Anthem gameplay trailer reveals an open world co-op shooter with jetpacks

Yesterday, EA revealed that BioWare's next game is called Anthem, and Microsoft's press conference today.

Today we learned that we'll be 'Freelancers' who fight in jetpacking exo-suits—that can fly Iron Man-style, even underwater—in mutliplayer co-op missions. As we suspected, this looks very much like 'What if BioWare made Destiny?' We'll keep you updated as we learn more.

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