BioWare have revealed new story details about Anthem, which has a release date in 2018

Anthem was one of the big announcements at E3 2017, with crowds blown away by the stunning graphics BioWare showcased on the Xbox One X build of the game.

It has a release date pencilled in for autumn 2018, and now BioWare have revealed some major story details about the game.

BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn compared Anthem to movie mega hits Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gamingbolt reported.

He also said Anthem, unlike Mass Effect, would be less concerned with grounded, scientific reasons for what is happening in the futuristic world.

He said: “The story is that you are part of humanity, and you’re a member of a group called the ‘Freelancers’, who are out there to protect and save humanity on an alien planet far away.

“It’s in a genre we call ‘science-fantasy’, it’s very much like Star Wars, very much like the Marvel universe where you see a lot of amazing things happening but we don’t worry too much about why they’re happening or how they’re happening, the science of it.

“Mass Effect is more of a real hardcore science-fiction IP, this one is much more about just having fun in a game world that is lush and exotic and really sucks you in.”

Anthem is a shared world experience where players go online to play with one another.