15 Most Awful Recent Cash Grab Attempts

Anthem

For an IP that was in development for so long, it’s kind of sad that BioWare’s Anthem settled on the live service, looter shooter market that embraced Destiny 1 and made it such a big success. It’s even worse when you consider reports of the development team’s leads not wanting Destiny to be mentioned at all as a point of comparison. Despite its long development cycle, however, it was ultimately put together in less than two years and rushed out the door with a roadmap promising so much and ultimately delivering very little. In terms of trying to cash in on a trend and net that sweet live service revenue, Anthem brought in some cash but was ultimately a huge failure. Its previously rumored revamp, Anthem Next, was also scrapped in February 2021 and though its servers are still up, support has pretty much ceased.