[STEAM] Why reviving the shuttered Anthem is turning out tougher than expected

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On January 12, EA

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, making Bioware's multiplayer sci-fi adventure completely unplayable for the first time since

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. Last week, though, the Anthem community woke up to

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showing the game at least partially loading on what appears to be a simulated background server.

The people behind that video—and the Anthem revival project that made it possible—told Ars they were optimistic about their efforts to coerce EA's temperamental Frostbite engine into running the game without access to EA's servers. That said, the team also wants to temper expectations that may have risen a bit too high in the wake of what is just a proof-of-concept video.

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Andersson799's early proof-of-concept video showing Anthem partially loading on emulated local servers. "People are getting excited [about the video], and naturally people are going to get their hopes up," project administrator Laurie told Ars. "I don't want to be the person that's going to have to deal with the aftermath if it turns out that we can't actually get anywhere."

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