After receiving worse reviews than Mass Effect: Andromeda, a game that was also plagued with issues at launch, BioWare's Anthem is unfortunately not faring any better on the technical front with some players complaining about random shut down issues.
Microsoft is seizing an opportunity to push a couple of more Xbox One S off the shelves with a new tie-in.
Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC gamers can sign up at EA's Community Playtesting website to be part of the studios Closed Alpha testing of Anthem.
Aaron Greenberg, General Manager of Xbox Games Marketing, summed up what many have been thinking with a single word mocking Sony. "Oops!"
What was an Xbox One X exclusive developer preview created for E3 2017 has now been edited by the competing publisher.
EA concluded Microsoft's E3 press event yesterday with the first gameplay trailer for Anthem, the brand new IP from the Canadian studio behind the Mass Effect franchise.
Anthem looks almost post-apocalyptic in nature, with its main speaker talking about a "wall" that keeps out some vague threat.