A Nearly Hour-Long ANTHEM Gameplay Footage Spotlights The New Gear And Progression Systems

Considering that Electronic Arts' last big thing for 2018 - Battlefield V - has already launched, the publisher can now focus solely on promoting BioWare's Anthem, the acclaimed studio's answer to the popularity of Ubisoft Missive’s Tom Clancy's The Division and Bungie's Destiny series. This all-new MMORPG is scheduled to release on February 22, 2019 and the fact that Metro: Exodus has been pushed forward will surely give both highly anticipated titles a room to breathe in this crowded month.

Anthem will offer players a chance to control four different exosuits, called Javelins, that are basically RPG character classes. In the latest livestream, Producers Darrin McPherson and Ben Irving showed us more Colossus and Ranger gameplay along with progression and gear in Anthem. The ability to create combo and use attacks to boost cooldowns is a major component in class building in Anthem, and you can equip your Javelin with the gear you want in The Forge, the game’s expanded inventory section.

According to BioWare, most loot drops will be for the Javelin you are currently using, so the fact that the upcoming MMORPG won't feature any trade options shouldn't be that suspiring. Towards the end of the intense livestream, the developers jump into a bit of action to show us some of the player's abilities and gear and explain how they work in the game itself. Be sure to check it out down below:

On a world left unfinished by the gods, a shadowy faction threatens all of humankind. The only thing that stands between these villains and the ancient technology they covet are the Freelancers. Join up to three other players and assemble high-tech, hand-crafted, uniquely powerful exosuits. Explore vast ruins, battle deadly enemies, and claim otherworldly artifacts. With every mission, you and your Javelin exosuits grow in power. Fight the dangers of an ever-changing world. Rise united to defeat evil. Triumph as one.