How Can Anthem Survive Post-Launch?

On this week’s episode of IGN’s PlayStation show Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush discusses the launch of Anthem with Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Andrew Goldfarb. The panel takes a look at the ups and downs of the launch of BioWare’s latest, and dive into what we’d like to see to give Anthem longevity moving forward, and to keep us coming back beyond its launch.

But beyond that, we also say goodbye to Andrew Goldfarb, after he’s announced he’s leaving IGN this week. Andrew’s been with the show since episode 221, and will have more to say about his future soon.

Timecodes:

• 0:00 – Andrew’s goodbye
• 19:10 – Anthem
• 43:10 – Dreams
• 54:35 – Avatar
• 1:02:00 – Trophy Test

Plus, big announcement time! In two weeks, Beyond will become an audio-only show. While you will no longer be able to watch us, you will still be able to get your weekly dose of PlayStation discussion in audio form. You’ll be able to get us on every platform you’re used to getting the audio show, and we will still be uploading audio versions of Beyond to YouTube at youtube.com/ignbeyond every week.

First of all, thank you so much to all of those who have watched the show in its video format, we’re so thankful you’ve watched us and hope you’ll transition to listening to the audio version if you don’t already. We are excited to focus on making the show in just one format, and delivering the best audio podcast we can. I listened to Beyond since its very first episode, and fell in love with it as an audio show — I’m hoping that we can make it as entertaining for you as it was for me as a listener.