Mass Effect 5

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EA suggests Dragon Age: The Veilguard might have sold better if it was live-service - so what does this mean for Mass Effect 5?

Players "increasingly seek shared world features and deeper engagement".

Feb. 5, 2025 Tom Phillips

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BioWare staff "loaned" to other EA studios may not be returning, new report suggests

"If they want to work at BioWare again, they would have to look for job openings and re-apply."

Feb. 1, 2025 Vikki Blake

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BioWare veteran writer among those looking for work after post-Dragon Age: The Veilguard downsizing

Mass Effect 5 looks set to be written by different staff members entirely.

Jan. 30, 2025 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect 5 "isn't ready to suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people working on it" now Dragon Age: The Veilguard is done

BioWare staff spread elsewhere within EA while pre-production continues.

Jan. 22, 2025 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect's original cast should return for the TV series, Shepard voice actor Jennifer Hale says

"Any capacity, I will be there with bells on."

Jan. 9, 2025 Ed Nightingale

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Mass Effect fans think this official image hints that Paragon/Renegade system is "absolutely returning"

Shepard's hook.

Jan. 4, 2025 Vikki Blake

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BioWare damps down expectations for Mass Effect 5 news this week, ahead of franchise's N7 Day

Attention focused on Dragon Age launch.

Nov. 5, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect 5 won't dabble with stylised visuals like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, director says

Will have the "mature tone of the original trilogy".

Oct. 29, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect board game available to pre-order, with ?240 miniatures bundle

Priority: Hagalaz tells original branching story set during ME3.

Aug. 30, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Dragon Age developer discusses why big games take so long, and why they're announced so early

"It might be because the studio wants the game announced because they're worried the publisher might kill it otherwise."

June 26, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect 5 developer BioWare highlights crack team of trilogy veterans

Squad mates.

March 27, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect is coming to Destiny 2 next month in new collaboration event

Starts 13th February.

Jan. 30, 2024 Matt Wales

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EA rebrands Frostbite as it says teams free to choose other game engines

"It's up to us to make Frostbite the best choice."

Dec. 19, 2023 Liv Ngan

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Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"

"That could lock us in a certain direction."

Nov. 23, 2023 Tom Phillips

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Fans debate claim Mass Effect 5 won't launch until 2029

"Can we not?"

Nov. 10, 2023 Tom Phillips

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BioWare teases Mass Effect 5 title, trilogy ending questions

UPDATE: Full teaser trailer revealed.

Nov. 8, 2023 Tom Phillips

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Former Dragon Age testers to picket BioWare today, on Mass Effect's N7 Day

"Any activities targeting our offices are misguided," EA responds.

Nov. 7, 2023 Tom Phillips

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BioWare lays off around 50 employees as part of "shift towards a more agile and more focused studio"

Dragon Age 4 commitment "remains steadfast".

Aug. 23, 2023 Matt Wales

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Dragon Age Inquisition's horse sprinting was actually an illusion

Hoof have thought it.

Feb. 2, 2023 Tom Phillips

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Mass Effect 5 development "proceeding very well", as BioWare issues fresh tease

UPDATE: Teaser dialogue decoded.

Nov. 7, 2022 Tom Phillips

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Amazon EA acquisition report refuted by CNBC

UPDATE: "This is not going to happen today."

Aug. 26, 2022 Tom Phillips

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Guardians of the Galaxy writer joins BioWare

UPDATE: To work on Mass Effect, after almost 15 years at Eidos.

July 5, 2022 Vikki Blake

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No, BioWare hasn't teased a return for Shepard in the next Mass Effect

Spectre the expected.

May 11, 2022 Tom Phillips

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BioWare "laser-focused on building back the trust of our fans and community"

And the next Dragon Age will be a "single-player experience that is built on choices that matter".

Jan. 10, 2022 Vikki Blake

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Ex-Mass Effect developers express interest in TV show

Mordin one of them, anyway.

Nov. 26, 2021 Tom Phillips

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