the Javelins in trailers, many fans fell head over heels. Even the open beta was exciting. This all came crashing down at launch, however, as many fans discovered how bad the game actually was. In short, it was super rushed and many showcases beforehand were fake, with BioWare even scrapping up the name Anthem at the last minute.
Anthem has become synonymous with disastrous launches, even more so than Cyberpunk 2077. At least the latter has largely turned away from its launch and improved considerably, but while EA and BioWare did have plans for Anthem Next, it was shelved by the executives at EA.Anthem had a lot of promise, but with that, it seems clear it doesn’t have a future.
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BioWare has moved on from Anthem, returning to its single-player focus on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and working on a new entry in the Mass Effect franchise. Meanwhile, Anthem doesn’t appear to be worth much, even at GameStop. One TikToker named Clocklava managed to find it on sale for one penny at a local store.
According to GameSpot, the company often “pennies” out items that aren’t meant to be for sale, overstocked and/or unlikely to sell items like merch and apparently games like Anthem. However, this TikToker managed to grab the game for free, especially after the employee just paid the penny for them. Clocklava shared this online, showing the price tag on the game, and would proceed to boot up the title.
They appear to be enjoying it, as one of their follow-up videos says that is it “low-key the refresher” they’ve been needing. This makes sense too, asAnthem had many promising elements. Among them was the Javelins, which really brought
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