BioWare has delivered its post-launch roadmap for Anthem, detailing plans for the online multiplayer shooter's future. The roadmap was being held back until BioWare shared more information on Anthem's endgame, which came in the form of Wednesday morning's new trailer. Prospective Anthem players should now have a sense of what to expect once reaching max level and what comes after.

Post-launch content in Anthem will be broken into what BioWare calls Acts. For the time being, only three Acts are shown but more should follow. Act 02 and Act 03 are only shown with a teaser image and the words [Cortext Entry Locked], implying that more information will be shared later. Act 01, however, is called Echoes of Reality and will begin in March.

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Act 01: Echoes of Reality, and presumably any future act, is broken up into a series of Updates. So while Act 01 technically starts in March, that only means that Update 01 is being promised. Update 02 and 03 will follow thereafter, whether in March or beyond. It seems BioWare isn't ready to dedicate a weekly or monthly schedule for content updates, so it's difficult to assume just how often new updates will arrive.

Getting into specifics, Anthem's Act 01 is promising a lot of the content that fans would expect post-launch:

  • New Events
  • New Missions
  • New Rewards
  • New Stronghold
  • Expanded Progression System
  • Guilds and Leaderboards

Along with these updates, BioWare is expected to deliver a number of quality of life changes after launch. BioWare has already shown its ability to quickly make changes and fix bugs between the VIP and Open Demo, as well as its planned changes for launch. Exactly how quickly quality of life, balance, and bug fixes will be made isn't clear.

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Additionally, Act 01: Echoes of Reality will continue moving the story of Anthem forward and its first chapter will culminate in Anthem's first Cataclysm. As described in today's endgame trailer, Cataclysms are time-limited events filled with dynamic weather and enemy incursions. Just how impactful Act 01's Cataclysm will be on the world of Anthem remains to be seen. With a name like Echoes of Reality, though, expectations are bound to be high.

Anthem releases February 22 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, or February 15 in early access.